Attractiveness of different bait to the Scarabaeinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in Forest Fragments in Extreme Southern Brazil

Zoological Studies

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 429-441

  da Silva, Pedro Giovâni ^a   Vaz de Mello, Fernando Z ^b   Di Mare, Rocco Alfredo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Coprophagy; Dung beetles; Necrophagy; Saprophagy; Trophic guild

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; SCARABAEIDAE; SCARABAEINAE;

EID: 84863924294     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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