Species turnover of monkey beetles (Scarabaeidae: Hopliini) along environmental and disturbance gradients in the Namaqualand region of the succulent Karoo, South Africa

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 243-264

  Colville, J ^a   Picker, M D ^a   Cowling, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Beetle plant associations; Communities; Rangeland disturbance; Species turnover; Succulent vegetation

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; RANGELAND; TURNOVER;

SOUTH AFRICA;

COLEOPTERA; PERITRICHIA; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 0036206549     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014520226989     Document Type: Article

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