Rapid recovery of dung beetle communities following habitat fragmentation in central Amazonia

Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 3303-3311

  Quintero, Ingrid ^a,b,d   Roslin, Tomas ^c  

^a Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

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

Author keywords

Amazonas; Brazil; Dung beetle; Forest fragmentation; Matrix habitat; Rain forest; Recovery; Secondary vegetation

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; RECOVERY;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ARTHROPODA; COLEOPTERA; INSECTA; SILPHIDAE;

EID: 30744473239     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: 00129658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/04-1960     Document Type: Article

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