Dung beetles in continuous forest, forest fragments and in an agricultural mosaic habitat island at Los Tuxtlas, Mexico

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1903-1918

  Estrada, Alejandro ^a   Coates Estrada, Rosamond ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Conservation; Dung beetles; Forest fragmentation; Los Tuxtlas; Mexico; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT MOSAIC; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

MEXICO;

CANTHON; CANTHON VIRIDIS; COLEOPTERA; COPRIS; MAMMALIA; ONTHOPHAGUS; RHINOLOPHUS; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 0036847682     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020896928578     Document Type: Article

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