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A dung beetle that feeds on fig: implications for the measurement of species rarity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

A. J. Davis  and
S. L. Sutton
A. J. Davis
Affiliation:
Department of Pure and Applied Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9fT, UK
S. L. Sutton
Affiliation:
Department of Geography, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
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dung beetleDanum ValleyFicusfigfeeding specializationrain forestrarity
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Journal of Tropical Ecology , Volume 13 , Issue 5 , September 1997 , pp. 759 - 766
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1997

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