Traits are key for understanding the environmental responses and ecological roles of
organisms. Trait approaches to functional ecology are well established for plants, whereas …

Avermectins are pharmaceutical drugs widely used mainly in livestock to combat both
ectoparasites and endoparasites. Drugs belonging to this family include ivermectin …

Ivermectin is the most common endectocide used to control parasites affecting livestock.
Short-term physiological and behavioural effects of ivermectin on dung beetles may have …

Agriculture is one of the largest anthropogenic sources of greenhouse gases (GHGs), with
dairy and beef production accounting for nearly two-thirds of emissions. Several recent …

1. The DEFRA ecosystem services framework was implemented in an entomological context
to provide preliminary estimates of the economic value of four key ecosystem service …

Understanding of the role of body mass in structural-functional relationships is pressing,
particularly because species losses often occur non-randomly with respect to body size. Our …

Dung beetles mediate a variety of important ecosystem services in both natural and human-
modified habitats. These services are associated with the exploitation of dung by beetles for …

More livestock is being raised globally (increasing from 3.55 billion in 2000 to 4.24 billion in
2014 for cattle, sheep, goats and horses, based on 2017 FAO data) due to the increasing …

1. Dung beetles are an important group of insects that use excrement for feeding and
reproductive purposes. The interest of the scientific community in dung beetles is highlighted …

Nodularia spumigena is a nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterium that forms toxic blooms in the
Baltic Sea each summer and the availability of phosphorous is an important factor limiting …