Rapid Turnover and Edge Effects in Dung Beetle Assemblages (Scarabaeidae) at a Bolivian Neotropical Forest-Savanna Ecotone

Biotropica

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 394-404

  Spector, Sacha ^a,c   Ayzama, Sergio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN SIMÓN   (Bolivia)

^c DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beta diversity; Bolivia; Dung beetles; Ecotone; Edge; Savanna; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOTONE; EDGE EFFECT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; SAVANNA; TROPICAL FOREST;

BOLIVIA; SANTA CRUZ [BOLIVIA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

COLEOPTERA; INSECTA; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 0345014814     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2003.tb00593.x     Document Type: Article

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