Study of the dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) community at two sites: Atlantic forest and clear-cut, pernambuco, brazil

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 359-367

  Silva, F A B ^a,b   Costa, C M Q ^a   Moura, R C ^a   Farias, A I ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atlantic rainforest; Clear cut area; Community structure; Dung beetle ecology

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ABUNDANCE; BEETLE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORRELATION; FECES; RAINFOREST; SEASONALITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; BRAZIL; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BIODIVERSITY; BRAZIL; CATTLE; HUMANS; RAIN; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

BRAZIL; IGARASSU; PERNAMBUCO;

BOVINAE; COLEOPTERA; SCARABAEIDAE; SCARABAEINAE;

EID: 77952676869     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EN09180     Document Type: Article

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