Diel and seasonal community dynamics in an assemblage of coprophagous, Afrotropical, dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae s. str., Aphodiidae, and Staphylinidae: Oxytelinae)

Journal of African Zoology

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 291-308

  Davis, Adrian L V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Coleoptera; Community; Diel; Dung; Seasonal

Indexed keywords

BEETLE COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DIEL PERIODICITY; DUNG BEETLE; SEASONALITY;

SOUTH AFRICA;

APHODIIDAE; COLEOPTERA; OXYTELINAE; SCARABAEIDAE; STAPHYLINIDAE;

EID: 0030428160     PISSN: 07767943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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