Vertical Stratification Responses of an Arboreal Dung Beetle Species to Tropical Forest Fragmentation in Malaysia

Biotropica

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 521-525

  Tregidgo, Daniel J ^a,b   Qie, Lan ^b   Barlow, Jos ^a   Sodhi, Navjot S ^b   Lim, Susan Lee Hong ^c  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Arthropods; Biodiversity; Conservation; Habitat disturbance; Peninsular Malaysia

Indexed keywords

ARBOREAL SPECIES; BEETLE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST FLOOR; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; RAINFOREST; TROPICAL FOREST;

MALAYSIA; WEST MALAYSIA;

ARTHROPODA; COLEOPTERA; ONTHOPHAGUS;

EID: 77956470287     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2010.00649.x     Document Type: Article

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