Geographic distribution of endemic dung beetles (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea) in the Western Palaearctic region

Biodiversity Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 192-199

  Lumaret, Jean Pierre ^a   Lobo, Jorge M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL VALÉRY   (France)

Author keywords

Centres of endemism; Coleoptera Scarabaeoidea; Dung beetles; Endemic species distributions; Mediterranean region

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001501935     PISSN: 09679952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2999676     Document Type: Article

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