Are Dung Beetles Driving Dung-Fly Abundance in Traditional Agricultural Areas in the Amazon?

Ecosystems

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1173-1181

  Braga, Rodrigo Fagundes ^a   Korasaki, Vanesca ^a   Audino, Lívia Dorneles ^a   Louzada, Julio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

biological control; conservation biology; ecosystem function; habitat change; Scarabaeinae; tropical forest

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AGROFORESTRY; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BIOMASS; DETRITUS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FLY; HABITAT TYPE; LAND USE CHANGE; PASTURE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURE; TROPICAL FOREST;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL;

COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; SCARABAEINAE; SCATHOPHAGIDAE;

EID: 84867680817     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-012-9576-5     Document Type: Article

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