Dung beetle community (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) in a tropical landscape at the Lachua Region, Guatemala

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 801-822

  Avendaño Mendoza, Carlos ^a,c   Morón Ríos, Alejandro ^a   Cano, Enio B ^b   León Cortés, Jorgel ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE CONSERVACIÓN DE LA BIODIVERSIDAD   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

^c Univ de San Carlos de Guatemala   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Biological diversity; Dung beetle; Fragmentation; Functional groups; Landscape; Nestedness; Perforation practice

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION;

ALTA VERAPAZ; CENTRAL AMERICA; GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; LAGUNA LACHUA NATIONAL PARK; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

COLEOPTERA; SCARABAEIDAE; SCARABAEINAE;

EID: 17844397469     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-004-0651-x     Document Type: Article

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