Cow-dung colonization and decomposition following insect exclusion

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 315-322

  Lee, C M ^a   Wall, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dung beetles; Dung decomposition; UK

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

CATTLE; DECOMPOSITION; DEGRADATION; INSECT; INVERTEBRATE; LARVA; MANURE; PASTURE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SPRING (SEASON); SUMMER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FECES; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT; LARVA; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CATTLE; ENGLAND; FECES; INSECTS; LARVA; RAIN; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

BOS TAURUS; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 33745164873     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BER2006428     Document Type: Article

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