Possible extinctions of dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, Singapore

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 537-542

  Lee, Janice S H ^a   Cheung, Yat Ka ^a   Qie, Lan ^a   Huijbregts, Johannes ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dung; Insect; Southeast Asia; Species survival; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; MOLOSSUS; ONTHOPHAGUS; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 70349656708     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02172445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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