Dung beetles as indicators for rapid impact assessments: Evaluating best practice forestry in the neotropics

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 43, Issue , 2014, Pages 154-161

  Bicknell, Jake E ^a,b   Phelps, Simon P ^c   Davies, Richard G ^c   Mann, Darren J ^d   Struebig, Matthew J ^a   Davies, Zoe G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b Iwokrama International Centre for Rain   (Guyana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CLAM; Forest disturbance; Guyana; Indicator species; IndVal; Reduced Impact Logging

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIVES; MOLLUSCS; SHELLFISH; TIMBER;

CLAM; FOREST DISTURBANCES; GUYANA; INDICATOR SPECIES; INDVAL; REDUCED-IMPACT LOGGING;

FORESTRY;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEETLE; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; BIOINDICATOR; CANOPY GAP; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORESTRY; GROUND COVER; HABITAT TYPE; LOGGING (TIMBER); NEOTROPICAL REGION; PEST SPECIES; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; TAXONOMY;

EXPLOSIVES; FORESTS; GUYANA; INDICATORS; INSECTS; LOGGING;

GUYANA;

EID: 84896909051     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.02.030     Document Type: Article

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