Local and regional ecological morphology of dung beetle assemblages across four biogeographic regions

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1668-1682

  Inward, Daegan J G ^a,b,c   Davies, Richard G ^a,b,d   Pergande, Claire ^a,b   Denham, Andrew J ^a,b   Vogler, Alfried P ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assemblage structure; Convergence; Dung beetles; Ecomorphology; Functional morphology; Niche partitioning; Scarabaeinae

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; CONVERGENCE; ECOMORPHOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; NEOTROPIC ECOZONE; NICHE PARTITIONING; PHYLOGENETICS; POPULATION DENSITY; REGIONAL PATTERN; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AFRICA; AUSTRALIA; MADAGASCAR;

COLEOPTERA; SCARABAEINAE;

EID: 80051670220     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02509.x     Document Type: Article

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