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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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, 2002 Fresh cattle dung from four farms with different feeding strategies was used to create artificial dung pats in a continuously grazed pasture in order to compare the rejection of herbage growing around the pats, the effect on undisturbed herbage growth ...
Bosker, W.T.E. +2 more
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Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.Additive manufacturing provides precise control over the placement of continuous fibres within polymer matrices, enabling customised mechanical performance in composite components. This article explores processing strategies, mechanical testing, and modelling approaches for additive manufactured continuous fibre‐reinforced composites.
Cherian Thomas, Amir Hosein Sakhaei
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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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Influence of Geometric Design on Mechanical Performance of Auxetic Metastructure
Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.Strategic geometric reinforcement transforms auxetic performance. This study evaluates 3D‐printed arrowhead metastructures, revealing that a modified design with local ring reinforcement suppresses premature failure to achieve superior energy absorption and structural efficiency.
Muhammad Gulzari +3 more
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Ecological IndicatorsDung beetles play essential roles in ecosystem functioning, by decomposing mammalian dungs, thereby facilitate nutrient cycling, seed dispersal, and parasite suppression.
Abel Ahungu +6 more
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Anatomical organization of the brain of a diurnal and a nocturnal dung beetle [PDF]
, 2018 To avoid the fierce competition for food, South African ball‐rolling dung beetles carve a piece of dung off a dung‐pile, shape it into a ball and roll it away along a straight line path.
el Jundi, Basil +3 more
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Structure‐Guided Dynamical Mechanics in Bioinspired Double Twisted Laminated Thin Films
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.This work explores a dynamic mechanistic study of crack propagation and puncture testing via real‐time monitoring of crack initiation, propagation, and termination through nature‐inspired single and double twisted architectures fabricated from cellulose nanocrystals.
Justin Brackenridge +4 more
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Double‐Interpenetrating Composite Bioink for Multi‐Component 3D Bioprinting and Biofabrication
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Marine‐polysaccharides‐derived double interpenetrating network hydrogel‐based bioink, combining the attributes of physical and ionic crosslinking, enables room‐temperature bioprinting of mechanically defined structures that can be handled and are cytocompatible.
Fabian Tribukait‐Riemenschneider +1 more
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Diversity and distribution patterns of Ecuador’s dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae)
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 IntroductionEcuador harbors an astounding number of ecosystems and species. However, anthropogenic land-use changes are the primary drivers of biodiversity loss in major taxonomic groups, especially insects.
Santiago Villamarin-Cortez +6 more
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