Vertical stratification responses of an arboreal dung beetle species to tropical forest fragmentation in Malaysia.

Tregidgo, Daniel J. and Qie, Lan and Barlow, Jos and Sodhi, Navjot S. and Lee-Hong Lim, Susan (2010) Vertical stratification responses of an arboreal dung beetle species to tropical forest fragmentation in Malaysia. Biotropica, 42 (5). pp. 521-525. ISSN 0006-3606

Abstract

Little is known about how arboreal arthropods respond to forest disturbance. We assessed how rain forest fragmentation affected the vertical stratification of arboreal dung beetles in Peninsular Malaysia. An arboreal dung beetle species (Onthophagus sp.) moved closer to the forest floor in smaller fragments, suggesting a downward shift in its foraging possibly in response to fragmentation.