Matrix habitat restoration alters dung beetle species responses across tropical forest edges

Biological Conservation

Volumn 170, Issue , 2014, Pages 28-37

  Barnes, Andrew D ^a,b   Emberson, Rowan M ^c   Chapman, Hazel M ^a   Krell, Frank T ^d   Didham, Raphael K ^a,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^d DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^e CSIRO   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Afromontane forest; Edge effects; Habitat restoration; Land use change; Matrix; Scarabaeidae

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEETLE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; EDGE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HABITAT RESTORATION; RAINFOREST; TROPICAL FOREST;

NIGERIA;

EID: 84893161094     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2013.12.006     Document Type: Article

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