Aphodius dung beetle assemblage stability at different spatial and temporal scales

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 27-36

  Finn, John A ^a   Gittings, Tom ^a   Giller, Paul S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Aphodius; Community; Dung beetles; Scale; Stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002825676     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-1393(98)00044-4     Document Type: Article

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