| Working with Alejandro Lopera
at the University of New Orleans, we sampled a series of habitats for
dung beetles during the dry and wet seasons in Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica.
The sites represent a mosaic of discrete patches subjected to varying
land-use regimes. In order of descending beetle diversity, these include
primary riparian forest, primary dry forest, secondary forest of four
successional ages, two types of tree plantation, abandoned fallow pasture,
and pasture. In the successional forest, beetle diversity and abundance
increase with forest maturity. |
