Dung beetle persistence in human-modified landscapes: Combining indicator species with anthropogenic land use and fragmentation-related effects

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 55, Issue , 2015, Pages 65-73

  Filgueiras, Bruno K C ^a   Tabarelli, Marcelo ^a   Leal, Inara R ^a   Vaz De Mello, Fernando Z ^b   Iannuzzi, Luciana ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Agricultural frontiers; Ecological indicators; Forest dependent species; Matrix; Scarabaeinae

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; LAND USE; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; MATRIX ALGEBRA; SUGAR CANE;

AGRICULTURAL FRONTIERS; ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS; FOREST-DEPENDENT SPECIES; FRAGMENTED LANDSCAPES; HABITAT VARIATION; HUMAN DISTURBANCES; HUMAN-CAUSED DISTURBANCE; SCARABAEINAE;

FORESTRY;

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEETLE; CATTLE; FOREST EDGE; FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; LAND USE CHANGE; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUGAR CANE; TAXONOMY;

ATEUCHUS; BOS; CANTHON; COLEOPTERA; ONTHOPHAGUS; SACCHARUM; SCARABAEINAE;

EID: 84926059442     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.02.032     Document Type: Article

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