High variability of dung beetle diversity patterns at four mountains of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt

Insect diversity patterns of high mountain ecosystems remain poorly studied in the tropics. Sampling dung beetles of the subfamilies Aphodiinae, Scarabaeinae, and Geotrupinae was carried out at four volcanoes in the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt (TMVB) in the Mexican transition zone at 2,700 and 3,400...

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Published in:	PeerJ
Main Authors:	Alfonsina Arriaga-Jiménez, Matthias Rös, Gonzalo Halffter
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	PeerJ Inc. 2018-02-01
Subjects:	Mexican transition zone Compositional similarity Species distribution patterns q-Diversity Horizontal colonization Environmental instability
Online Access:	https://peerj.com/articles/4468.pdf

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