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.
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Economic value of dung removal by dung beetles in US sub-tropical pastures
Basic and Applied EcologyIn livestock management systems, the rapid removal of cattle dung by dung beetles plays an essential role in returning areas of pasture to grazing which normally would be lost because of dung contamination. Thus, dung removal is an ecosystem process with
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If Dung Beetles (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) Arose in Association with Dinosaurs, Did They Also Suffer a Mass Co-Extinction at the K-Pg Boundary? [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 The evolutionary success of beetles and numerous other terrestrial insects is generally attributed to co-radiation with flowering plants but most studies have focused on herbivorous or pollinating insects.
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Biotechnology for Biofuels, 2021 Bioethanol from abundant and inexpensive agricultural and industrial wastes possesses the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Bioethanol as renewable fuel addresses elevated production costs, as well as food security concerns.
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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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How Dung Beetles Steer Straight.
Annual Review of Entomology, 2020 Distant and predictable features in the environment make ideal compass cues to allow movement along a straight path. Ball-rolling dung beetles use a wide range of different signals in the day or night sky to steer themselves along a fixed bearing.
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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 ...
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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
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PLoS ONE, 2019 Dung beetles are secondary seed dispersers, incidentally moving many of the seeds defecated by mammals vertically (seed burial) and/or horizontally as they process and relocate dung.
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The Influences of Rainfall Intensity and Timing on the Assemblage of Dung Beetles and the Rate of Dung Removal in an Alpine Meadow. [PDF]
Biology (Basel), 2023 Simple Summary Changes in precipitation patterns can significantly alter biological processes and associated ecosystem functions. This study aimed to investigate the impacts of rainfall intensity and timing on the structure of dung beetle assemblage and ...
Sun W, Tang W, Wu Y, He S, Wu X.
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