Seasonal and spatial species richness variation of dung beetle (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae s. str.) in the Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil Variação sazonal e espacial da riqueza de espécies de besouros coprófagos (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae s. str.) em Mata Atlântica do sudeste do Brasil
The knowledge on Atlantic Forest scarab beetle fauna is quite limited. This biome is strongly degraded and these insects can be used as bioindicators since they are sensitive to forest destruction and show distinct organizational patterns in forest fragments or in areas that have been deteriorated b...
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Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia
2009-12-01
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| Series: | Revista Brasileira de Entomologia |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0085-56262009000400010 |