A test for the adequacy of bioindicator taxa: Are tiger beetles (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) appropriate indicators for monitoring the degradation of tropical forests in Venezuela?

Biological Conservation

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 69-76

  Rodríguez, Jon Paul ^a,c   Pearson, David L ^b   Barrera R , Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioindicators; Cicindelidae; Coleoptera; Habitat quality; Tiger beetles; Tropical forests; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST DEGRADATION; TIGER BEETLE;

VENEZUELA;

CICINDELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; INSECTA; PANTHERA TIGRIS;

EID: 0031986411     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(97)00017-7     Document Type: Article

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