Altitudinal effects on habitat selection of dung beetles (Scarabaeoidea: Aphodiidae) in the northern Iberian peninsula

Ecography

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 313-317

  Menéndez, Rosa ^a   Gutiérrez, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUNG BEETLE; HABITAT SELECTION;

SPAIN;

APHODIIDAE; COLEOPTERA; SCARABAEOIDEA;

EID: 0030304533     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.1996.tb00241.x     Document Type: Article

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