Effects of logging road networks on the ecological functions of dung beetles in Peninsular Malaysia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 326, Issue , 2014, Pages 18-24

  Hosaka, Tetsuro ^a,b   Niino, Masahiro ^a   Kon, Masahiro ^c   Ochi, Teruo ^c   Yamada, Toshihiro ^a   Fletcher, Christine ^d   Okuda, Toshinori ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Forestry Division Forest Research Institute Malaysia ^*  (Japan)

^d FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Dung burial; Secondary seed dispersal; Selective logging; Tropical forest biodiversity

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DECOMPOSITION; ECOLOGY; ROADS AND STREETS;

ANTHROPOGENIC DISTURBANCE; DUNG BURIAL; ECOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; FOREST BIODIVERSITY; SEED DISPERSAL; SELECTIVE LOGGING; TROPICAL COUNTRIES; TROPICAL FOREST;

FORESTRY;

EID: 84899733618     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.04.004     Document Type: Article

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