The relationship between body size and population abundance in summer dung beetle communities of South-European mountains (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea)

Revue d'Ecologie (La Terre et la Vie)

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 307-320

  Jay Robert, Pierre ^a   Lumaret, Jean Pierre ^a   Lobo, Jorge Miguel ^b   André, Joël ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL VALÉRY   (France)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEETLE; BODY SIZE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN MASSIF; IBERIAN PENINSULA; PYRENEES; SIERRA DE GREDOS; SISTEMA CENTRAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

APHODIINAE; COLEOPTERA; SCARABAEIDAE; SCARABAEINAE; SCARABAEOIDEA;

EID: 3042695926     PISSN: 02497395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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