Selective defaunation affects dung beetle communities in continuous Atlantic rainforest

Biological Conservation

Volumn 163, Issue , 2013, Pages 79-89

  Culot, Laurence ^a   Bovy, Emilie ^a,b   Zagury Vaz de Mello, Fernando ^c   Guevara, Roger ^d   Galetti, Mauro ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Dung beetle species richness; Hunting; Mammal biomass; Mammal composition; Trophic cascades

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; HUNTING; LOCAL EXTINCTION; MAMMAL; POPULATION DECLINE; RAINFOREST; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPHIC CASCADE;

ATLANTIC FOREST; BRAZIL;

COLEOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 84879159379     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2013.04.004     Document Type: Article

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