Larval dynamics in an assemblage of Aphodius dung beetles

Pedobiologia

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 439-452

  Gittings, Tom ^a,b   Giller, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b RPS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aphodius; Competition; Decomposition; Dung beetles; Geotrupes; Larval dynamics

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DECOMPOSITION; FECAL PELLET; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT;

IRELAND;

APHODIUS; APHODIUS RUFIPES; COLEOPTERA; GEOTRUPES; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 0032699348     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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