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Human perturbations reduce dung beetle diversity and dung removal ecosystem function
Biotropica, 2021 Biodiversity drives ecological functioning, ultimately providing ecosystem services. Ecosystem processes are favored by greater functional diversity, particularly when groups of functionally different species interact synergistically.
Jorge Ari Noriega +2 more
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Nature Communications, 2023 Dung removal by macrofauna such as dung beetles is an important process for nutrient cycling in pasturelands. Intensification of farming practices generally reduces species and functional diversity of terrestrial invertebrates, which may negatively ...
Jorge Ari Noriega +66 more
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Energy generation from anaerobic co-digestion of food waste, cow dung and piggery dung
Bioresource Technology, 2020 The study investigated bioenergy generation from anaerobic co-digestion of food wastes (FW), cow dung (CD) and piggery dung (PD). The physicochemical parameters of the substrates were determined before and after digestion following standard procedures ...
Ikponmwosa O Evbuomwan
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Are yellow dung flies domesticated cow dung specialists? [PDF]
Alpine Entomology, 2023 The theory of niche differentiation implies some extent of specialization of species with regard to key resources, notably food. Coprophagous (dung-eating) insect larvae play a critical role in the decomposition of livestock dung in modern and ...
Wolf U. Blanckenhorn, Dieter Burkhard
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The materiality of dung: the manipulation of dung in Neolithic Mediterranean caves
Documenta Praehistorica, 2009 This paper discusses the formation of layers of burnt herbivore dung in Neolithic, Eneolithic and Bronze Age Mediterranean caves. While these layers are clearly connected with transhumant pastoralism and the practice of keeping herds in the caves, their ...
Dimitrij Mlekuž
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Dung beetle community composition affects dung turnover in subtropical US grasslands
Ecology and Evolution, 2022 An important service in many ecosystems is the turnover and degradation of dung deposited by cattle. Dung beetles are the primary group of insects responsible for dung turnover, and factors affecting their abundance and distribution thus impact dung ...
Roisin Stanbrook
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023 Introduction The standardization of sampling protocols is imperative for robustly studying any taxonomic group. Replicable methods allow the comparison of data between different spatial and temporal studies.
Eder F. Mora-Aguilar +14 more
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A trait‐based framework for dung beetle functional ecology
Journal of Animal Ecology, 2022 Traits are key for understanding the environmental responses and ecological roles of organisms. Trait approaches to functional ecology are well established for plants, whereas consistent frameworks for animal groups are less developed.
Indradatta deCastro-Arrazola +13 more
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Current Biology, 2019 Frank T. Krell and Allison R. Moon introduce dung beetles.
Frank-Thorsten, Krell, Allison R, Moon
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The use of cow dung and urine to cure COVID‐19 in India: A public health concern
International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 2021 immune system. The authority can involve scientists, political figures, healthcare professionals, media persons, and other famous people to educate the general population about the health safety issues regarding the use of cow dung and urine for the ...
Sohel Daria, M. R. Islam
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