Observations of urban dung beetles utilizing dog feces (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

Coleopterists Bulletin

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 400-401

  Wallace, Margaret G ^a   Richardson, R H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS; COLEOPTERA; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 33745561497     PISSN: 0010065X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1649/748.1     Document Type: Note

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