Assessing the importance of intraspecific variability in dung beetle functional traits

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Griffiths, Hannah M ^a,b,c   Louzada, Julio ^a,b   Bardgett, Richard D ^d   Barlow, Jos ^a,b,e  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e MUSEU PARAENSE EMÍLIO GOELDI   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; CALCULATION; FECES; FOREST; HINDLIMB; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEG LENGTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SAMPLE SIZE; SPECIES; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BODY SIZE; BOVINE; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETICS; LIMB; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BODY SIZE; CATTLE; ECOSYSTEM; EXTREMITIES; FECES; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 84962546029     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0145598     Document Type: Article

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