Dung beetle conservation: Effects of habitat and resource selection (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea)

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 75-84

  Barbero, Enrico ^a   Palestrini, Claudia ^a   Rolando, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Conservation; Domestic and wild ungulates; Dung beetles; Habitat and food selection

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHANGE; AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGROECOLOGY; BEETLE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; FOOD SELECTION; HABITAT SELECTION; PASTORALISM; SPECIES RICHNESS; VULNERABILITY;

ITALY;

APHODIIDAE; COLEOPTERA; GEOTRUPIDAE; SCARABAEOIDEA;

EID: 0032704152     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009609826831     Document Type: Article

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