Community structure of dung beetles in Amazonian savannas: Role of fire disturbance, vegetation and landscape structure

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 631-641

  Louzada, Julio ^a,b   Lima, Albertina P ^c   Matavelli, Rodrigo ^a,c   Zambaldi, Ludimila ^a   Barlow, Jos ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS   (Brazil)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Beta diversity; Hierarchical partitioning; Partial redundancy analysis; Spatial variation; Tropical ecosystem

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEETLE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISTURBANCE; DIVERSITY INDEX; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FOREST COVER; FOREST FIRE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; SAVANNA; SPATIAL VARIATION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

AMAZONIA;

COLEOPTERA;

EID: 77952742377     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-010-9448-3     Document Type: Article

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