Spatiotemporal variation of scarab beetle assemblages (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae, Melolonthinae, Rutelinae) in the premontane rain forest in costa rica: A question of scale

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 956-964

  García López, Alejandra ^a   Micó, Estefanía ^a   Numa, Catherine ^a   Galante, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

; ; and diversity; and Talamanca mountain ranges; Central; diversity partitioning; Guanacaste; light traps

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DIVERSITY INDEX; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; MOUNTAIN; RAINFOREST; SAMPLING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TROPICAL FOREST; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

COSTA RICA;

COLEOPTERA; DYNASTINAE; MELOLONTHINAE; RUTELINAE; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 78649239510     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/AN10078     Document Type: Article

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