Heterotrophic succession in carrion arthropod assemblages

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 477-486

  Moura, Mauricio Osvaldo ^a   De Araújo Monteiro Filho, Emygdio Leite ^b   De Carvalho, Claudio José Barros ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO CENTRO OESTE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carrion community; Facilitation; Heterotrophic succession; Insect succession

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 27944506517     PISSN: 15168913     EISSN: 15168913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-89132005000300018     Document Type: Article

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