Competition and habitat selection in Namib desert tenebrionid beetles

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 341-359

  Ward, David ^a,b   Seely, Mary K ^a  

^a Desert Ecological Research Unit of Namibia   (Namibia)

^b Institute for Desert Research   (Israel)

Author keywords

beetles; community structure; competition; detritivores; foraging; habitat selection; insects; Namib desert

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; HABITAT SELECTION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION;

NAMIBIA, NAMIB DESERT;

COLEOPTERA; ONYMACRIS RUGATIPENNIS; PHYSADESMIA GLOBOSA; TENEBRIONIDAE;

EID: 0029659634     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01237722     Document Type: Article

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