Elephant- and human-induced changes to dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) assemblages in the Maputaland Centre of Endemism

Biological Conservation

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 573-583

  Botes, Antoinette ^a   McGeoch, Melodie A ^b   van Rensburg, Berndt J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Carrying capacity; Conservation management; Habitat conversion; Insect conservation; Protected areas

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ELEPHANT; GRAZING PRESSURE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; INVERTEBRATE; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

AFRICA; KWAZULU-NATAL; MOZAMBIQUE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TEMBE ELEPHANT PARK;

COLEOPTERA; ELEPHANTIDAE; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; LOXODONTA; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 33646458824     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2006.01.020     Document Type: Article

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