TY - JOUR T1 - Dung and carrion beetles of the rain forest of French Guiana: composition and structure of the guild JF - Annales De La Societe Entomologique De France Y1 - 2000 A1 - Feer, F. SP - 29 EP - 43 KW - alouatta-palliata KW - COLEOPTERA KW - communities KW - ivory-coast KW - los-tuxtlas KW - Mexico KW - monkeys KW - Scarabaeidae KW - seed dispersal AB - A guild of neotropical rain forest dung and carrion beetles, has been studied in a locality of undisturbed rain forest in French Guiana. A total of 87 species was captured. Scarabaeidae with 76 species were the most numerous;Aphodiidae and other minor families were rare. Species diversity and equitability were high and showed small variation with seasons. Tunneller species ( 48 species) were larger and more numerous than roller species (18 species) and dwellers. Food preferences, and activity rhythm of species were described. VL - 36 UR - ://000087344100002 N1 - Times Cited: 1Cited Reference Count: 60Cited References: ANDRESEN E, 1999, BIOTROPICA, V31, P145 ANDRESEN E, 1994, THESIS FRUGIVORY PRI BALTHASAR V, 1963, MONOGRAPHIE SCARABAE, V1 BONGERS F, 2000, BIOL MONOGRAPH SERIE BRYAN RP, 1976, AUSTR J AGR RES, V27, P567 CAMBEFORT Y, 1986, ACTA OECOL-OEC GEN, V7, P17 CAMBEFORT Y, 1982, ANN SOC ENTOMOL FR, V18, P433 CAMBEFORT Y, 1991, DUNG BEETLE ECOLOGY, P156 CAMBEFORT Y, 1991, DUNG BEETLE ECOLOGY, P198 CAMBEFORT Y, 1985, REV FRANCAISE ENTOMO, V7, P337 CASWELL H, 1976, ECOL MONOGR, V46, P327 DADDA AA, 1998, NEOTROPICAL PRIMATES, V6, P111 DAJOZ R, 1994, ANN SOC ENTOMOL FR, V30, P159 DAVIS AJ, 1993, THESIS U LEEDS RU DUBOST G, 1987, MAMMALIA, V51, P415 ESTRADA A, 1986, FRUGIVORES SEED DISP, P9 ESTRADA A, 1993, J TROP ECOL, V9, P45 ESTRADA A, 1991, J TROP ECOL, V7, P459 FEER F, 1999, J TROP ECOL 2, V15, P129 FINCHER GT, 1973, J PARASITOL, V59, P396 FISCHER RA, 1943, THEORETICAL POPULATI, V7, P197 GILL BD, 1991, DUNG BEETLE ECOLOGY, P211 GLANZ WE, 1990, 4 NEOTROPICAL RAINFO, P287 HALFFTER G, 1993, BIOL INT, V27, P15 HALFFTER G, 1966, FOLIA ENTOMOL MEXICO, V12, P1 HALFFTER G, 1992, FOLIA ENTOMOLOGICA M, V84, P131 HALFFTER G, 1991, FOLIA ENTOMOLOGICA M, V82, P195 HALFFTER G, 1982, NESTING BEHAV DUNG B HALFFTER G, 1980, QUAEST ENTOMOL, V16, P599 HANSKI I, 1983, ACTA ZOOL FENN, V167, P1 HANSKI I, 1991, DUNG BEETLE ECOLOGY, P5 HANSKI I, 1991, DUNG BEETLE ECOLOGY, P283 HANSKI I, 1991, DUNG BEETLE ECOLOGY, P303 HANSKI I, 1991, DUNG BEETLE ECOLOGY, P330 HANSKI I, 1991, DUNG BEETLE ECOLOGY, P350 HANSKI I, 1982, OIKOS, V38, P210 HANSKI I, 1989, TROPICAL RAIN FOREST, P489 HEINRICH B, 1979, PHYSIOL ZOOL, V52, P484 HOWDEN HF, 1975, BIOTROPICA, V7, P77 HOWDEN HF, 1981, CONTRIBUTIONS AM ENT, V18, P1 JANZEN DH, 1982, ECOLOGY, V63, P1887 JANZEN DH, 1982, SCIENCE, V215, P19 KLEIN BC, 1989, ECOLOGY, V70, P1715 KOHLMAN B, 1991, DUNG BEETLE ECOLOGY, P116 LAURANCE WF, 1997, TROPICAL FOREST REMN LOBO JM, 1988, REV ECOL BIOL SOL, V25, P77 LOUZADA JNC, 1997, REV BRASILEIRA ENTOM, V41, P117 LOVEJOY TE, 1990, 4 NEOTROPICAL RAINFO, P60 MAGURRAN AE, 1988, ECOLOGICAL DIVERSITY MCARTHUR RH, 1972, GEOGRAPHICAL ECOLOGY PECK SB, 1984, BIOTROPICA, V16, P235 PECK SB, 1982, CAN J ZOOL, V60, P1624 PONCY O, 1998, FOREST BIODIVERSITY, P389 SABATIER D, 1990, BOIS FOR TROP, V219, P31 SHEPHERD VE, 1998, J TROP ECOL 2, V14, P199 SIMMEN B, 1998, CR ACAD SCI III-VIE, V321, P699 TERBORGH J, 1997, TROPICAL FOREST REMN, P256 VOSS RS, 1996, B AM MUS NAT HIST, V230, P1 WALTER P, 1984, B SOC ENTOMOLOGIQUE, V88, P514 WOODRUFF RE, 1973, SCARAB BEETLES FLORI, V8FrenchArticle319LXANN SOC ENTOMOL FR ER -