Life history traits and resource utilisation in an assemblage of north temperate Aphodius dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

Ecography

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 55-66

  Gittings, Tom ^a   Giller, Paul S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APHODIUS; APHODINS PRODROMUS; APHODINS SPHACELATUS; APHODIUS ERRATICUS; APHODIUS FIMETARIUS; APHODIUS RUFIPES; APHODIUS RUFUS; SCARABAEIDAE;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DUNG BEETLE; LIFE HISTORY; RESOURCE UTILIZATION;

IRELAND;

EID: 0030618887     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.1997.tb00347.x     Document Type: Article

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