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Agronomy, 2023 The introduction of numerous exotic dung beetles across southern Australia in regions where native dung beetles are not generally efficient in processing livestock dung has resulted in significant reductions in the quantity of such dung on the soil ...
Long Ma +7 more
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Current Biology, 2019 Frank T. Krell and Allison R. Moon introduce dung beetles.
Frank-Thorsten, Krell, Allison R, Moon
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Screening and Isolation of Xylanolytic Filamentous Fungi from the Gut of Scarabaeidae Dung Beetles and Dung Beetle Larvae. [PDF]
MicroorganismsMakulana L +5 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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Greenhouse gas emissions from dung pats vary with dung beetle species and with assemblage composition. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Cattle farming is a major source of greenhouse gases (GHGs). Recent research suggests that GHG fluxes from dung pats could be affected by biotic interactions involving dung beetles.
Irene Piccini +7 more
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Effects of dung beetle activity on tropical forest plants
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Dung beetles are recognized as providers of important ecosystem functions, most of which are derived from the removal of vertebrate dung from the soil surface. These insects occur in nearly all terrestrial biomes but are most diverse in the humid tropics.
Ellen Andresen +1 more
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The dung beetle dance: an orientation behaviour? [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 An interesting feature of dung beetle behaviour is that once they have formed a piece of dung into a ball, they roll it along a straight path away from the dung pile.
Emily Baird +4 more
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Current Biology, 2018 What do a burly rower, a backstroke swimmer and a hard-working South African dung beetle all have in common? The answer is: they all benefit from moving along a straight path, and do so moving backwards. This, however, is where the similarity ends. While the rower has solved this navigational challenge by handing the task of steering to the coxswain ...
Marie, Dacke, Basil, El Jundi
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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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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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