Upslope range shifts of Andean dung beetles in response to deforestation: Compounding and confounding effects of microclimatic change

Biotropica

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 82-89

  Larsen, Trond H ^a  

^a Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (United States)

Author keywords

Altitudinal migration; Elevation; Global warming; Habitat loss degradation; Insect; Land use change; Peru; Scarabaeinae; Tropical mountain

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DEFORESTATION; ELEVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT LOSS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LAND USE CHANGE; MICROCLIMATE; MIGRATION; POPULATION DECLINE; RANGE EXPANSION; RANGE SIZE; TOLERANCE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

ANDES; PERU;

COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; SCARABAEINAE;

EID: 84855737911     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2011.00768.x     Document Type: Article

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