Bess beetle (Coleoptera: Passalidae): Substrate availability, dispersal, and distribution in a subtropical wet forest

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 711-720

  Galindo Cardona, A ^a   Giray, T ^a   Sabat, A M ^a   Reyes Castillo, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Colonization; Island ecology; Limited mobility

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEETLE; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISPERSAL; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; TROPICAL FOREST;

COLEOPTERA; PASSALIDAE;

EID: 34648813640     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2007)100[711:BBCPSA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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