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... species widely distributed . Family Micromalthidae . Rare ; 1 to 2 species ; most com- plex life cycle among coleopterans . Suborder Adephaga Larval structure primitive ; legs specialized for predatory life ; hindcoxae of legs immovable ...
... species widely distributed . Family Micromalthidae . Rare ; 1 to 2 species ; most com- plex life cycle among coleopterans . Suborder Adephaga Larval structure primitive ; legs specialized for predatory life ; hindcoxae of legs immovable ...
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... species gains food or some other advantage from the other . Many species , rather than benefitting one another , are competitors . If two species live together and use the same resource , and use of the resource by one limits the growth ...
... species gains food or some other advantage from the other . Many species , rather than benefitting one another , are competitors . If two species live together and use the same resource , and use of the resource by one limits the growth ...
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... species populations and communities relate to environmental gradients . Community samples , including counts of plant populations , can be taken at intervals along an environmental gradient to form a transect ( a line along which ...
... species populations and communities relate to environmental gradients . Community samples , including counts of plant populations , can be taken at intervals along an environmental gradient to form a transect ( a line along which ...
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