Short term response of dung beetle communities to disturbance by road construction in the ecuadorian amazon

Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 455-469

  Carpio, Carlos ^a   Donoso, David A ^a,b   Ramón, Giovanni ^a   Dangles, Olivier ^a,c  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Ecuador; Human disturbance; NMDS; Scarabaeinae; Tropical rainforest

Indexed keywords

CANTHIDIUM; CANTHON; COLEOPTERA; DICHOTOMIUS; HAEMATOPUS; ONTHERUS; ONTHOPHAGUS; SCARABAEINAE;

EID: 77952016288     PISSN: 00379271     EISSN: 21686351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00379271.2009.10697629     Document Type: Article

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