Dung beetles as indicators of change in the forests of northern Borneo

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 593-616

  Davis, Andrew J ^a,f   Holloway, Jeremy D ^b   Huijbregts, Hans ^c   Krikken, Jan ^c   Kirk Spriggs, Ashley H ^d   Sutton, Stephen L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d National Museum of Namibia   (Namibia)

^e UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioindicator; Community structure; Diversity; Logging

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BIOTYPE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DUNG BEETLE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST; LOGGING; MALAYSIA; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIFICITY;

BEETLE; BIOINDICATOR; BIOTOPE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

MALAYSIA;

EID: 0034936695     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.2001.00619.x     Document Type: Article

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