Comparing dung beetle species assemblages between protected areas and adjacent pasturelands in a mediterranean savanna landscape

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 137-143

  Numa, Catherine ^a   Verdú, José R ^a   Rueda, Cristina ^b   Galante, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE JUJUY   (Argentina)

Author keywords

land use; livestock management; natural protected areas; Scarabaeoidea; species diversity

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEETLE; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; DEER; DOMINANCE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; HABITAT TYPE; HERBIVORY; LAND USE PLANNING; LANDSCAPE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PASTURE; PROTECTED AREA; SAVANNA; SEED DISPERSAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; WILD POPULATION;

CABANEROS NATIONAL PARK; CASTILLA-LA MANCHA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; SPAIN;

APHODIUS FOETIDUS; CACCOBIUS SCHREBERI; CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; COLEOPTERA; ONTHOPHAGUS MAKI; OVIS ARIES; SCARABAEOIDEA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84858967613     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/REM-D-10-00050.1     Document Type: Article

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