Large mixed-species dispersal flights of predatory and scavenging aquatic heteroptera and coleoptera, northern Arizona, USA

Western North American Naturalist

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 587-592

  Stevens, Lawrence E ^a   Polhemus, John T ^b   Durfee, Richard S ^c   Olson, Carl A ^d  

^a Museum Northern Arizona   (United States)

^b Colorado Entomological Institute ^*  (United States)

^c University of Arizona ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic invertebrates; Arizona; Coleoptera; Dispersal; Heteroptera; Mixed species flocking; Predators

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; CORIXIDAE; HETEROPTERA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 38549156180     PISSN: 15270904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3398/1527-0904(2007)67[587:LMDFOP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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