Anthelmintics, veterinary medicines for the control of endoparasites, enter into the
environment largely through faeces of the treated animals. Sheep dung is a patchily …

A coordinated continental‐scale field experiment across 31 sites was used to compare the
biomass yield of monocultures and four species mixtures associated with intensively …

Productive grasslands in temperate regions have relied strongly on low plant diversity with
high management intensity and fertiliser inputs. Increasing plant diversity can provide high …

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 …

This book describes the evolutionary and ecological consequences of reproductive
competition for scarabaeine dung beetles. As well as giving us insight into the private lives …

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 …

The transformation of forests into agricultural and livestock systems negatively affects the
ecological dynamics and the ecosystem services provided by different groups of insects …

To safeguard a significant proportion of the world's biodiversity, it is necessary to integrate
conservation efforts with other human activities. On the one hand, protected areas represent …

Many studies document high levels of functional redundancy in ecosystems, suggesting that
species extinctions will not be detrimental to ecosystem functions and services. However …

Maintaining multiple ecological functions (“multifunctionality”) is crucial to sustain viable
ecosystems. To date most studies on biodiversity‐ecosystem functioning (BEF) have …