Trait-dependent response of dung beetle populations to tropical forest conversion at local and regional scales

Ecology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 180-189

  Nichols, Elizabeth ^a,b   Uriarte, Maria ^a   Bunker, Daniel E ^c   Favila, Mario E ^d   Slade, Eleanor M ^e   Vulinec, Kevina ^f   Larsen, Trond ^g   Vaz De Mello, Fernando Z ^h   Louzada, Julio ⁱ   Naeem, Shahid ^a   Spector, Sacha H ^j  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^c NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^f DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Science and Knowledge Division   (United States)

^h FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

ⁱ FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS   (Brazil)

^j Scenic Hudson ^*  (United States)

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Author keywords

Body size; Context dependency; Extinction risk; Extrinsic factors; Fitness; Functional traits; Land use change; Population response; Scarabaeinae; Trait based approaches

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOGEOGRAPHICAL REGION; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REGIONAL PATTERN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; ECOSYSTEM; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

COLEOPTERA; SCARABAEINAE;

EID: 84876148066     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-0251.1     Document Type: Article

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