Diversity and seasonal dynamics of an assemblage of sarcophagid Diptera in a gradient of urbanization

Journal of Insect Science

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Mulieri, Pablo R ^a,b   Patitucci, Luciano D ^a,b   Schnack, Juan A ^a,c   Mariluis, Juan C ^a,b  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b Instituto Nacional de Diagnostico e Investigacion de la Enfermedad de Chagas Dr Mario Fatala Chaben   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

diversity; rural and urban systems; species richness; synanthropy

Indexed keywords

DIPTERA; SARCOPHAGIDAE;

ANIMAL; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLY; SEASON; URBANIZATION; WEATHER;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; BIODIVERSITY; DIPTERA; SEASONS; URBANIZATION; WEATHER;

EID: 80052086219     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15362442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1673/031.011.9101     Document Type: Article

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