Dung Beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae) attracted to Lagothrix lagotricha (Humboldt) and Alouatta seniculus (Linnaeus) (Primates: Atelidae) dung in a Colombian Amazon forest

Psyche (London)

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Noriega, Jorge Ari ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALOUATTA; ALOUATTA SENICULUS; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; LAGOTHRIX; LAGOTHRIX LAGOTRICHA; PRIMATES; SCARABAEINAE;

EID: 84859702817     PISSN: 00332615     EISSN: 16877438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/437589     Document Type: Article

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