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Probable mutualistic association between staphylinid beetles (Amblyopinus) and their rodent hosts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

James S. Ashe  and
Robert M. Timm
James S. Ashe
Affiliation:
Division of Insects, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois 60605, USA
Robert M. Timm
Affiliation:
Museum of Natural History, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA
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Keywords

AmblyopinusbeetleColeopteramammalmutualismPeromyscusrodent
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Short Communication
Information
Journal of Tropical Ecology , Volume 3 , Issue 2 , May 1987 , pp. 177 - 181
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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