To fly or not to fly: Factors influencing the flight capacity of carabid beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae)

To fly or not to fly: Factors influencing the flight capacity of carabid beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae)

This review considers factors affecting the flight capacity of carabid beetles and the implications of flight for carabids. Studies from the Dutch polders in particular show that young populations of carabids consist predominantly of macropterous species and macropterous individuals of wing-dimorphi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stephen VENN
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Science 2016-12-01
Series:European Journal of Entomology
Subjects:
coleoptera
carabidae
aeroplankton
anemohydrochoric dispersal
autolysis
biogeography
brachyptery
colonization
dispersal
disturbance
flight muscle
flight wing
histolysis
macroptery
migration
oogenesis flight syndrome
Online Access:https://www.eje.cz/artkey/eje-201601-0079_To_fly_or_not_to_fly_Factors_influencing_the_flight_capacity_of_carabid_beetles_Coleoptera_Carabidae.php

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