Dung beetles attracted to feces of Japanese black bear (Ursus thibetanus japonicus)

Nihon Ringakkai Shi/Journal of the Japanese Forestry Society

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 279-285

  Koike, S ^a   Kasai, S ^a   Goto, Y ^a   Yamazaki, K ^b   Furubayashi, K ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Ibaraki Nature Museum   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dung beetle; Japanese black bear; Prevalence; Tunneller; Ursus thibetanus

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY;

DUNG BEETLE; JAPANESE BLACK BEAR; URSUS THIBETANUS;

SOIL SURVEYS;

BIODIVERSITY; INSECTS; SOIL;

CACCOBIUS (BEETLE); COLEOPTERA; MAMMALIA; ONTHOPHAGUS; URSUS AMERICANUS; URSUS THIBETANUS;

EID: 34250218963     PISSN: 0021485X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4005/jjfs.88.279     Document Type: Article

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