Spatial distribution, resource utilisation and intraspecific competition in the dung beetle Aphodius ater

Oecologia

Volumn 116, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 136-142

  Hirschberger, Petra ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Density dependence; Dung beetles; Egg laying behaviour; Scarabaeidae

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; EGG PRODUCTION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL;

APHODIUS ATER; COLEOPTERA; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 0031705697     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050572     Document Type: Article

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