Removal rates of native and exotic dung by dung beetles (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) in a fragmented tropical rain forest

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 328-336

  Amézquita, Sandra ^a   Favila, Mario E ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Biomass; Dung beetles; Dung removal; Forest fragments; Monkey and cow dung

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; CATTLE; FECES; FRAGMENTATION; HERBIVORE; PRIMATE; RAINFOREST; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPICAL FOREST;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIOMASS; CATTLE; FECES; HAPLORHINI; MEXICO; SEASON; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOMASS; CATTLE; FECES; HAPLORHINI; MEXICO; SEASONS; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

LOS TUXTLAS BIOSPHERE RESERVE; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; VERACRUZ;

BOS; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; SCARABAEIDAE; SCARABAEINAE;

EID: 77952698559     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EN09182     Document Type: Article

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