Dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) diversity in continuous forest, forest fragments and cattle pastures in a landscape of Chiapas, Mexico: The effects of anthropogenic changes

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2869-2898

  Navarrete, Darío ^a,b   Halffter, Gonzalo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE CONSERVACIÓN DE LA BIODIVERSIDAD   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Alpha; Beta and gamma diversity; Dung beetles; Lacandona Rain Forest; Montes Azules biosphere reserve; Scarabaeinae; Tropical rain forests

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEETLE; CATTLE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPACTION; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; PASTURE; RAINFOREST; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPICAL FOREST;

CHIAPAS; LACANDONA FOREST; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MONTES AZULES BIOSPHERE RESERVE; NORTH AMERICA;

BOS; COLEOPTERA; SCARABAEIDAE; SCARABAEINAE;

EID: 53549121404     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-008-9402-8     Document Type: Article

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