Hooded crow foraging from dung pats: Implications for the structure of dung beetle assemblages

Biology and Environment

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 119-124

  Horgan, Finbarr G ^a   Berrow, Simon D ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c Shannon Dolphin and Wildlife Foundation   (Ireland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

APHODIUS PRODROMUS; AVES; BOS TAURUS; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CORVIDAE; CORVUS; CORVUS CORONE; CORVUS CORONE CORNIX; CURCULIONIDAE; EQUIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYDROPHILIDAE; INSECTA;

EID: 6344233563     PISSN: 07917945     EISSN: 2009003X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3318/BIOE.2004.104.2.119     Document Type: Article

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