INSECT SUCCESSION ON CARRION: SEASONALITY, HABITAT PREFERENCE AND RESIDENCY OF HISTERID BEETLES (COLEOPTERA: HISTERIDAE) VISITING PIG CARRION EXPOSED IN VARIOUS FORESTS (WESTERN POLAND)

Carrion is an example of ephemeral and patchy microhabitat, rich in organic matter and therefore frequently colonized with a specific and repeated sequence by various arthropods. Beetles of the family Histeridae are a stable component of carrion communities, however their biology and ecology is poor...

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