Traits are key for understanding the environmental responses and ecological roles of
organisms. Trait approaches to functional ecology are well established for plants, whereas …

Following the introduction of cattle, exotic dung beetles (Coleoptera: Aphodiidae,
Geotrupidae, Scarabaeidae) were imported into the Antipodes (Australia and New Zealand) …

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 …

Summary 1 There is growing concern that the intensification of agriculture within southern
Ireland is having detrimental effects on Irish fauna through habitat loss, reduction in …

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 …

Studies investigating how biodiversity affects ecosystem functioning increasingly focus on
multiple functions measured simultaneously (“multifunctionality”). However, few such studies …

Use of ivermectin in agro-ecosystems negatively affects non-target dung beetles, which
provide keystone ecosystem services for pasture functioning. While the direct effects of …

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

In order to examine the degree of resource selectivity in a north temperate dung beetle
assemblage und to identify major parameters that influence such selectivity, the occurrence …

To understand the dynamics of spatially structured populations, we need to know the level of
movements at different spatial scales. This paper reports on Aphodius dung beetle …