Diversity of dung and carrion beetles in a disturbed Mexican tropical montane cloud forest and on shade coffee plantations

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 601-615

  Arellano, Lucrecia ^a   Favila, Mario E ^a   Huerta, Carmen ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Anthropic landscapes; Biodiversity; Dung and carrion beetles; Shade coffee plantations; Tropical montane cloud forest; Veracruz

Indexed keywords

CLOUD FOREST; DISTURBANCE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PLANTATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

COLEOPTERA; SCARABAEINAE; SILPHIDAE;

EID: 16244393309     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-004-3918-3     Document Type: Article

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