Altitudinal variation of dung beetle (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) assemblages in the Colombian Andes

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 327-337

  Escobar, Federico ^a,b   Lobo, Jorge M ^c   Halffter, Gonzalo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN DE RECURSOS BIOLÓGICOS ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT   (Colombia)

^c MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Altitudinal distribution; Colombian Andes; Composition; Diversity; Dung beetles; Scarabaeinae; Species co occurrence

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; BEETLE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; RARITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANDES; COLOMBIA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

COLEOPTERA; SCARABAEIDAE; SCARABAEINAE;

EID: 22144464142     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-822X.2005.00161.x     Document Type: Article

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