Life History of Nanos viettei (Paulian, 1976) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Canthonini), a Representative of an Endemic Clade of Dung Beetles in Madagascar

Coleopterists Bulletin

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 265-288

  Viljanen, Heidi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BODY SIZE; CAPTIVITY; CARRION; CLADISTICS; COURTSHIP; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FECUNDITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FITNESS; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HOME RANGE; HYBRIDIZATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIFE HISTORY; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MATE GUARDING; MOVEMENT; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY;

MADAGASCAR;

COLEOPTERA; PAULIA; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 77749240203     PISSN: 0010065X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1649/1184.1     Document Type: Article

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