Turnover and nestedness in subtropical dung beetle assemblages along an elevational gradient

PG da Silva, JM Lobo, MC Hensen… - Diversity and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Aim We investigated changes in dung beetle β‐diversity components along a subtropical
elevational gradient, to test whether turnover or nestedness‐related processes drive the …

Abundance and diversity of dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) as affected by grazing management in the Nebraska sandhills ecosystem

PM Wagner, GO Abagandura, M Mamo… - Environmental …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) serve a significant role in regulating
ecosystem services on rangelands. However, the influence of grazing management on dung …

The relationship between altitudinal gradients, diversity, and body size in a dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae: Onthophagus) model system

RP Salomão, A Arriaga-Jiménez… - Canadian Journal of …, 2021 - cdnsciencepub.com
Mountainous regions represent an excellent model to test ecological hypotheses
encompassing assemblage diversity and body traits of species. Among insects, there is no …

[HTML][HTML] Listado de especies y clave de géneros y subgéneros de escarabajos estercoleros (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) presentes y presuntos para …

W Chamorro, D Marín-Armijos, V Granda… - Revista Colombiana …, 2018 - scielo.org.co
Los escarabajos de la subfamilia Scarabaeinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) son un grupo
importante utilizado en estudios de taxonomía, ecología, biodiversidad, conservación e …

Habitat type affects the diversity of dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) assemblages in a neotropical mountainous region of Colombia

RP Salomão, A Lopera-Toro, LA Pulido-Herrera… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Ecological communities of tropical regions respond to habitat configuration, being negatively
affected by anthropogenic habitats. In the tropics, mountainous highland landscapes sustain …

Effects of land-use change on the community structure of the dung beetle (Scarabaeinae) in an altered ecosystem in Southern Ecuador

V Carrión-Paladines, A Fries, A Muñoz, E Castillo… - Insects, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary This study analyzed the abundance and diversity of dung beetle
communities at several disturbed sites in a tropical dry forest ecosystem in southern …

Population structure of Phanaeus vindex (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in SE Michigan

T Wassmer, E Armstrong - Journal of Insect Science, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Until now, little is known about the population structure and mobility of temperate dung
beetles including the rainbow scarab, Phanaeus vindex (MacLeay 1819), although this …

Temporal changes in the nutrient content of cattle dung in the Nebraska Sandhills ecosystem

AE Shine, M Mamo, GO Abagandura… - Nutrient Cycling in …, 2022 - Springer
Dung excreted by cattle composes a significant portion of the nutrient inputs in a grazed
ecosystem and can have wide-ranging effects on soil properties and vegetation. However …

[HTML][HTML] Checklist of the flower flies of Ecuador (Diptera, Syrphidae)

D Marín-Armijos, N Quezada-Ríos, C Soto-Armijos… - ZooKeys, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Syrphidae is one of the most speciose families of true flies, with more than 6,100 described
species and worldwide distribution. They are important for humans acting as crucial …

[HTML][HTML] Los escarabajos estercoleros (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) del Bosque Protector Oglán Alto, Pastaza, Ecuador

WR Chamorro, FO Gallo, S Delgado, SI Enríquez… - Biota …, 2019 - scielo.org.co
Resumen El Bosque Protector Oglán Alto tiene una extensión de 3100 hectáreas y está
dominado por bosques de tierras bajas y bosques de piedemonte amazónicos que …