Dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) community response to clear-cutting in the Missouri Ozarks

Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 146-155

  Masís, Alejandro ^a,b   Marquis, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b Area de Conservación Guanacaste ^*  (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; CLEARCUTTING; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE;

MISSOURI; NORTH AMERICA; OZARK MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

COLEOPTERA; SCARABAEOIDEA;

EID: 34249793257     PISSN: 00228567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2317/0022-8567(2007)80[146:DBCSCR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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