Abundance and diversity of dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) as affected by grazing management in the Nebraska sandhills ecosystem

PM Wagner, GO Abagandura, M Mamo… - Environmental …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) serve a significant role in regulating
ecosystem services on rangelands. However, the influence of grazing management on dung …

Response of dung beetle diversity to three livestock management systems in drylands of central Mexico

F Barragán, J Labastida… - Journal of Arid …, 2021 - Elsevier
Human activities such as livestock raising have modified the Mexican High Plateau in a land-
use mosaic. We assessed the response of dung beetles to three livestock management …

An updated checklist of the Coleoptera associated with livestock dung on pastures in America north of Mexico

GA Bezanson, KD Floate - The Coleopterists Bulletin, 2019 - BioOne
Most distributional lists are limited to geographical areas such as states or provinces and
often include information regarding smaller subsets of coprophagous insects. This checklist …

Organic farms conserve a dung beetle species capable of disrupting fly vectors of foodborne pathogens

MS Jones, SA Wright, OM Smith, TE Besser… - Biological Control, 2019 - Elsevier
Produce can be contaminated with enteric bacteria when livestock or wildlife feces are
deposited in vegetable fields. Coprophagous beetles and flies might mitigate this threat as …

Suppression of Escherichia coli O157:H7 by Dung Beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Using the Lowbush Blueberry Agroecosystem as a Model System

MS Jones, S Tadepalli, DF Bridges, VCH Wu… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Wildlife as a source of microbial contamination is a food safety concern. Deer feces (scat)
have been determined as a point source for Escherichia coli O157: H7 contamination of …

Carbon neutral: The failure of dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) to affect dung-generated greenhouse gases in the pasture

F Fowler, S Denning, S Hu… - Environmental …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Research suggests dung beetles can churn, aerate, and desiccate dung in ways that
influence the dung and soil microbes producing greenhouse gases (GHGs). We examined …

Dung beetle assemblages in lowland forests of Pangandaran nature reserve, West Java, Indonesia

W Priawandiputra, Y Tsuji, KA Widayati… - Biodiversitas Journal of …, 2020 - smujo.id
Priawandiputra W, Tsuji Y, Widayati KA, Suryobroto B. 2020. Dung beetle assemblages in
lowland forests of Pangandaran Nature Reserve, West Java, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 21 …

Beneficial insects in agriculture: Enhancement of biodiversity and ecosystem services

MS Jones, WE Snyder - Insect biodiversity: Science and society, 2018 - books.google.com
When we think of insects in agriculture, we often concentrate on their negative effects. After
all, herbivorous pests are estimated to consume 13% of annual crop production, at a cost of …

[PDF][PDF] A new record of the genus Onthophagus Latreille, 1802 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from northern Western Ghats, Maharashtra, India

PS Jagdale, S Magdum… - Journal of the Bombay …, 2023 - researchgate.net
The genus Onthophagus Latreille, 1802 is a species rich genus in the family Scarabaeidae.
This genus comprises 3,065 species worldwide (Kharel et al. 2020). Kharel et al.(2020) …

Assessing the effect of habitat, location and bait treatment on dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) diversity in southern Alberta, Canada

GA Bezanson - 2019 - search.proquest.com
Abstract Dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) are members of the coprophagous insect
community and are important dung degraders in pasture ecosystems. To assess their …