Observations on the ecology and behaviour of ctenognathus novaezelandiae (Fairmaire) (Coleoptera: Carabidae)

New Zealand Entomologist

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-46

  Philip, Bruce A ^a   Burgess, Elisabeth P J ^b  

^a Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry   (New Zealand)

^b THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Carabid beetle; Endemic; New Zealand; Pine forest; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993962540     PISSN: 00779962     EISSN: 11793430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00779962.2008.9722165     Document Type: Article

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