Co-declining mammals and dung beetles: an impending ecological cascade
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E. Nichols ([email protected]) and S. Spector, Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, Invertebrate Conservation Program, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th St., New York, NY 100245193, USA. T. A. Gardner, Biology Dept, Univ. Federal de Lavras, Lavras MG, 37200-000, Brazil, and Dept of Zoology, Univ. of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EJ, UK. C. A. Peres, Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Conservation, School of Environmental Sciences, Univ. of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK.
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تاریخ انتشار 2009