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Importance of restoration of dung beetles in the maintenance of ecosystem services
Ecological Solutions and EvidenceDung beetles have key roles in ecosystems including accelerating dung decomposition, improving nutrient cycling and influencing physical (such as structure) and chemical (such as pH and available nutrients) soil properties.
Shiva Torabian
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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 (
Rosie Drinkwater +5 more
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Origin and Diversification of Dung Beetles in Madagascar [PDF]
Insects, 2011 Madagascar has a rich fauna of dung beetles (Scarabaeinae and Aphodiinae) withalmost 300 species described to date. Like most other taxa in Madagascar, dung beetles exhibit an exceptionally high level of endemism (96% of the species).
Andreia Miraldo +2 more
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The reproductive behavior of Neotropical dung beetles
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023 Dung beetles display complex reproductive behaviors involving sexual findings, sexual recognition, fighting for mates and food used for nesting, sperm competition, and parental care.
Carmen Huerta +6 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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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.
G. Asha +5 more
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Current Biology, 2019 Frank T. Krell and Allison R. Moon introduce dung beetles.
F. Krell, A. R. Moon
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Forest habitat parameters influence abundance and diversity of cadaver-visiting dung beetles in Central Europe [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2020 Dung beetles provide crucial ecosystem services and serve as model organisms for various behavioural, ecological and evolutionary studies. However, dung beetles have received little attention as consumers of large cadavers.
Christian von Hoermann +4 more
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Malnutrition and parasitism shape ecosystem services provided by dung beetles
Ecological Indicators, 2021 Ecosystem services relies on several insects that provide fundamental functions. Despite the quality of these ecosystem services depends on insect diversity, abundance and biomass, little is known about the effects that individual body condition has over
Mariana Servín-Pastor +7 more
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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,
Hasnae Hajji +4 more
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