Desert detritivory: Nutritional ecology of a dung beetle (Pachysoma glentoni) subsisting on plant litter in arid South African sand dunes

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 73, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1090-1094

  Holter, P ^a   Scholtz, C H ^b   Stenseng, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Assimilation; Desert detritus; Fungal biomass; Scarabaeidae; Water balance

Indexed keywords

ASSIMILATION EFFICIENCY; BEETLE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIOMASS; DESERT; DETRITIVORY; DRY SEASON; DUNE; ERGOSTEROL; LITTER; SURVIVORSHIP; WATER BUDGET;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

COLEOPTERA; FUNGI; PACHYSOMA GLENTONI; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 69249221497     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2009.04.009     Document Type: Article

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