Habitat associations in a South African, summer rainfall, dung beetle community (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Aphodiidae, Staphylinidae, Histeridae, Hydrophilidae)

Pedobiologia

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 260-280

  Davis, A L V ^a,b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aphodiidae; Community; Dung; Habitat; Histeridae; Hydrophilidae; Scarabaeidae; Staphylinidae

Indexed keywords

COPROPHAGY; DUNG BEETLE;

AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AFRICA;

APHODIIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HISTERIDAE; HYDROPHILIDAE; SCARABAEIDAE; STAPHYLINIDAE;

EID: 0030468479     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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