Seasonality of insects in the semi-arid Caatinga of northeastern Brazil;Sazonalidade de insetos na Caatinga do Nordeste Brasileiro

Revista Brasileira de Entomologia

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 471-476

  Vasconcellos, Alexandre ^a   Andreazze, Ricardo ^a   Almeida, Adriana M ^a   Araujo, Helder F P ^b   Oliveira, Eduardo S ^a   Oliveira, Uirandé ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Abundance; Climatic variables; Insect availability; Neotropical region

Indexed keywords

BLATTARIA; COLEOPTERA; COLLEMBOLA; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; PSOCOPTERA;

EID: 78049476724     PISSN: 00855626     EISSN: 18069665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0085-56262010000300019     Document Type: Article

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