Patterns of abundance and movement in relation to landscape structure: A study of a common scarab (Canthon cyanellus cyanellus) in Southern Mexico

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 69-78

  Arellano, Lucrecia ^a,b   León Cortés, Jorge L ^a   Ovaskainen, Otso ^c  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE CONSERVACIÓN DE LA BIODIVERSIDAD   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Agro pasture systems; Animal movement; Chiapas; Diffusion; Functional connectivity; Hedgerow; Scarabs; State space model; Tropical deciduous forest

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BEETLE; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DIFFUSION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT SELECTION; HEDGEROW; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MOVEMENT; TROPICAL FOREST;

CHIAPAS; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; CANTHON CYANELLUS; HEXAPODA; SCARABAEUS;

EID: 37449005365     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-007-9165-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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