Selective defaunation affects dung beetle communities in continuous Atlantic rainforest

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  2013

• Venue

  Biological Conservation

• Publication date

  2013-07-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/J.BIOCON.2013.04.004
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