@article {1310,
	title = {Decomposition of Elephant Dung in an Arid, Tropical Environment},
	journal = {Oecologia},
	volume = {14},
	year = {1974},
	note = {have copy},
	pages = {111-125},
	keywords = {decomposition, dung beetle, ecological function, ecosystem service, Scarabaeinae},
	author = {J. M. Anderson and M. J. Coe}
}
@article {1395,
	title = {Analysis of a sheep pasture ecosystem in the Pieniny mountains (The Carpatians); XI. The role of coprophagous beetles (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) in the utilization of sheep dung.},
	journal = {Ekol. Polska},
	volume = {22},
	year = {1974},
	note = {requested 1/6},
	pages = {617-634},
	keywords = {decomposition, dung beetle, ecosystem services mammals, sheep pasture},
	author = {Breymeier, A.}
}
@article {1400,
	title = {The effects of dung beetles activity on the numbers of parasitic gastrointestinal helmintic larvae recovered  from pasture samples},
	journal = {Australian Journal of Agricultural Research },
	volume = {24},
	year = {1973},
	note = {have copy},
	pages = {161-168},
	keywords = {decomposition, dung beetle, ecological function, ecosystem service, ecosystem services, parasite control},
	author = {Bryan, R. P}
}
@article {1401,
	title = {The effects of dung beetle, Onthophagus gazella, on the ecology of the infective larvae of gastrointestinal nematodes of cattle},
	journal = {Australian Journal of Agricultural Research},
	volume = {27},
	year = {1976},
	note = {have copy},
	pages = {567-574},
	keywords = {decomposition, dung beetle, ecological function, ecosystem service, ecosystem services, parasite control},
	author = {Bryan, R. P}
}
@article {1434,
	title = {A Checklist of arthropods associated with pig carrion and human corpses in southeastern Brazil},
	journal = {Memoria Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro},
	volume = {95},
	number = {1},
	year = {2000},
	month = {Jan/Feb},
	pages = {135-138},
	abstract = {Necrophagous insects, mainly Diptera and Coleoptera, are attracted to specific stages of carcass decomposition, in a process of faunistic succession. They are very important in estimating the postmortem interval, the time interval between the death and the discovery of the body. In studies done with pig carcasses exposed to natural conditions in an urban forest (Santa Genebra Reservation), located in Campinas, State of São Paulo, southeastern Brazil, 4 out of 36 families of insects collected - Calliphoridae, Sarcophagidae, Muscidae  (Diptera) and Dermestidae (Coleoptera) {\textendash} were considered of forensic importance, because several species were collected in large numbers both visiting and breeding in pig carcasses. Several species were also observed and collected on human corpses at the Institute of Legal Medicine. The species belonged to 17 different families, 6 being of forensic importance because they were reared from human corpses or pig carcasses: Calliphoridae, Sarcophagidae, Muscidae, Piophilidae (Diptera), Dermestidae, Silphidae and Cleridae (Coleoptera). The most important species were: Diptera {\textendash} Chrysomya albiceps, Chrysomya putoria, Hemilucilia segmentaria, Hemilucilia semidiaphana (Calliphoridae), Pattonella intermutans (Sarcophagidae), Ophyra chalcogaster (Muscidae), Piophila casei (Piophilidae); Coleoptera {\textendash}  Dermestes maculatus (Dermestidae), Oxyletrum disciolle (Silphidae) and Necrobia rufipes (Cleridae). },
	keywords = {carrion insects, COLEOPTERA, death time, decomposition, diptera, Forensic entomology},
	author = {Carvalho, L. M. L. and Thyssen, P. J. and Linhares, A. X. and Palhares, F. A. B.}
}
@article {1758,
	title = {Dung decomposition and pedoturbation in a seasonally dry tropical pasture},
	journal = {Biology and Fertility of Soils},
	volume = {23},
	number = {2},
	year = {1996},
	note = {have copy},
	month = {Aug},
	pages = {177-181},
	keywords = {Australia, beetles scarabaeidae, burial, cattle dung, decomposition, dung beetle, ecological function, ecosystem service, FIELD, fly, insect, parasite, pedoturbation, productivity, soil restoration, SURVIVAL, termites, tropical pastures},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://A1996VM70800014},
	author = {Herrick, J. E. and Lal, R.}
}
@article {1785,
