The ratio of exotic-to-native dung beetles can indicate habitat quality in riparian restoration

Insect Conservation and Diversity

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 123-131

  Gollan, John R ^a,b   Reid, Chris A M ^a   Barnes, Peter B ^c   Wilkie, Lance ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bioindicator; Exotic species; Hunter Valley; Introduced species; Invertebrate; Monitoring; Rehabilitation; Revegetation; Scarabaeinae

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953802956     PISSN: 1752458X     EISSN: 17524598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4598.2010.00115.x     Document Type: Article

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