Linking biodiversity and ecosystem functioning of dung beetles in south and Southeast Asian tropical rainforests

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology

Volumn , Issue SUPPL.25, 2012, Pages 141-154

  Kudavidanage, Enoka P ^a   Qie, Lan ^b   Lee, Janice Ser Huay ^c  

^a SABARAGAMUWA UNIVERSITY OF SRI LANKA   (Sri Lanka)

^b KEY LABORATORY OF TROPICAL FOREST ECOLOGY   (China)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dung removal; Ecosystem function; Functional groups; Scarabaeinae; Tropical forests

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; SCARABAEIDAE; SCARABAEINAE;

EID: 84878271111     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02172445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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