TY - JOUR T1 - Dung beetle community (Coleoptera : Scarabaeidae : Scarabaeinae) in a tropical landscape at the Lachua Region, Guatemala JF - Biodiversity and Conservation Y1 - 2005 A1 - Avendano-Mendoza, Carlos A1 - Moron-Rios, Alejandro A1 - Cano, Enio B. A1 - Leon-Cortes, Jorge L. SP - 801 EP - 822 KW - biological diversity KW - Dung beetles KW - fragmentation KW - functional groups KW - landscape KW - nestedness KW - perforation practice AB - Biological diversity conservation within natural reserves has been prioritized, but conservation efforts outside protected areas (where most human activities take place) have been very little considered. In this scenario, an alternative agricultural practice that may reduce the impacts of fragmentation in outer landscapes is a perforation process, which involves conservation in agricultural fields surrounded by continuous forests. Such practices enhance the positive impact of ecological services on fields. In this study we analyzed the biological diversity state in perforation fields and their surrounding forests. The analysis was done using dung beetles as biological indicators. A nested pattern in dung beetles distribution was found, which ordered the surrounding continuous forest sites as the ones with the highest species richness, followed by the perforation fields, and placed the fragmentation practice fields (continuous agricultural fields surrounding forest patches) with the lowest one. Indicator species for perforation fields and surrounding continuous forests were chosen. In general, perforation practice fields differed in composition, based upon functional groups richness and identity; it also contained a higher species richness than the fragmentation practice. Agricultural practices that enhance biological diversity conservation such as perforation, should be recommended and considered in natural resource management by local communities in order to take advantage of ecological services that otherwise may be gradually lost. VL - 14 UR - ://000228503800002 N1 - 917XYBIODIVERS CONSERV ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Deltochilum valgum acropyge Bates (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae): habits and distribution JF - The Coleopterists Bulletin Y1 - 1998 A1 - Cano, Enio B. SP - 174 EP - 178 VL - 52 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - What can Scarabaeoidea contribute to the knowledge of the biogeography of Guatemala? JF - Coleopterists Society Monograph Number Y1 - 2006 A1 - Schuster, Jack C. A1 - Cano, Enio B. SP - 57 EP - 70 AB - Scarabaeoidea is one of the biogeographically best known groups of organisms for Nuclear Central America, especially Guatemala. They have been used to determine areas of endemism for cloud forests of the region and to analyze relationships among these endemic areas. A major north-south division of these areas is described. Lowland scenarios are also given. This information was used for justifying the establishment of biological reserves in the area and is a tool available for prioritization of reserve establishment that could be adapted to other parts of the world as well. VL - 5 ER -