From coprophagy to predation: A dung beetle that kills millipedes

Biology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 152-155

  Larsen, Trond H ^a   Lopera, Alejandro ^b   Forsyth, Adrian ^c   Génier, François ^d  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^c Blue Moon Fund   (United States)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Deltochilum valgum; Dung beetle; Ecological transition; Guild; Millipede predation; Peru

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; BEETLE; COPROPHAGY; DIETARY SHIFT; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GUILD; MORPHOLOGY; MORTALITY; PITFALL TRAP; PREY CAPTURE; PREY PREFERENCE; RAINFOREST; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARTICLE; BEETLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONGENIC STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPROPHAGY; DECAPITATION; FEMALE; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PERU; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAIN FOREST; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; HISTOLOGY;

PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

COLEOPTERA; DIPLOPODA; HEXAPODA; PYGIDIUM; SCARABAEINAE;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; BEETLES; COPROPHAGIA; DIET; FEMALE; MALE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 65349130020     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2008.0654     Document Type: Article

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