The verification and application of bioindicators: a case study of dung beetles in a savanna ecosystem

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• Publication year

  2002

• Venue

  Journal of Applied Ecology

• Publication date

  2002-08-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1046/J.1365-2664.2002.00743.X
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