Biodiversity of staphylinids in cropped area of the Punjab (Pakistan)

Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 125-128

  Nasir, Shabab ^a   Akram, Waseem ^a   Ahmed, Farooq ^a   Sahi, Shahbaz Talib ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Cropped area; Punjab; Staphylinids

Indexed keywords

PAEDERUS FUSCIPES; STAPHYLINIDAE; TACHYPORUS;

EID: 84864033556     PISSN: 05529034     EISSN: 20760906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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