Multi-strategy cooperative enhancement dung beetle optimizer and its application in obstacle avoidance navigation. [PDF]
Sci RepTang X, He Z, Jia C.
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A remarkable new Anomiopus Westwood from Peru (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) [PDF]
, 2013 Described and illustrated is a strikingly distinct new species of the scarabaeine genus Anomiopus Westwood, A.
Edmonds, William David, Figueroa, Luis
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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Bio‐based bionic spider silk and spider web are first prepared using polyelectrolyte complexation technique for the simultaneous harvesting of water and triboelectric energy. The advantage of this process lies on entirely bio‐based materials, fully green water‐processable procedures, extremely high production rate (99.36%), excellent fog harvesting ...
Qin Chen +9 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.
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Quantifying immediate and delayed effects of anthelmintic exposure on ecosystem functioning supported by a common dung beetle species. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) support numerous ecosystem functions in livestock-grazed pastures. Exposure to veterinary anthelmintic residues in livestock dung can have lethal and sublethal effects on dung beetles, and can reduce rates of dung
Paul Manning +2 more
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Communities of Dung Beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) in the Steppe of Mongolia
Mongolian Journal of Biological Sciences, 2021 We studied the community structure of dung beetles in livestock dung within the steppe ecosystem of Mongolia. We found 15 species of dung beetles belonging to three families and representing two functional guilds, namely paracoprids and endocoprids.
Purevdorj Jargalsaikhan +5 more
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Taming the waterways: The Europeanization of Southern Québec's riverside landscapes during the 16th–18th centuries [PDF]
, 2018 The arrival of Europeans in the New World effected the interaction of 2 temperate biogeographical eco-zones: the Palaearctic and Nearctic. Alfred Crosby has hypothesized that the success of the Europeans as imperialists was due, in part, to the ability ...
King, Gary, Muller, Thomas
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Block Copolymers: Emerging Building Blocks for Additive Manufacturing
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.This review addresses how block copolymer (BCP) physics and rheology have led to the widespread use of BCPs in advanced additive manufacturing techniques, with particular emphasis on the untapped potential of these nanostructured materials toward achieving multi‐scale architected materials with unique, programmable material properties.
Alice S. Fergerson +3 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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Local and regional ecological morphology of dung beetle assemblages across four biogeographic regions [PDF]
, 2011 Aim Niche partitioning within species assemblages is thought to influence species packing and/or total niche space occupied. The evolution of dung beetles (Scarabaeinae) is likely to have been strongly influenced by inter-specific competition, leading to
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