	title = {Dung beetle assemblages in forests and pastures of El Salvador: a functional comparison},
	journal = {Biodiversity Conservation},
	volume = {17},
	year = {2008},
	pages = {2961-2978},
	abstract = {This study examines the functional attributes of Neotropical dung beetles, and, based on the analysis, evaluates the role of dung beetles in pastures and tropical dry forest in El Salvador. Dung beetle diversity was lower in pastures than in forests. However, the total biomass of beetles at similarly-sized dung baits was frequently higher in pastures. Diversity loss followed structured patterns: (1) carrion and fruit feeding beetles were well represented (species number) in the forests but were largely absent from pastures; (2) large ball rollers and small fast tunnellers were present in forests but were absent from pastures; (3) large fast tunnellers and small slow tunnellers were poorly represented in pastures com- pared to forests but the few species that survived in pastures attained extremely high popu- lations; and (4) each functional group in the species-poor pasture assemblages was divided almost equally into day and night active species. Substrate and habitat generalists that were present in both the forests and pastures were attracted to fruit and carrion in forested habitat but not in open pastures. In open habitats, Xies and other insects may be the principal decomposers of decaying fruit and carrion. },
	keywords = {carrion, decomposition, deforestation, Diversity-function, functional groups, guilds, Scarabaeidae, tropical pastures},
	author = {Horgan, Finbarr G}
}
@article {1859,
	title = {Effects of forest fragmentation on dung and carrion beetle communities in Central Amazonia},
	journal = {Ecology},
	volume = {70},
	number = {6},
	year = {1989},
	month = {December},
	pages = {1715-1725},
	keywords = {beetle communities, brazil, decomposition, forest fragments, insects, nutrient cycling, reserves, scavengers},
	author = {Klein, B. C.}
}
@article {1873,
	title = {Viability of ecological processes in small Afromontane forest patches in South Africa},
	journal = {Austral Ecology},
	volume = {32},
	year = {2007},
	pages = {294-304},
	abstract = {The conser vation of biodiversity is dependent on protecting ecosystem-level processes. We investigated the effects of fragment size and habitat edge on the relative functioning of three ecological processes {\textendash} decomposition, predation and regeneration of trees {\textendash} in small Afromontane forests in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Ten sampling stations were placed in each of four forest categories: the interior of three large indigenous forest fragments (100 m from the edge), the edges of these large fragments, 10 small indigenous fragments (<1 ha) and 10 small exotic woodlands (<0.5 ha). Fragment size and edge effects did not affect the abundance of the amphipod Talitr iator afr icana, a litter decomposer, and overall dung beetle abundance and species richness significantly. Bird egg predation was marginally greater at large patch edges compared with the other forest categories, while seed predation did not differ among forest categories. Tree seedling assemblage composition did not differ significantly among large patch interiors and edges, and small indigenous fragments. Sapling and canopy assemblage composition each differed significantly among these three indigenous forest categories. Thus, while tree recruitment was not negatively affected by patch size or distance from the edge, conditions in small fragments and at edges appear to affect the composition of advanced tree regeneration. These ecological processes in Afromontane forests appear to be resilient to fragmentation effects. We speculate that this is because the organisms in these forests have evolved under fragmented conditions. Repeated extreme changes in climate and vegetation over the Pleistocene have acted as significant distribution and ecological extinction filters on these southern hemisphere forest biota, resulting in fauna and flora that are potentially resilient to contemporar y fragmentation effects. We argue that because small patches and habitat edges appear to be ecologically viable they should be included in future conser vation decisions.},
	keywords = {decomposition, ecological processes, edge and area effects, predation, regeneration},
