Dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) assemblages across a natural forest-cerrado ecotone in Minas Gerais, Brazil;Comunidade de besouros rola-bosta (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) ao Longo de um ecótono natural entre floresta e cerrado em Minas Gerais

Neotropical Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 721-731

  Durães, Renata ^a   Martins, Waldney P ^a   Vaz De Mello, Fernando Z ^b,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b Lab Ecologia de Comunidades   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Biodiversity Atlantic Forest; Edge effect; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 34548386985     PISSN: 1519566X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1519-566X2005000500003     Document Type: Article

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