Experimental investigations of colonisation by north temperate dung beetles of different types of domestic herbivore dung

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-13

  Finn, John A ^a   Giller, Paul S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Aphodius; Colonisation; Dung beetle; Resource utilisation; Scarabaeoidea

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; EQUUS CABALLUS; GEOTRUPES; OVIS ARIES; SCARABAEOIDEA; SPHAERIDIUM;

EID: 0036214046     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-1393(02)00011-2     Document Type: Article

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