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Dung beetle community assemblages in a southern African landscape:niche overlap between domestic and wild herbivore dung [PDF]
, 2021 Dung beetles provide important ecosystem functions in semiarid environments, improving the physiochemical characteristics of the soil through tunnelling and burying nutrient-rich dung.
Sands, Bryony O +4 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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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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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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Dung beetle - mammal interactions in tropical forests [PDF]
, 2018 Dung beetles are functionally-important insects which feed on the faeces of mammals. They are widely studied as biodiversity indicators, and as a model taxon for investigating relationships between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. In this thesis I
Raine, Elizabeth, Elizabeth Raine
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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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Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2018 Recent studies have shown that ecological restoration hardly recovers diversity and ecosystem function of important bioindicator groups such as dung beetles, which have key functional roles in natural and managed ecosystems.
Daniel González-Tokman +5 more
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Design of a Multistable Finger Prosthesis with Programmable Metamaterials
Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.This research article shows the development of a multistable programmble metamaterial for the use as a finger prosthesis. The material was designed on different hierarchical levels where the influence of geometrical parameters and combination of mechanical elements was explored.
Franziska Wenz +5 more
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Landscape and grazing management affect dung beetle communities in California
Basic and Applied EcologyAgroecosystem management can have large impacts on arthropod communities, with downstream consequences for ecosystem function. In grazed agroecosystems, dung beetle nesting and consumption activities contribute to critical ecosystem services such as ...
Suzanne Lipton +2 more
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