Development of a Dung Beetle Robot and Investigation of Its Dung-Rolling Behavior
Inventions, 2018 In this study, a bio-inspired dung beetle robot was developed that emulated the dung rolling motion of the dung beetle. Dung beetles, which can roll objects up to 1000 times their own body weight, are one of the strongest insect species in the world ...
Jhih Chen
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Seasonal Phenology and Temporal Niche Differentiation of Dung Beetle Communities in Yak Dung from Alpine Meadows of the Eastern Qilian Mountains [PDF]
BiologyWarm-season alpine meadow pastures on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau receive large inputs of yak dung, yet the temporal organization of dung beetle communities inhabiting this resource remains poorly understood.
Liang Mao +5 more
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Spatial and temporal trends in dung beetle research [PDF]
PeerJDung beetles are one of the most charismatic animal taxa. Their familiarity as ecosystem service providers is clear, but they also play a range of roles in a variety of different ecosystems worldwide.
Zac Hemmings +2 more
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Enhanced Dung Beetle Optimization Algorithm for Practical Engineering Optimization
MathematicsAn enhanced dung beetle optimization algorithm (EDBO) is proposed for nonlinear optimization problems with multiple constraints in manufacturing. Firstly, the dung beetle rolling phase is improved by removing the worst value interference and coupling the
Chunlu Ma
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Multi-objective dung beetle optimization algorithm: A novel algorithm for solving complex multi-objective optimization problems. [PDF]
PLoS ONEMany increasingly complex multi-objective optimization problems are emerging, and there is an urgent need to develop new multi-objective optimization algorithms to meet the challenges.
Wenxing Wu +3 more
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Filling the Spring Gap in Southern Australia: Seasonal Activity of Four Dung Beetle Species Selected to Be Imported from Morocco [PDF]
InsectsDung beetles are important ecosystem engineers, as they utilize the excrement produced by animals. For nearly 60 years, several species of dung beetle have been introduced to Australia to help mitigate the problems caused by the accumulation of livestock
Hasnae Hajji +9 more
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How Does Landscape Structure Affect Dung Beetle Assemblages in Amazon Cities? [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionThe growth of cities is one of the main direct and indirect factors responsible for the loss of native vegetation cover. Urbanization directly affects the biological communities inhabiting forest remnants inserted in cities, compromising the maintenance ...
Vanessa Pontes Mesquita +4 more
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Dung beetles as samplers of mammals in Malaysian Borneo—a test of high throughput metabarcoding of iDNA [PDF]
PeerJ, 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 (
Rosie Drinkwater +5 more
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Dung beetle species introductions: when an ecosystem service provider transforms into an invasive species [PDF]
PeerJ, 2020 Dung beetle introduction programmes were designed to accelerate exotic livestock dung degradation and to control dung breeding pestiferous flies and livestock parasites.
Min R. Pokhrel +2 more
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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, Joshua R. King
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