Dung beetles prefer used land over natural greenspace in urban landscape [PDF]
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.
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Dung Beetles, Dung Burial, and Plant Growth: Four Scarabaeoid Species and Sorghum [PDF]
InsectsThis study examined the impact of dung beetles on both sorghum growth and the physico-chemical properties of the soil over a two-month period. Four dung beetle species (Onthophagus vacca, Onthophagus marginalis subsp. andalusicus, Euonthophagus crocatus,
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The Effect of Dung Beetle Size on Soil Nutrient Mobilization in an Afrotropical Forest [PDF]
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 ...
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Physiological traits explain the response of dung beetles to land use at local and regional scales [PDF]
Scientific ReportsPhysiological traits in insects are useful to understand their distribution at different spatial scales, their presence and abundance, and the use of different habitats.
Victoria C. Giménez Gómez +2 more
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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 (
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Macroecology of Dung Beetles in Italy. [PDF]
InsectsThe Italian fauna includes about 170 species/subspecies of dung beetles, being one of the richest in Europe. We used data on dung beetle distribution in the Italian regions to investigate some macroecological patterns. Specifically, we tested if species richness decreased southward (peninsula effect) or northward (latitudinal gradient).
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Field evaluation of electrophysiologically-active dung volatiles as chemical lures for trapping of dung beetles [PDF]
Scientific ReportsDung beetles are economically important beneficial insects that process dung. To locate this source, they use volatile organic compounds (VOCs). The objectives of the study were to evaluate the attractiveness of ten electrophysiologically-active dung ...
Nisansala N. Perera +4 more
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Geographical distribution and phoretic associations of the viviparous nematode Tokorhabditis atripennis with Onthophagus dung beetles in Japan [PDF]
Journal of NematologyViviparity is generally considered to be rare in animals. In nematodes, only six species of Rhabditida are viviparous. Five of these species have been identified in association with Onthophagus dung beetles, with Tokorhabditis atripennis being repeatedly
Ikeda Yuya +3 more
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Influence of phylogenetic, environmental, and behavioral factors on the gut bacterial community structure of dung beetles (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) in a Neotropical Biosphere Reserve. [PDF]
Front Microbiol, 2023 Jácome-Hernández A +5 more
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Life, 2021 Dung beetles use excrement for feeding and reproductive purposes. Although they use a range of dung types, there have been several reports of dung beetles showing a preference for certain feces.
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