Diel flight activity and ecological segregation within an assemblage of tropical forest dung and carrion beetles

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-30

  Feer, François ^a   Pincebourde, Sylvain ^b  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

Competition; Dung beetle; Flight activity; French Guiana; Niche segregation; Scarabaeidae

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; COEXISTENCE; DIEL VARIATION; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; NICHE PARTITIONING;

FRENCH GUIANA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

COLEOPTERA; SCARABAEIDAE; SCARABAEINAE; SILPHIDAE;

EID: 13644260022     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467404002056     Document Type: Article

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