Changes in dung beetle communities along a gradient of tropical forest disturbance in South-East Asia

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 677-680

  Lee, Janice Ser Huay ^a   Lee, Ian Qian Wei ^a   Lim, Susan Lee Hong ^b   Huijbregts, Johannes ^c   Sodhi, Navjot S ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^c NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ecosystem services; Malay Peninsula; Scarabaeidae; Tropical forests

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMASS; BODY SIZE; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; SEED DISPERSAL; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPICAL FOREST;

MALAYSIA; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; WEST MALAYSIA;

COLEOPTERA; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 74049147022     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467409990174     Document Type: Article

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