Regional fragmentation of rain forest in West Africa and its effect on local dung beetle assemblage structure

Biotropica

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 215-220

  Davis, Adrian L V ^a   Philips, T Keith ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ankasa; C te d'Ivoire; Dung; Ghana; Guinean; Kyabobo; Rain forest fragmentation; Savanna; Scarabaeinae; Ta

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOREGION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; PLANTATION; RAINFOREST; SAVANNA;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

COLEOPTERA; SCARABAEINAE;

EID: 61549091779     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2008.00472.x     Document Type: Article

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