The beetle fauna of hyaena latrines: Coprocenoses consisting of necrophagous beetles (coleoptera trogidae scarabaeidae)

Tropical Zoology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 145-152

  Krell, F T ^a   Korb, J ^b   Walter, P ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Congo; Coprophagy; C te d Ivoire; Dung beetle assemblage; Hyaena faeces; Necrophagy; Parc National de la Como

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; CROCUTA CROCUTA; HYAENA; INVERTEBRATA; SCARABAEIDAE; SCARABAEOIDEA; SCARABAEUS; SCATOPHAGIDAE (FISHES); TROGIDAE;

EID: 0842345531     PISSN: 03946975     EISSN: 19709528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03946975.2003.10531191     Document Type: Article

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