	author = {Kotze, D. Johan and Lawes, Michael J.}
}
@article {1909,
	title = {Distribution and abundance of insects colonizing cattle dung in South West England},
	journal = {Journal of Natural History},
	volume = {40},
	number = {17-18},
	year = {2006},
	month = {may},
	pages = {1167-1177},
	abstract = {Thesuccessionof insectscolonizingcowdunginsouthwest Englandwasexaminedover 2years, usingarrays of standardized1.5kg artificially constructedcow-dungpats incattle pasture. The seasonal patternof colonizationwasexaminedusingbatchesof 10patseachweekfor24weeksin 2001.Patswereleftexposedinthefieldfor7days,toallowcolonization,andwerethenbroughtback tothelaboratorytoawaitinsectemergenceandidentification.Overallseasonalchangesincommunity structurewererelativelygradual andsubtle; Coleopteraweregenerallymoreabundant earlier and Dipteralaterintheseason, andthenumberandorderof speciesarrival broadlymatchedprevious studies insimilar habitats.The temporalpatternofcolonizationofindividualpatswasexaminedinsix batchesof30patsconstructedinMay,June,andAugust/Septemberin2002.Groupsoffivepatswere recoveredandbrought backtothelaboratory1, 2, 4, 7, 14, or21daysafterconstruction. Overall, threebroad,butstatisticallydistinct,successional groupswereidentified,withthemaximumnumber ofcolonizerspresentinpatsthatwere4{\textendash}7daysold.Thedatacontributevaluableinformationonthe temporal distributionandabundanceof dung-colonizingtaxainSouthWest England, aclearlocal understandingof whichisessential toallowtheeffectsof agricultural practiceswhichmaydamage dunginvertebratecommunities, suchaslivestockanthelmintictreatment, tobeassessed. },
	keywords = {cattle, decomposers, decomposition, Dung beetles, flies, Pastureland},
	isbn = {0022-2933 print1464-5262},
	author = {Lee, Colin and Wall, Richard}
}
@article {1969,
	title = {Especies de Scarabaeidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) coletadas em fezes bovinas e carcaca de suinos em Itumbiara, Goias, Brasil},
	journal = {Pesquisa Agropecuaria Tropical},
	volume = {30},
	number = {2},
	year = {2000},
	month = {jul/dec},
	pages = {1-4},
	abstract = {The study of the Scarabaiedae associated with cattle dung pats and with pig carcass in the region of Itumbiara, Goiás, Brazil. Twenty samples of bovine dung were taken at random, each month, from pats eight days old, placed in plastic containers and taken to the laboratory. Pig carcass Sus sp. was selected as bait. Two baits were exposed to the enviroment conditions in two different places: pasture and forest area, the former in the presence of sunlight and the latter in absence of it. Scarabaiedae were extracted using Berlese funnel. The most frequent species were: Ataenius aequalis (cattle dung) and Trichillum externepunctatum (pig carcass).},
	keywords = {brazil, COLEOPTERA, decomposition, Insecta, Scarabaeidae},
	author = {Marchiori, Carlos Enrique}
}
@article {1779,
	title = {Burial of bovine dung by coprophagous beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from horse and cow grazing sites in El Salvador},
	journal = {European Journal of Soil Biology},
	volume = {37},
	year = {2001},
	note = {have a copy and a digital version},
	pages = {103-111},
	keywords = {decomposition, dung beetle, dung removal, ecological function, ecosystem service, waste removal},
	author = {Horgan, Finbarr Gabriel}
}
@article {2059,
	title = {Decomposition of the organic materials and soil fauna in pasture; 2. Disappearance of cow dung},
	journal = {Pedobiologia},
	volume = {15},
	year = {1975},
	note = {have copy},
	pages = {129-132},
	keywords = {decomposition, dung beetle, ecological function, ecosystem service, ecosystem services, soil, sucession},
	author = {Nakamura, Y.}
}
@article {2342,
	title = {Decomposition of organic matter in cow dung colonized by Onthophagus lenzii Harold (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)},
	journal = {Edaphologia},
	year = {1991},
	note = {digital},
	pages = {47},
	keywords = {COLEOPTERA, decomposition, Dung decomposition relationship, Dung habitat, effect of colonization, Habitat colonization, Insecta, Onthophagus lenzii ( Scarabaeidae ) : Biological breakdown, Polyphaga, role of colonization, Scarabaeidae : Scarabaeoidea},
	author = {Yokoyama, K. and Miyauchi, N.}
}
