Quantifying edge effects: The role of habitat contrast and species specialization

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 807-820

  Peyras, Marina ^a   Vespa, Natalia I ^a   Bellocq, M Isabel ^a   Zurita, Gustavo A ^b  

^a Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO DE BIOLOGÍA SUBTROPICAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Atlantic forest; Dung beetles; Edge effect; Quantitative response; Sigmoid response; Unimodal response

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEETLE; ECOTONE; EDGE EFFECT; FOREST COVER; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; MICROCLIMATE; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIALIST; SPECIALIZATION;

ARGENTINA;

COLEOPTERA;

EID: 84880510346     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-013-9563-y     Document Type: Article

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