Conservation value of alternative land-use systems for dung beetles in Amazon: Valuing traditional farming practices

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 22, Issue 6-7, 2013, Pages 1485-1499

  Korasaki, Vanesca ^a   Braga, Rodrigo F ^a   Zanetti, Ronald ^a   Moreira, Fatima M S ^a   Vaz de Mello, Fernando Z ^b   Louzada, Julio ^a,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Agroforestry; Biodiversity; Habitat change; Scarabaeinae; Secondary forest

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AGROFORESTRY; BEETLE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LAND USE LOCATION; PASTURE; SECONDARY FOREST; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES POOL; SPECIES RICHNESS; TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURE;

AMAZONIA;

COLEOPTERA; SCARABAEINAE;

EID: 84878623190     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-013-0487-3     Document Type: Article

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