Biodiversity and ecosystem function of tropical forest dung beetles under contrasting logging regimes

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 166-174

  Slade, Eleanor M ^a   Mann, Darren J ^a   Lewis, Owen T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity ecosystem functioning; Dung removal; Forest management; Scarabaeinae; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; SEED DISPERSAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; TROPICAL FOREST;

BORNEO;

COLEOPTERA; SCARABAEIDAE; SCARABAEINAE;

EID: 78751567924     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.08.011     Document Type: Article

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