The effects of rainforest canopy loss on arboreal dung beetles in Borneo: Implications for the measurement of biodiversity in derived tropical ecosystems

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 167-173

  Davis, Andrew J ^a,c   Sutton, Stephen L ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Arthropods; Diversity; Dung beetles; Rainforest canopy; Selective logging; Species richness

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001025879     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-4642.1998.00017.x     Document Type: Article

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