Pterostichus melanarius (Сoleoptera, Сarabidae) trophic preferences in forest biogeocenoses of Steppe Dnieper area

The specific trophic preferences of Pterostichus melanarius (Illiger, 1798) as one of the mass ground litter zoophages of Steppe Dnieper area forests are investigated. Taxonomic, size-weight, trophic and coenomorphic structures of potential food objects offered to the P. melanarius were analysed. P....

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Main Author: О. V. Korolev
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oles Honchar Dnipropetrovsk National University 2010-06-01
Series:Vìsnik Dnìpropetrovsʹkogo Unìversitetu: Serìâ Bìologìâ, Ekologìâ
Online Access:http://ecology.dp.ua/index.php/ECO/article/view/109