Dung beetles (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) attracted to woolly monkey (Lagothrix lagothricha Humboldt) dung at Tinigua National Park, Colombia

Coleopterists Bulletin

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 155-159

  Castellanos, María Clara ^a   Federico Escobar, S ^b   Stevenson, Pablo R ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN DE RECURSOS BIOLÓGICOS ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FECAL PELLET; PRIMATE; SPECIES INVENTORY;

COLOMBIA;

COLEOPTERA; LAGOTHRIX; LAGOTHRIX LAGOTRICHA; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; SCARABAEIDAE; SCARABAEINAE;

EID: 0344604493     PISSN: 0010065X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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