Copro-necrophagous beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) from Atlantic Forest fragments of Silveira Martins, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil;Escarabeíneos copro-necrófagos (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae) de fragmentos de Mata Atlântica em Silveira Martins, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil

Iheringia - Serie Zoologia

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 197-205

  da Silva, Pedro G ^a,b   Di Mare, Rocco A ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Coprophagous beetle; Food preference; Necrophagous beetle; South of Brazil

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864829762     PISSN: 00734721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0073-47212012000200012     Document Type: Article

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