Effects of brood parasitism on host reproductive success: Evidence from larval interactions among dung beetles

Oecologia

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 195-202

  González Megías, Adela ^a   Sánchez Piñero, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coprophagous beetles; Desert ecology; Kleptoparasitism; Larval mortality

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; BEETLE; BROOD PARASITISM; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; APHODIIDAE; APHODIINAE; COLEOPTERA; OVIS ARIES; SCARABAEUS;

EID: 0037261938     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-002-1100-8     Document Type: Article

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