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Article: Findings in entomology reported from S. Sugiura and co-researchers.
- Article from:
- Ecology, Environment & Conservation
- Article date:
- August 7, 2009
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"Although large islands generally support a richer insect fauna than small islands, many large islands, which are more often inhabited, have lost numerous species because of human activities and introduced organisms. To clarify the consequences of endemic insect conservation on small islands near inhabited islands, we compared the species richness, abundance, and composition of two beetle groups (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae and Mordellidae) captured using Malaise traps among three islands (Chichijima, 24.0 km(2); Anijima, 7.85 km(2); Nishijima, 0.49 km(2)) in the oceanic Ogasawara (Bonin) Island group in the northwestern Pacific during June-July 2006 and 2007," scientists in ...