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The “hidden workers”: livestock farmers’ perceptions of ecosystem services provided by dung beetles
Ecology and SocietyNon-native dung beetles were introduced to Australian agricultural systems to provide ecosystem services, such as pasture cleaning and to control dung-breeding flies, which benefit particularly livestock farmers.
Marcela Del Carmen Vieira +4 more
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The Rolling of Food by Dung Beetles Affects the Oviposition of Competing Flies
Insects, 2018 Flies are the main competitors of dung beetles for oviposition sites and rolling dung beetles relocate their food to reduce interspecific competition. Furthermore, dung beetles deposit chemical substances on the food ball that may repel fly larvae and ...
Manuel A. Ix-Balam +4 more
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Dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) in three landscapes in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
Brazilian Journal of BiologyDung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) in three landscapes in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. Dung Beetles are important for biological control of intestinal worms and dipterans of economic importance to cattle, because they feed and breed in dung, killing
MM. Rodrigues, MA. Uchôa, S. Ide
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Effects of an increase in population of sika deer on beetle communities in deciduous forests
ZooKeys, 2016 The overabundance of large herbivores is now recognized as a serious ecological problem. However, the resulting ecological consequences remain poorly understood.
Taichi Iida +2 more
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Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 2015 Avermectins and milbemycins are commonly used in agro-ecosystems for the control of parasites in domestic livestock. As integral members of agro-ecosystems with importance in maintaining pasture health through dung burial behaviour, dung beetles are an ...
Carmen T. Jacobs, Clarke H. Scholtz
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Coexistence effects on behavioral and reproductive characteristics of invaders dung beetles
, 2023 A. Roman +4 more
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Differences between beetle communities colonizing cattle and horse dung
European Journal of Entomology, 2014 Piles of fresh cow and horse dung were placed in a pasture in Dziarny in north-east Poland. The differences between the beetle communities colonizing both types of dung at various stages of succession were analyzed.
Radosław MROCZYŃSKI, Karol KOMOSIŃSKI
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Impacts of Logging Road Networks on Dung Beetles and Small Mammals in a Malaysian Production Forest: Implications for Biodiversity Safeguards [PDF]
, 2014 Toshihiro Yamada +4 more
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