The effects of body mass on dung removal efficiency in dung beetles.
Understanding of the role of body mass in structural-functional relationships is pressing, particularly because species losses often occur non-randomly with respect to body size. Our study examined the effects of dung beetle body mass on dung removal at two levels. First, we used the lab experiment...
Main Authors: | Beatrice Nervo, Claudia Tocco, Enrico Caprio, Claudia Palestrini, Antonio Rolando |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2014-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4168130?pdf=render |
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