Arthropods associated with pig carrion in two vegetation profiles of Cerrado in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Revista Brasileira de Entomologia

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 424-434

  Rosa, Thiago Augusto ^a,b   Babata, Micaela L Y ^a   de Souza, Carina Mara ^a   de Sousa, Danielle ^a   de Mello Patiu, Cátia A ^c   Vaz de Mello, Fernando Z ^d   Mendes, Júlio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^b Faculdade de Ciências Integradas do Pontal FACIP   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Coleoptera; Diptera; Ecological succession; Insect diversity

Indexed keywords

EID: 83455162206     PISSN: 00855626     EISSN: 18069665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0085-56262011005000045     Document Type: Article

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