Response of a dung beetle assemblage along a reforestation gradient in Restinga forest

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 539-546

  Hernández, Malva I M ^a,c   Barreto, Pedro S C S ^a   Costa, Valderêz H ^a   Creão Duarte, Antonio J ^a   Favila, Mario E ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diversity; Ecological succession; Fragmentation; Scarabaeinae

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905705456     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-014-9645-5     Document Type: Article

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