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Thirty-one years ago T.L. Erwin, J. Adis and G.G. Montgomery obtained about 50,000 arthropods by fogging the canopy with natural pyrethrum along transects in four forest types of Central Amazonia. A first study of nearly 5,000 adult Coleoptera specimens indicated a low similarity of beetle species between forest types and a predominance of herbivores (Erwin 1983). This material has now been restudied to allow an ecological comparison in more detail.
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Warren E. Steiner Jr. and Gary F. Hevel, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C./USA are heartily thanked for their help received regarding handling and collection management of the beetle material investigated. Prof. Dr. Carlos F. Sperber, Federal University of Viçosa/Brazil, is thanked for statistical advice regarding species patchiness.
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Adis†, J., Erwin, T.L., Battirola, L.D., Ketelhut, S.M. (2010). The Importance of Amazonian Floodplain Forests for Animal Biodiversity: Beetles in Canopies of Floodplain and Upland Forests. In: Junk, W., Piedade, M., Wittmann, F., Schöngart, J., Parolin, P. (eds) Amazonian Floodplain Forests. Ecological Studies, vol 210. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-8725-6_16
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