Resource shifts in Malagasy dung beetles: Contrasting processes revealed by dissimilar spatial genetic patterns

Ecology Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1208-1215

  Hanski, Ilkka ^a   Wirta, Helena ^a   Nyman, Toshka ^a   Rahagalala, Pierre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

Cattle dung; Dung beetle; Genetic diversity; Host shift; Madagascar; Range expansion; Resource competition; Resource shift

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE;

BEETLE; DIET; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENZYME; GENETIC VARIATION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; RANGE EXPANSION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CATTLE; CLASSIFICATION; FECES; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MADAGASCAR; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; CATTLE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; FECES; GENETIC VARIATION; MADAGASCAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

BOS; COLEOPTERA; UNGULATA;

EID: 55949118222     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2008.01239.x     Document Type: Article

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