Temporal relationship between the prey spectrum and population structure of the weevil-hunting wasp Cerceris arenaria (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae)

Zoological Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 83-91

  Polidori, Carlo ^a   Boesi, Roberto ^a   Pesarini, Carlo ^b   Papadia, Cristina ^a   Bevacqua, Stefania ^a   Federici, Matteo ^a   Andrietti, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Museo Civico di Storia Naturale   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerceris; Curculionidae; Population ecology; Prey

Indexed keywords

ARENARIA (CARYOPHYLLACEAE); CERCERIS; CERCERIS ARENARIA; COLEOPTERA; CRABRONIDAE; CURCULIONIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MEGASCOLIA FLAVIFRONS; OTIORHYNCHUS; SITONA;

EID: 52249120375     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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