Aggregated distribution of resources creates competition refuges for rainforest dung beetles

Ecography

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 603-618

  Horgan, Finbarr G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b TEAGASC   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; BEETLE; COLONIZATION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); PATCH SIZE; RAINFOREST; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

PERU; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

COLEOPTERA; DICHOTOMIUS;

EID: 26844453572     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2005.0906-7590.04177.x     Document Type: Article

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