Muscidae (Diptera) diversity in Churchill, Canada, between two time periods: Evidence for limited changes since the Canadian Northern Insect Survey

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 29-51

  Renaud, Anaïs K ^a   Savage, Jade ^b   Roughley, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b BISHOP'S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENTOMOLOGY; FLY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TRAP (EQUIPMENT);

CANADA; CHURCHILL; MANITOBA;

DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; MUSCIDAE; SPILOGONA;

EID: 84866849345     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/tce.2012.6     Document Type: Review

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