Seasonal and spatial species richness variation of dung beetles (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae s. str.) in the Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil;Seasonal and spatial species richness variation of dung beetle (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae s. str.) in the Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil

Revista Brasileira de Entomologia

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 607-613

  Hernández, Malva I Medina ^a,b   Vaz de Mello, Fernando Z ^c,d  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^c Instituto de Ecología   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diversity; Dung beetles; Ecology; Richness; Scarabaeidae

Indexed keywords

CANTHIDIUM; CANTHON; COLEOPTERA; DICHOTOMIUS; EUCALYPTUS; HEXAPODA; LATIPES; SCARABAEIDAE; SCYBALOCANTHON; UROXYS;

EID: 77954294174     PISSN: 00855626     EISSN: 18069665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0085-56262009000400010     Document Type: Article

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