Aggregation in a desert tenebrionid beetle: A cost/benefit analysis

Ethology

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 466-487

  Rasa, O Anne E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; COLEOPTERA; PARASTIZOPUS; PARASTIZOPUS ARMATICEPS; TENEBRIONIDAE;

AGGREGATION; BURROW; DESERT; FORAGING; GROUP SIZE; WATER LOSS;

AFRICA, KALAHARI DESERT;

EID: 0030613199     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1997.tb00161.x     Document Type: Article

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