Abundance and diversity of coprophagous beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) caught with a light trap in a pasture area of the Brazilian Cerrado

Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 53-60

  Abot, Alfredo Raúl ^a   Puker, Anderson ^b   Taira, Tiago Ledesma ^a   Rodrigues, Sérgio Roberto ^a   Korasaki, Vanesca ^c   de Oliveira, Harley Nonato ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DE MATO GROSSO DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS   (Brazil)

^d EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

agro pastoral landscape; Brazil; dung beetle; ecology; insect community; Scarabaeoidea

Indexed keywords

APHODIINAE; ARTHROPODA; BRACHIARIA; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; POACEAE; SCARABAEIDAE; SCARABAEINAE; SCARABAEOIDEA; UROCHLOA BRIZANTHA;

EID: 84859647786     PISSN: 01650521     EISSN: 17445140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01650521.2012.662846     Document Type: Article

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