Diversity and habitat use of dung beetles in a restored Andean landscape

Biotropica

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 181-187

  Medina, Claudia A ^a,b   Escobar, Federico ^a,c   Kattan, Gustavo H ^a  

^a Fundacion EcoAndina/Wildlife Conservation Society Colombia Program   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Andes; Colombia; Diversity; Dung beetle; Habitat use; Landscape; Restoration; Scarabaeidae

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; HABITAT RESTORATION; HABITAT USE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANDES; COLOMBIA;

COLEOPTERA; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 0036232116     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2002.tb00255.x     Document Type: Article

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