Dung beetles in pasture landscapes of Central America: Proliferation of synanthropogenic species and decline of forest specialists

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2149-2165

  Horgan, Finbarr G ^a,b,c  

^a University of El Salvador   (El Salvador)

^b Universidad de Las Regiones Autónomas de la Costa Caribe Nicaragüense URACCAN   (Nicaragua)

^c TEAGASC   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Abundance; Diversity; El Salvador; Fragmentation; Nicaragua; Scarabaeidae; Tropical pastures

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; PASTURE; POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIALIST;

CENTRAL AMERICA; EL SALVADOR [CENTRAL AMERICA]; NICARAGUA;

BOS; COLEOPTERA; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 34249729861     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-006-9145-3     Document Type: Article

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