Does reduced-impact logging help preserve biodiversity in tropical rainforests? A case study from borneo using dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) as indicators

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 467-475

  Davis, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Danum Valley; Diversity; Edge effects; Reduced impact logging; Selective logging

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; LOGGING; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE;

BORNEO;

COLEOPTERA; SCARABAEOIDEA;

EID: 0033852540     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-29.3.467     Document Type: Article

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