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Dung beetles increase plant growth: a meta-analysis. [PDF]

Proc Biol Sci
The ecosystem services provided by dung beetles are well known and valued. Dung beetles bury dung for feeding and breeding, and it is generally thought that the process of burying dung increases nutrient uptake by plant roots, which promotes plant growth.
Anderson DJ, Berson JD, Didham RK, Simmons LW, Evans TA.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Macroecology of Dung Beetles in Italy. [PDF]

Insects
The 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).
Fattorini S, Vitozzi A, Di Biase L, Bergamaschi D.   +3 more
europepmc   +5 more sources

Dung Beetle Assemblages Attracted to Cow and Horse Dung: The Importance of Mouthpart Traits, Body Size, and Nesting Behavior in the Community Assembly Process

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.
Mattia Tonelli, Victoria C. Giménez Gómez, José R. Verdú, Fernando Casanoves, Mario Zunino   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dung Beetle Activity Is Soil-Type-Dependent and Modulates Pasture Growth and Associated Soil Microbiome

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, Nirodha Weeraratne, Saliya Gurusinghe, Jesmin Aktar, K. M. Shamsul Haque, Philip Eberbach, Geoff G. Gurr, Leslie A. Weston   +7 more
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Toward a standardized methodology for sampling dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae) in the Neotropics: A critical review

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023
Introduction The standardization of sampling protocols is imperative for robustly studying any taxonomic group. Replicable methods allow the comparison of data between different spatial and temporal studies.
Eder F. Mora-Aguilar, A. Arriaga-Jiménez, C. Correa, P. G. da Silva, V. Korasaki, Pablo A. López‐Bedoya, M. I. Hernández, José D. Pablo‐Cea, R. Salomão, G. Valencia, K. Vulinec, Felicity A. Edwards, David P Edwards, G. Halffter, J. Noriega   +14 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in grazing lands of the Neotropics: A review of patterns and research trends of taxonomic and functional diversity, and functions

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023
Dung beetles are one of the most representative groups of insects associated with livestock, as they take advantage of the manure of livestock for food and reproduction.
L. Arellano, J. Noriega, Ilse J. Ortega-Martínez, J. D. Rivera, C. Correa, Andrés Gómez-Cifuentes, Alfredo Ramírez-Hernández, F. Barragán   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A transcriptome-based phylogeny of Scarabaeoidea confirms the sister group relationship of dung beetles and phytophagous pleurostict scarabs (Coleoptera)

bioRxiv, 2023
Scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae) are a diverse and ecologically important group of angiosperm-associated insects. As conventionally understood, scarab beetles comprise two major lineages: dung beetles and the phytophagous Pleurosticti.
Lars Dietz, M. Seidel, J. Eberle, B. Misof, T. L. Pacheco, L. Podsiadlowski, S. Ranasinghe, N. Gunter, O. Niehuis, C. Mayer, D. Ahrens   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Taxonomic Revolution of New World dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023
After almost two decades of stagnation, the taxonomy of the New World Scarabaeinae dung beetles has since 1988 been going through a period of great effervescence.
Mario Cupello, Fernando A. B. Silva, F. Vaz‐de‐Mello   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Dung Beetle Compass [PDF]

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
openaire   +2 more sources

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, Gombo Altangerel, Tojoo Enkhbayar, Tsedev Enkhchimeg, Batmunkh Dulguun, Badamdorj Bayartogtokh   +5 more
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