Dung beetles (Coleoptera, Scarabaeinae) attracted to sheep dung in exotic pastures
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Removal rates of native and exotic dung by dung beetles (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) in a fragmented tropical rain forest.
Many studies have evaluated the effect of forest fragmentation on dung beetle assemblage structure. However, few have analyzed how forest fragmentation affects the processes carried out by these insects in tropical forests where their food sources consist mainly of dung produced by native herbivore mammals. With the conversion of forests to pastures, cattle dung has become an exotic alternative...
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عنوان ژورنال: Revista Brasileira de Entomologia
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0085-5626
DOI: 10.1590/s0085-56262013000100017