Publication Type: | Journal Article |
Year of Publication: | 2004 |
Authors: | F. Errouissi, Jay-Robert, P., Lumaret, J. - P., Piau, O. |
Journal: | Annals of the Entomological Society of America |
Volume: | 97 |
Pagination: | 701-709 |
Date Published: | July |
Keywords: | Aphodiinae, bioclimatic transition, Coprinae, European mountain, Scarabaeoidea |
Abstract: | This study attempts to estimate the inßuence of local environmental conditions on dung beetle assemblages in a bioclimatic transition area. Dung beetle assemblages were monitored by monthly dung-baited pitfall trapping from July to October at Þve sites in the Southern Alps (Verdon Valley). The sites were characterized by both elevation ( |