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DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS OF COLEOPTERA IN EASTERN CANADA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

J. M. Campbell
Affiliation:
Biosystematics Research Institute, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa K1A 0C6

Abstract

The distribution patterns of species of Coleoptera occurring in eastern Canada are examined. The following patterns are discussed: eastern ranges, northeastern ranges, amphiatlantic ranges, boreal ranges, subarctic ranges, arctic ranges, and introductions. The historical development of each of these ranges is discussed relative to their expansion from refugial areas.

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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1980

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