Dung beetle communities as biological indicators of riparian forest widths in southern Brazil

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 36, Issue , 2014, Pages 703-710

  Viegas, Gustavo ^a   Stenert, Cristina ^a   Schulz, Uwe H ^a   Maltchik, Leonardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO RIO DOS SINOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Brazilian Forest Code; Dung beetle; Landscape change; Riparian forest

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; DUNG BEETLES; FOREST CODE; LANDSCAPE CHANGES; RIPARIAN FORESTS;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; OCEAN HABITATS;

FORESTRY;

ABUNDANCE; BAIT; BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; ENTOMOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LEAF LITTER; PITFALL TRAP; RIPARIAN FOREST; RIPARIAN ZONE; SEASONALITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAMWATER;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTS; INSECTS;

BRAZIL;

EID: 84887205829     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.09.036     Document Type: Article

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