Effect of deforestation on a southwest Ghana dung beetle assemblage (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) at the periphery of Ankasa Conservation Area

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1081-1088

  Davis, Adrian L V ^a   Philips, T Keith ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deforestation; Dung; Ghana; Plantation; Rainforest

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; DEFORESTATION; PLANTATION; SPECIES INVENTORY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

COLEOPTERA; ELAEIS; SCARABAEIDAE; SCARABAEINAE; SUS SCROFA; THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 26444487413     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/34.5.1081     Document Type: Review

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