Impact of the Activity of Dung Beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) Inhabiting Pasture Land in Durango, Mexico

Anduaga, Sofía

doi:10.1603/0046-225x-33.5.1306

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“…[10], [14], [25], [53]). As already mentioned, large beetles remove and bury larger amounts of dung than do small beetles [54]. In our study system, species richness of large beetles was the variable that best explained the variation in the amount of dispersal for large seed mimics and the amoung of soil excavation.…”

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Dung Beetle Community and Functions along a Habitat-Disturbance Gradient in the Amazon: A Rapid Assessment of Ecological Functions Associated to Biodiversity

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Although there is increasing interest in the effects of habitat disturbance on community attributes and the potential consequences for ecosystem functioning, objective approaches linking biodiversity loss to functional loss are uncommon. The objectives of this study were to implement simultaneous assessment of community attributes (richness, abundance and biomass, each calculated for total-beetle assemblages as well as small- and large-beetle assemblages) and three ecological functions of dung beetles (dung removal, soil perturbation and secondary seed dispersal), to compare the effects of habitat disturbance on both sets of response variables, and their relations. We studied dung beetle community attributes and functions in five land-use systems representing a disturbance gradient in the Brazilian Amazon: primary forest, secondary forest, agroforestry, agriculture and pasture. All response variables were affected negatively by the intensification of habitat disturbance regimes, but community attributes and ecological functions did not follow the same pattern of decline. A hierarchical partitioning analysis showed that, although all community attributes had a significant effect on the three ecological functions (except the abundance of small beetles on all three ecological functions and the biomass of small beetles on secondary dispersal of large seed mimics), species richness and abundance of large beetles were the community attributes with the highest explanatory value. Our results show the importance of measuring ecological function empirically instead of deducing it from community metrics.

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Dung Beetle Community and Functions along a Habitat-Disturbance Gradient in the Amazon: A Rapid Assessment of Ecological Functions Associated to Biodiversity

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“…Anlaş et al (2011a) reported 33 species from cow dung in a 2-year study in Manisa Province in western Anatolia of Turkey, with 12 species in common with the present study. The species counts from the present study and that of Anlaş et al (2011a), which are from very different grazing environments in Turkey, are much higher than from pastures in Hawaii (Harris et al, 1982), South Africa (Davis, 1987), Mexico (Anduaga, 2004), Australia (Edwards, 2009), and Canada (Kadiri et al, 2014), where there are normally less than 10 species. In addition, Galante et al (1991) reported 18 species (only rollers and tunnelers) from Spain and Lumaret et al (1992) reported 43 species from France.…”

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Dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) utilizing water buffalo dungon the Black Sea coast of Turkey

Sullivan¹,

Ozman‐Sullivan²,

Lumaret³

et al. 2016

Turk J Zool

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There have been few ecological studies of dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from the Black Sea Region of Turkey. In the RAMSAR-listed wetland system of the Kızılırmak Delta of Turkey's central Black Sea coast, seasonal grazing by domesticated water buffalo produces plentiful dung from April to November. Twenty-three species of dung beetles from 13 genera of Aphodiinae and 4 genera of Scarabaeinae were collected from their dung on two adjacent soil types in 2013. The species were from three functional groups, namely dung dwelling (12), tunneling (10), and ball rolling (1). Thirteen and fourteen species were collected in spring/summer and autumn, respectively, with only 4 species in common. There was a distinct shift from Scarabaeinae (8 of 13 species) in spring/summer to Aphodiinae (10 of 14 species) in autumn. The ten species collected on the sandy clay loam soil were a subset of the 23 species on the sand dunes. On the sandy clay loam, high water tables in winter and soil cracking in summer may exclude deeper tunneling species. The 3:1 ratio of dung dwelling species on the sand compared to the sandy clay loam may suggest a more appropriate dung moisture regime over time that favors successful breeding on the sand.

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“…However, this may be due to the fact that D. gazella is still in the initial moments of its establishment in these areas. In addition, Anduaga [37] says that despite the virtues attributed to D. gazella, this species does not fulfill its role as a mediator efficiently since it recycles excrement at a small scale due to its small size. This results in a small amount of relocated excrement and at a shallow depth, not being sufficient to control fly and parasite activity.…”

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Introduction, Establishment, and Invasion of Digitonthophagus gazella (Fabricius, 1787) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae) in the Savannas of Venezuela and Colombia

Noriega¹,

Delgado²,

Blanco³

et al. 2017

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The invasion process involves overcoming certain barriers with negative effects on the biodiversity and ecosystem function. This is the case of the African dung beetle Digitonthophagus gazella, which was introduced in the United States and other countries in Central and South America to help in dung removal activity. The distribution of D. gazella has been documented in the Americas, but in Venezuela there is little information. Trying to understand the process of invasion of the Colombian-Venezuelan savannas and measure their potential impact, the information stored in collections and literature was collected. Five new state records were reported for Venezuela, as well as four scenarios of the process of introduction and establishment of this species in the region. Although the amount of records has increased, the number of individuals sampled is still incipient. The possible areas of invasion and the potential negative effects that the presence of this species exerts in these regions are also discussed. In addition, potential areas of invasion and negative effects of this species are discussed. Results emphasize the importance of generating models of the invasive process in order to design programs that monitor the effects incurred by the presence of D. gazella on native species and propose control and mitigation mechanisms.

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Impact of the Activity of Dung Beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) Inhabiting Pasture Land in Durango, Mexico

Cited by 40 publications

References 24 publications

Dung Beetle Community and Functions along a Habitat-Disturbance Gradient in the Amazon: A Rapid Assessment of Ecological Functions Associated to Biodiversity

Dung Beetle Community and Functions along a Habitat-Disturbance Gradient in the Amazon: A Rapid Assessment of Ecological Functions Associated to Biodiversity

Dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) utilizing water buffalo dungon the Black Sea coast of Turkey

Introduction, Establishment, and Invasion of Digitonthophagus gazella (Fabricius, 1787) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae) in the Savannas of Venezuela and Colombia

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