@article {2180,
	title = {Dung-insect community composition in arid zones of south-eastern Spain},
	journal = {Journal of Arid Environments},
	volume = {56},
	year = {2004},
	pages = {303-327},
	abstract = {Dung-insectcommunitycompositionwasstudiedatthreesitesfor1year,andforafurther8 monthsatonesite, inanaridregionofSpain. Theinsectcommunitywasdominatedbyants, dungfliesandbeetles. Antswereabundantandfliesrelativelyscarceatall threesites, whereas beetle diversity and abundance differed among sites and between years. Community compositionvariedalongthe year inspecies richness, abundance andbiomass. Although dung-insectcommunitiesofaridSpainsharesometraitswithdung-insectassemblagesinother deserts, diversityandtrophicstructureof thesecommunitiesarehighlyvariable, acommon but underappreciatedfeatureofcommunitiesinaridregions.},
	keywords = {desert, Dung-insect community, Inter-annual variability, Seasonality, Spain, Spatial variability},
	author = {Sanchez Pinero, F. and Avila, Jose M.}
}
