Acorn preference by the dung beetle, Thorectes lusitanicus, under laboratory and field conditions

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1697-1704

  Verdú, José R ^a   Lobo, Jorge M ^b   Numa, Catherine ^a   Pérez Ramos, Ignacio M ^c   Galante, Eduardo ^a   Marañón, Teodoro ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

acorn preference; dung beetle; Geotrupidae; oak forest; olfactometer; Thorectes lusitanicus

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOASSAY; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOOD PREFERENCE; FOREST DYNAMICS; LABORATORY METHOD; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; METAMORPHOSIS; MONOCOTYLEDON; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; OLFACTORY CUE; PALATABILITY; REGENERATION; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION;

COLEOPTERA; GEOTRUPIDAE; QUERCUS CANARIENSIS; QUERCUS SUBER; SCARABAEOIDEA; THORECTES LUSITANICUS;

EID: 36749074555     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.03.016     Document Type: Article

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