Diel separation of Afrotropical dung beetle guilds - Avoiding competition and neglecting resources (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea)

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 38, Issue 17, 2004, Pages 2225-2249

  Krell Westerwalbesloh, Sylvia ^a,b   Krell, Frank Thorsten ^b   Linsenmair, K Eduard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C te d'ivoire; Coleoptera; Como National Park; Diel separation; Dung beetles; Guinea savanna; Scarabaeidae; Temporal resource partitioning

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); PARTITIONING; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

AFRICA; COMOE NATIONAL PARK; COTE D'IVOIRE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

BUBALUS; COLEOPTERA; SCARABAEIDAE; SCARABAEOIDEA;

EID: 3042689183     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222930310001618921     Document Type: Article

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