Dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) diversity and community structure across three disturbance regimes in eastern Amazonia

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 9-19

  Scheffler, Pamela Y ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic disturbance; Biodiversity; Brazil; Clear cutting; Dung beetles; Pasture; Pitfall traps; Scarabaeidae; Selective logging

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISTURBANCE; LOGGING (TIMBER); PITFALL TRAP; SELECTIVE LOGGING; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL; PARA [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BOS TAURUS; COLEOPTERA; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 13544258790     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467404001683     Document Type: Article

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