Seasonal activity and species composition of dung beetles coleoptera: Scarabaeidae and geotrupidae) inhabiting cattle pastures in North Carolina

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 309-321

  Bertone, Matt ^a   Green, Jim ^a   Washburn, Steve ^a   Poore, Matt ^a   Sorenson, Clyde ^a   Watson, D Wes ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphodius; Cattle; Coastal plain; Onthophagus; Piedmont

Indexed keywords

PASTURE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

APHODIUS ERRATICUS; APHODIUS FIMETARIUS; APHODIUS GRANARIUS; APHODIUS PRODROMUS; APHODIUS PSEUDOLIVIDUS; BOS TAURUS; COLEOPTERA; GAZELLA; GEOTRUPIDAE; ONTHOPHAGUS; ONTHOPHAGUS GAZELLA; ONTHOPHAGUS TAURUS; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 19044384555     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2005)098[0309:SAASCO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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