Roles of endothermy in niche differentiation for ball-rolling dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) along an altitudinal gradient

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 544-551

  Verdú, José R ^a   Arellano, Lucrecia ^b   Numa, Catherine ^a   Micó, Estefanía ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Ecophysiology; Niche overlap; Null models; Scarabaeoidea; Thermal niche; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; BEETLE; COASTAL PLAIN; COEXISTENCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ENDOTHERMY; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; INTERSEXUAL INTERACTION; NICHE OVERLAP; NICHE PARTITIONING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SYMPATRY;

COLEOPTERA; SCARABAEIDAE; SCARABAEOIDEA;

EID: 34848905402     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2007.00907.x     Document Type: Article

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