Dung beetles (coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) of two non-native habitats in Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Zoological Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 546-559

  da Silva, Pedro Giovâni ^a,b  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Environmental change; Eragrostis plana; Eucalyptus; Pampas

Indexed keywords

CANTHON; COLEOPTERA; ERAGROSTIS; ERAGROSTIS PLANA; EUCALYPTUS; ONTHOPHAGUS; SCARABAEIDAE; SCARABAEINAE;

EID: 80052728651     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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