Coleoptera associated with undisturbed cow pats in pastures in Southeastern Brazil

Neotropical Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 715-723

  Mendes, Júlio ^a   Linhares, Arício X ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biological control; Cattle dung; Diversity; Dung beetle

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BRAZIL; CATTLE; CLASSIFICATION; FECES;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BRAZIL; CATTLE; FECES;

APHODIINAE; BOS; COLEOPTERA; HAEMATOBIA IRRITANS; HEXAPODA; SCARABAEIDAE; STAPHYLINIDAE;

EID: 33846827213     PISSN: 1519566X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1519-566X2006000600001     Document Type: Article

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