[HTML][HTML] The taxonomic revolution of New World dung beetles (coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)

M Cupello, FAB Silva, FZ Vaz-de-Mello - Frontiers in Ecology and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
After almost two decades of stagnation, the taxonomy of the New World Scarabaeinae dung
beetles has since 1988 been going through a period of great effervescence. In the last 35 …

Systematic challenges and opportunities in insect monitoring: a Global South perspective

M Sánchez Herrera, D Forero… - … of the Royal …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Insect monitoring is pivotal for assessing biodiversity and informing conservation strategies.
This study delves into the complex realm of insect monitoring in the Global South—world …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of antiparasitic management of cattle on the diversity and functional structure of dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) assemblages in the Colombian …

HL Tovar, CMA Correa, JP Lumaret, PA López-Bedoya… - Diversity, 2023 - mdpi.com
The transformation of forests into agricultural and livestock systems negatively affects the
ecological dynamics and the ecosystem services provided by different groups of insects …

Tropical savanna conversion to exotic pastures negatively affects taxonomic and functional diversity of dung beetle assemblages, but not dung removal

R Maciel, RF Braga, RL Carvalho… - Insect Conservation …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The replacement of natural systems with agricultural lands is the main factor resulting in land
use change in tropical regions. Tropical savannas cover more than 20% of the global land …

The spatial distribution of insect communities of a mountaintop forest archipelago is not correlated with landscape structure: A multitaxa approach

F Camarota, W Dáttilo, PG da Silva… - Insect Conservation …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding community assembly in habitat patches requires an integrative approach,
considering the potential role of local and regional factors and organisms' dispersal abilities …

Knowledge of ground‐dwelling beetle communities in the tropical Andes: Gaps and trends

PA López‐Bedoya, T Magura… - Austral …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The tropical Andes is one of the most biodiverse ecoregions on Earth, exhibiting high levels
of species endemism. The tropical Andes is also one of the most vulnerable ecoregions …

Selective logging intensity and time since logging drive tropical bird and dung beetle diversity: a case study from Amazonia

FM França, W Beiroz, CB Andretti… - Environmental …, 2024 - cambridge.org
Understanding how selective logging affects biodiversity is crucial to planning cost-effective
conservation strategies in tropical forests, yet there is limited understanding of its impacts on …

Testing and optimizing metabarcoding of iDNA from dung beetles to sample mammals in the hyperdiverse Neotropics

BH Saranholi, FM França, AP Vogler… - Molecular Ecology …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Over the past few years, insects have been used as samplers of vertebrate diversity by
assessing the ingested‐derived DNA (iDNA), and dung beetles have been shown to be a …

Conocimiento de las comunidades de escarabajos que habitan el suelo en los Andes tropicales: Lagunas y tendencias

PA López‐Bedoya, T Magura… - Austral …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Los Andes tropicales son una de las ecorregiones más biodiversas de la Tierra, con altos
niveles de endemismo de especies. Los Andes tropicales son también una de las …

Ecological cascades following trophic rewilding: A case of study with dung beetles in the Iberá wetlands of Argentina

YT Bobadilla, MGI Polesel, A Gómez-Cifuentes… - Biological …, 2024 - Elsevier
In the context of the biodiversity crisis, trophic rewilding became an important (but
controversial) management practice to restore biological interactions and ecological …