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Utilization of cow dung residues of biogas plant for sustainable development of a rural community

open access: yes, 2021
Ziala Village of Satkhira District in Bangladesh is well known for cow dung management and biogas production. Biogas plants produce huge quantities of organic residues and biogas.
M. Shaibur, H. Husain, Samsul Huda Arpon
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Nutrient quality of vertebrate dung as a diet for dung beetles [PDF]

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2017
AbstractAt the basis of a trophic web, coprophagous animals like dung beetles (Scarabaeoidea) utilize resources that may have advantages (easy gain and handling) as well as drawbacks (formerly processed food). Several studies have characterized the nutrients, e.g. C/N ratios and organic matter content, for specific types of dung. However, a comparative
Frank, Kevin   +4 more
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Dung beetles as samplers of mammals in Malaysian Borneo—a test of high throughput metabarcoding of iDNA

open access: yesPeerJ, 2021
Invertebrate-derived DNA (iDNA) sampling in biodiversity surveys is becoming increasingly widespread, with most terrestrial studies relying on DNA derived from the gut contents of blood-feeding invertebrates, such as leeches and mosquitoes. Dung beetles (
R. Drinkwater   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A Review of Dung Beetle Introductions in the Antipodes and North America: Status, Opportunities, and Challenges

open access: yesEnvironmental Entomology, 2021
Following the introduction of cattle, exotic dung beetles (Coleoptera: Aphodiidae, Geotrupidae, Scarabaeidae) were imported into the Antipodes (Australia and New Zealand) and North America (primarily the United States) to accelerate the degradation of ...
M. Pokhrel   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Dung Beetle Compass [PDF]

open access: yesCurrent Biology, 2018
What do a burly rower, a backstroke swimmer and a hard-working South African dung beetle all have in common? The answer is: they all benefit from moving along a straight path, and do so moving backwards. This, however, is where the similarity ends. While the rower has solved this navigational challenge by handing the task of steering to the coxswain ...
Marie, Dacke, Basil, El Jundi
openaire   +2 more sources

Temperature distribution in concrete structure under the action of fire using Ansys software [PDF]

open access: yesE3S Web of Conferences, 2019
In the last few decades, fires caused serious damage in civil engineering, especially in the high-rise building, factories, offices, etc. Usually the structures are built with fireproof materials such as concrete.
Nguyen Trong Chuc   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The relationships between dung beetles and monkeys in the Neotropical region

open access: yesFrontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023
The relationship between dung beetles and arboreal mammals has been scarcely studied, and many of the reports refer to observations without a standardized methodology.
Gonzalo Halffter, Mario E. Favila
doaj   +1 more source

Crohn's disease and related inflammatory diseases: from many single hypotheses to one "superhypothesis"

open access: yesVeterinární Medicína, 2014
The aetiology of Crohn's disease and paratuberculosis are the subjects of intensive study and also frequently, of dispute. However, a number of other nosological entities have a similar history, namely type 1 diabetes, multiple sclerosis, sarcoidosis ...
K. Hruska, I. Pavlik
doaj   +1 more source

The interactive effects of fertiliser nitrogen with dung and urine on nitrous oxide emissions in grassland

open access: yesIrish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research, 2016
Nitrous oxide (N2O) is an important and potent greenhouse gas (GHG). Although application of nitrogen (N) fertiliser is a feature of many grazing systems, limited data is available on N2O emissions in grassland as a result of the interaction between ...
Hyde B.P.   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assemblages of Coprophilous Beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) in the Pastureland of Central Mongolia [PDF]

open access: yesMongolian Journal of Biological Sciences, 2009
Results of studies on species composition, abundance and community structure of beetles found in dung of the reintroduced wild horses (Przewalski’s horses), domestic horses and cattle are presented.
Badamdorj Bayartogtokh   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

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