Resource quality and the colonisation and succession of coprophagous dung beetles

Ecography

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 581-592

  Gittings, T ^a   Giller, P S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; FECAL PELLET; SUCCESSION;

APHODIUS; COLEOPTERA; GEOTRUPES; SCARABAEIDAE; SPHAERIDIUM;

EID: 0032420233     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.1998.tb00550.x     Document Type: Article

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