A comparative discussion of trophic preferences in dung beetle communities

Miscellania Zoologica

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 13-31

  Martin Piera F ^a   Lobo, J M ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coleoptera; Dung beetles; Ecological historical causes; Resource partitioning; Scarabaeoidea; Trophic preferences

Indexed keywords

EID: 3743141710     PISSN: 02116529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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