How might intensification of farming influence dung beetle diversity (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in Maputo Special Reserve (Mozambique)?

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 389-399

  Jacobs, Carmen T ^a   Scholtz, Clarke H ^a   Escobar, Federico ^a,b   Davis, Adrian L V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Conservation; Diversity; Dung beetle; Farming; Indicator; Maputaland centre of endemism; Maputo Special Reserve; Mozambique

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDEMISM; HABITAT CONSERVATION; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; NATURE CONSERVATION; NATURE RESERVE;

MAPUTO [MOZAMBIQUE]; MAPUTO ELEPHANT RESERVE; MOZAMBIQUE;

COLEOPTERA; SCARABAEIDAE; SUIDAE;

EID: 77954214892     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-010-9270-x     Document Type: Article

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