A review of competition in north temperate dung beetle communities

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-13

  Finn, John A ^a   Gittings, Tom ^b  

^a Teagasc   (Ireland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aggregation; Aphodius; Community structure; Competition; Dung beetles; Functional groups; Niche dynamics; Resource limitation

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FUNCTIONAL GROUP; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

COLEOPTERA;

EID: 0037324505     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.2002.00487.x     Document Type: Review

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