Conservation of heterogeneity among dung beetles in the Maputaland Centre of Endemism, South Africa

Biological Conservation

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 145-153

  Van Rensburg, Berndt J ^a   McGeoch, Melodie A ^a   Chown, Steven L ^a   Van Jaarsveld, Albert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Detector species; Dung beetle assemblages; Endemism; Indicator species

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOINDICATOR; CONSERVATION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HETEROGENEITY;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0032966631     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(98)00109-8     Document Type: Article

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