Dung beetles are increasingly used as a study taxon—both as bioindicators of
environmental change, and as a model system for exploring ecosystem functioning. The …

Following the introduction of cattle, exotic dung beetles (Coleoptera: Aphodiidae,
Geotrupidae, Scarabaeidae) were imported into the Antipodes (Australia and New Zealand) …

The order Onygenales is classified in the class Eurotiomycetes of the subphylum
Pezizomycotina. Families in this order have classically been isolated from soil and dung …

At the global scale, species diversity is known to strongly increase towards the equator for
most taxa. According to theory, a higher resource specificity of consumers facilitates the …

Gut microbes play an important role in the biology and evolution of insects. Australian native
dung beetles (Scarabaeinae) present an opportunity to study gut microbiota in an …

The species‐energy hypothesis predicts increasing biodiversity with increasing energy in
ecosystems. Proxies for energy availability are often grouped into ambient energy (ie, solar …

Host-associated microbes facilitate diverse biotic and abiotic interactions between hosts and
their environments. Experimental alterations of host-associated microbial communities …

Decades of research indicate that while native habitat loss often drives biodiversity loss and
biotic homogenization, there are frequent exceptions. Relying on a multi-level landscape …

Developmental processes transduce diverse influences during phenotype formation,
thereby biasing and structuring amount and type of phenotypic variation available for …

Aim While elevational gradients in species richness constitute some of the best depicted
patterns in ecology, there is a large uncertainty concerning the role of food resource …