01319nas a2200169   4500008004100000245009100041210006900132260001100201300001200212490000800224520077700232653004401009100002101053700002401074700001701098856003401115       1992                        eng d00aThe Response of Some Rain-Forest Insect Groups to Logging and Conversion to Plantation0 aResponse of Some RainForest Insect Groups to Logging and Convers  cMar 30  a425-4360 v3353 aData and analyses from pilot studies in the Danum area of Sabah, East Malaysia, and elsewhere in the Indo-Australian tropics are used to measure the effects of logging and other human disturbance, such as conversion to plantation, on insect diversity. The two insect groups studied have very different trophic requirements: moths, with floristically specific herbivory, and dung and carrion beetles, exploiting resources of much more uniform quality over different forest systems. Moths show significant loss of diversity and taxonomic quality with disturbance and conversion to plantation. The beetles show much less change in diversity and faunistic composition. The implications for conservation of biodiversity are discussed, and suggestions for further work are made.10aforest change biodiversity dung beetles1 aHolloway, J., D.1 aKirkspriggs, A., H.1 aKhen, C., V.  u<Go to ISI>://A1992HN46100011