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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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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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Do Dung Beetles Sink or Swim: Exploring Dung Beetle Response to Precipitation
Global climate change constitutes a major threat to biodiversity and ecosystem services of many taxa. The Mid-Atlantic region of the US is expecting to see an increase in extreme precipitation events and flooding.
Cheshire, Lauren T
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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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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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Nutrient quality of vertebrate dung as a diet for dung beetles [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2017 AbstractAt the basis of a trophic web, coprophagous animals like dung beetles (Scarabaeoidea) utilize resources that may have advantages (easy gain and handling) as well as drawbacks (formerly processed food). Several studies have characterized the nutrients, e.g. C/N ratios and organic matter content, for specific types of dung. However, a comparative
Frank, Kevin +4 more
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Assemblages of Coprophilous Beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) in the Pastureland of Central Mongolia [PDF]
Mongolian Journal of Biological Sciences, 2009 Results of studies on species composition, abundance and community structure of beetles found in dung of the reintroduced wild horses (Przewalski’s horses), domestic horses and cattle are presented.
Badamdorj Bayartogtokh +1 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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