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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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Agronomy, 2021 Climate change is a serious threat, and it is necessary to prepare for the future climate conditions of grazing areas. Dung beetle species can help mitigate global warming by contributing to intense nutrient cycling and reduction in greenhouse gas ...
M. E. Maldaner +3 more
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Density-dependent ecosystem service delivery under shifting temperatures by dung beetles.
Science of the Total Environment, 2021 Increases in the frequency and magnitude of suboptimal temperatures as a result of climate change are subjecting insects to unprecedented stresses. This may negatively affect their fitness and the efficiency of their ecosystem service provision.
N. Gotcha +3 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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Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 2008 Spirocerca lupi (Spirurida: Spirocercidae) is a cosmopolitan parasite, principally of domestic dogs and dung beetles are its main intermediate hosts.
C.A. Du Toit, C.H. Scholtz, W.B. Hyman
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The role of dung beetles in seed dispersal in an arid environment
Ecología Austral, 2023 Dung beetles can influence seedling emergence and survival. However, the direction and magnitude of this effect will depend on the functional traits of the dung beetle community and on the prevailing environmental conditions. We studied the role of dung
M. Belén Maldonado +3 more
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A ‘metaphising’ dung beetle [PDF]
The EMBO Reports, 2010 Humans and beetles both have a species-specific Umwelt circumscribed by their sensory equipment. However, Ladislav Kovac argues that humans, unlike beetles, have invented scientific instruments that are able to reach beyond the conceptual borders of our Umwelt.
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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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Quantifying immediate and delayed effects of anthelmintic exposure on ecosystem functioning supported by a common dung beetle species. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) support numerous ecosystem functions in livestock-grazed pastures. Exposure to veterinary anthelmintic residues in livestock dung can have lethal and sublethal effects on dung beetles, and can reduce rates of dung
Paul Manning +2 more
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