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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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.
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Mammal dung–dung beetle trophic networks: an improved method based on gut-content DNA [PDF]
PeerJBackground Dung beetles provide many important ecosystem services, including dung decomposition, pathogen control, soil aeration, and secondary seed dispersal. Yet, the biology of most dung beetles remains unknown.
Karen M. Pedersen +3 more
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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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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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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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Multi-Strategy Improved Dung Beetle Optimization Algorithm [PDF]
Jisuanji gongchengThe existing Dung Beetle Optimization(DBO) algorithm has the disadvantages of poor search accuracy and insufficient global search ability, thereby easily falling into local optima.
KUANG Xin, YANG Bo, MA Hua, TANG Wensheng, XIAO Hongfeng, CHEN Ling
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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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Current Biology, 2019 Frank T. Krell and Allison R. Moon introduce dung beetles.
Frank-Thorsten, Krell, Allison R, Moon
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