Historical biogeography of scarabaeine dung beetles

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1217-1256

  Davis, Adrian L V ^a   Scholtz, Clarke H ^a   Philips, T Keith ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Dinosaurs; Dispersal; Dung; Global; Historical; Mammals; Scarabaeinae; Vicariance

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; EVOLUTION;

COLEOPTERA; DINOSAURIA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; SCARABAEIDAE; SCARABAEINAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036750690     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.2002.00776.x     Document Type: Article

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