Importance of habitat heterogeneity in remnant patches for conserving dung beetles

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2857-2873

  Pryke, James S ^a   Roets, Francois ^a   Samways, Michael J ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Insect conservation; Landscape ecology; Landscape elements; Natural forest; Scarabaeidae

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; CONIFEROUS FOREST; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENTOMOLOGY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; GRASSLAND; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HETEROGENEITY; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; PATCHINESS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84886630740     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-013-0559-4     Document Type: Article

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