Dung feeding in adult scarabaeines (tunnellers and endocoprids): Even large dung beetles eat small particles

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 169-176

  Holter, P ^a,d   Scholtz, C H ^b   Wardhaugh, K G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Coleoptera; Dung beetles; Feeding habits; Food exploitation; Particle feeding; Scarabaeidae; Scarabaeinae

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BODY SIZE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR;

COLEOPTERA; SCARABAEIDAE; SCARABAEINAE;

EID: 0036222356     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.2002.00399.x     Document Type: Article

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