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Dung beetles prefer used land over natural greenspace in urban landscape
Scientific Reports, 2022 Urbanization drives land-use and patterns of biodiversity. Yet, very little is known about how biodiversity of structurally different habitats is responded to urbanization.
G. Asha +5 more
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The Effect of Dung Beetle Size on Soil Nutrient Mobilization in an Afrotropical Forest
Insects, 2021 Despite recognition of its importance, little is known about functional aspects of soil macrofauna. Here, we investigated the effect of dung beetle body size on macronutrient movement (N, P, K, and C) from elephant dung into soil over 112 days in an ...
Roisin Stanbrook +3 more
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023 The origin of the dung-feeding habits in dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae) is debatable. According to traditional views, the evolution of dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae) and their feeding habits are largely attributed to mammal dung.
Fernando Lopes +5 more
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Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Dung beetles are important actors in the self‐regulation of ecosystems by driving nutrient cycling, bioturbation, and pest suppression. Urbanization and the sprawl of agricultural areas, however, destroy natural habitats and may threaten dung beetle ...
Jana Englmeier +21 more
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Agronomy, 2021 Climate change is a serious threat, and it is necessary to prepare for the future climate conditions of grazing areas. Dung beetle species can help mitigate global warming by contributing to intense nutrient cycling and reduction in greenhouse gas ...
Maria Eduarda Maldaner +3 more
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Two dung beetle species that disperse mimetic seeds both feed on eland dung
South African Journal of Science, 2016 Scarabaeus spretus zur Strassen was observed to roll and bury Ceratocaryum argenteum (Restionaceae) seeds in the sandplain fynbos of the Potberg area of the De Hoop Nature Reserve, South Africa.
Jeremy J. Midgley, Joseph D.M. White
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, 2018 This folder contains datasets from studies on the distribution of dung beetle species across two or more types of dung (trophic networks). Each file is named by the reference.
Nico Blüthgen (4809636) +3 more
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Economic value of dung removal by dung beetles in US sub-tropical pastures
Basic and Applied EcologyIn livestock management systems, the rapid removal of cattle dung by dung beetles plays an essential role in returning areas of pasture to grazing which normally would be lost because of dung contamination. Thus, dung removal is an ecosystem process with
Roisin Stanbrook-Buyer +2 more
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, 2014 J.S.K. was funded by the Academy of Finland, L.W.S. by the Australian Research Council, J.H. by an Australian Postgraduate Award, and J.L.T. by a postdoctoral research fellowship from the University of Western Australia.Recently, doubt has been cast on ...
Simmons, LW +3 more
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Human perturbations reduce dung beetle diversity and dung removal ecosystem function
, 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.
Joaquín Hortal +12 more
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