Invasion and retreat: Shifting assemblages of dung beetles amidst changing agricultural landscapes in central Peru

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 18, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 3519-3541

  Horgan, Finbarr G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Coffee; Deforestation; Ecological regeneration; Pitfall trapping; Scarabaeidae; Tropical highlands

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; MANIHOT ESCULENTA; SCARABAEIDAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84893701417     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-009-9658-7     Document Type: Article

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