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Ivermectin impacts on dung beetle diversity and their ecological functions in two distinct Brazilian ecosystems

Ecological Entomology, 2022
The indiscriminate use of Ivermectin is becoming a frequent scenario in Brazil, one of the largest beef cattle herds in the world, and the second‐highest commercial production, despite this product having harmful effects on non‐target organisms.
C. Correa, K. R. Ferreira, A. R. Abot, J. Louzada, F. Vaz‐de‐Mello   +4 more
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Some considerations on the terminology applied to dung beetle functional groups

, 2021
1. Dung beetles are an important group of insects that use excrement for feeding and reproductive purposes. The interest of the scientific community in dung beetles is highlighted by the increasing number of investigations that use them as the focal ...
Mattia Tonelli
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Identifying the anthropogenic drivers of declines in tropical dung beetle communities and functions

, 2021
Human population growth and the activities resulting in habitat destruction are a threat to biodiversity worldwide. Despite the recognized importance of dung beetles in supporting tropical forest ecosystems, our understanding of their susceptibility to ...
L. Fuzessy, A. Benítez-López, E. Slade, Felipe Bufalo, Giovana C. Magro-de-Souza, L. A. Pereira, L. Culot   +6 more
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Understanding what bioindicators are actually indicating: Linking disturbance responses to ecological traits of dung beetles and ants

, 2020
Biological responses to a disturbance can vary among taxa, which challenges the use of bioindicators for representing biodiversity responses more broadly.
Raquel L. Carvalho, A. Andersen, D. Anjos, R. Pacheco, L. Chagas, H. Vasconcelos   +5 more
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Dung exploitation by the dung beetle Typhaeus typhoeus (Col., Geotrupidae)

Oecologia, 1987
This paper deals with the functional aspects of the exploitation of dung by the dung beetle Typhaeus typhoeus. In horizontal brood chambers of a nest in the soil these beetles make "dung sausages" chiefly from rabbit droppings, as a food source for the larvae.
Brussaard, L., Visser, W.J.F.
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Conversion of Cerrado savannas into exotic pastures: The relative importance of vegetation and food resources for dung beetle assemblages

, 2020
Replacing native savannas with exotic pastures not only alters vegetation structure, but it also increases herbivorous cattle dung quantity consequently changing the food resource available for dung beetles.
R. Macedo, Lívia D. Audino, V. Korasaki, J. Louzada   +3 more
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Movement patterns in dung beetles and in the dung fly

Animal Behaviour, 1980
Abstract Movements in coprophagous beetles between cow pats are discussed in relation to two hypotheses: (i) that the movement patterns are results of selection to maximize the net rate of energy intake; (ii) that the rates of immigration to and emigration from droppings are governed by simple stochastic rules of behaviour.
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Anaerobic co-digestion of canola straw and banana plant wastes with buffalo dung: Effect of Fe3O4 nanoparticles on methane yield

Renewable Energy, 2019
A huge quantity of crop residues and animal dung as organic matter is produced in Pakistan and is a potential substrate for producing renewable energy in the form of methane.
Altaf Alam Noonari, R. Mahar, A. R. Sahito, K. M. Brohi   +3 more
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Co‐declining mammal–dung beetle faunas throughout the Atlantic Forest biome of South America

Ecography, 2019
The millennial–scale evolutionary relationships between mammals and dung beetles have been eroded due to several drivers of contemporary biodiversity loss.
J. Bogoni, P. G. da Silva, C. Peres
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