Spatial and Temporal Variation of Mountain Dung Beetle Assemblages and Their Relationships with Environmental Factors (Aphodiinae: Geotrupinae: Scarabaeinae)

Authors:
  • PJPierre Jay-Robert
    Pierre Jay-Robert
  • JLJean-Pierre Lumaret
    Jean-Pierre Lumaret
  • JLJean-Dominique Lebreton
    Jean-Dominique Lebreton

Abstract
The analysis of a large census of dung beetles from the southern Alps (108 samples; 85,478 specimens belonging to 59 species) showed that 1) elevatio