Spatial separation of Afrotropical dung beetle guilds: A trade-off between competitive superiority and energetic constraints (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

Ecography

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 210-222

  Krell, Frank Thorsten ^a   Krell Westerwalbesloh, Sylvia ^a   Weiß, Ingo ^b   Eggleton, Paul ^a   Linsenmair, Karl Eduard ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BEETLE; BIOENERGETICS; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); GUILD STRUCTURE; HABITAT TYPE; NICHE PARTITIONING; TRADE-OFF;

COTE D'IVOIRE;

BUBALUS; COLEOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 0038183824     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0587.2003.03278.x     Document Type: Article

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