Distribution and abundance of dung beetles in fragmented landscapes

Oecologia

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 69-77

  Roslin, Tomas ^a   Koivunen, Anne ^a  

^a Division of Population Biology ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

Aphodius; Habitat loss; Metapopulation; Patchy population; Spatial population structure

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEETLE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0035027479     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420000565     Document Type: Article

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