Understanding trait-dependent community disassembly: Dung beetles, density functions, and forest fragmentation

Conservation Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1288-1298

  Larsen, Trond H ^a   Lopera, Alejandro ^b   Forsyth, Adrian ^c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^c Blue Moon Fund   (United States)

Author keywords

Community disassembly; Density function; Dung beetle; Habitat fragmentation; Minimum area requirement; Trait dependent species extinction and decline; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARCHIPELAGO; BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EXTINCTION; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREE; VENEZUELA;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEETLES; BODY SIZE; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; LINEAR MODELS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES; VENEZUELA;

SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA;

COLEOPTERA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 52649099383     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2008.00969.x     Document Type: Article

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