@article {1323,
	title = {Possible Indirect Effects of Mammal Hunting on Dung Beetle Assemblages in Panama.},
	journal = {Biotropica},
	volume = {39},
	number = {1},
	year = {2007},
	pages = {141-146},
	keywords = {dung beetle, hunting, mammals, Panama, rain forest, Scarabaeidae},
	url = {http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1744-7429.2006.00239.x},
	author = {Andresen, Ellen and Laurance, Susan G. W.}
}
@article {1360,
	title = {Defensive volatile secretions of two diplopod species attract the carrion ball roller scarab Canthon morsei (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)},
	journal = {Chemoecology},
	volume = {17},
	year = {2007},
	pages = {163-167},
	keywords = {benzaldehyde, defensive secretions, dung beetle, millipedes, quinones},
	author = {Bedoussac, Laurent and Favila, Mario E and Lopez, Remedios M.}
}
@article {1741,
	title = {Deforestation and apparent extinctions of endemic forest beetles in Madagascar},
	journal = {Biology Letters},
	volume = {3},
	year = {2007},
	month = {Mar},
	pages = {344-347},
	abstract = {Madagascar has lost about half of its forest cover since 1953 with much regional variation, for instance most of the coastal lowland forests have been cleared. We sampled the endemic forest- dwelling Helictopleurini dung beetles across Madagascar during 2002{\textendash}2006. Our samples include 29 of the 51 previously known species for which locality information is available. The most significant factor explaining apparent extinctions (species not collected by us) is forest loss within the historical range of the focal species, suggesting that deforestation has already caused the extinction, or effective extinction, of a large number of insect species with small geographical ranges, typical for many endemic taxa in Madagascar. Cur rently, roughly 10\% of the original forest cover remains. Species{\textendash} area considerations suggest that this will allow roughly half of the species to persist. Our results are consistent with this prediction.},
	keywords = {dung beetle, forest loss, Helictopleurini, Madagascar, tropical extinctions},
	author = {Ilkka Hanski and Koivulehto, Helena and Cameron, Alison and Rahagalala, Pierre}
}
@article {1830,
	title = {Adverse effects of ivermectin on the dung beetles, Caccobius jessoensis Harold, and rare species, Copris ochus Motschulsky and Copris acutidens Motschulsky (coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), in Japan},
	journal = {Bulletin of Entomological Research},
	volume = {97},
	year = {2007},
	pages = {619-625},
	abstract = {Effects of the antiparasitic drug, ivermectin, on the dung beetles, Caccobius jessoensis Harold, 1867 and the rare species, Copris ochus Motschulsky, 1860 and Copris acutidens Motschulsky, 1860 were studied in laboratory and field experiments in Hokkaido, Japan. Ivermectin was detected in dung from 1 to 21 or 28 days following treatment, with a peak on the first day after treatment in two pour-on administrations (500 mg kgx1), although there were considerable differ- ences between the two peaks. In C. jessoensis, brood balls constructed by the female were not reduced in the dung of treated cattle except for seven days after treatment in experiment 2. Also, there was no significant difference in the mean weight of brood balls between dung from treated and control cattle. However, the emergence rates were significantly reduced in dung 1{\textendash}3 days after treatment. In the field study, brood balls constructed by C. jessoensis were more abundant in dung from treated cattle in experiment 1, but adult emergence was significantly reduced at one and seven days after treatments. Adult mortality of C. ochus Motschulsky at 90 days after the beginning of rearing was 11.1\% in dung from control cattle with 22 brood balls constructed, whereas it was 84\% in dung from treated cattle with no brood balls and/or ovipositioning. Also, in C. acutidens Motschulsky, adult mortality at 90 days after the beginning of rearing was 3.6\% in dung from control cattle with 13 brood balls constructed, whereas it was 94.1\% in dung from treated cattle with no brood balls or ovipositioning. The environmental risk in the use of ivermectin during breeding period of dung beetles in pasture is discussed. },
	keywords = {dung beetle, IVERMECTIN, Japan},
	author = {Iwasa, M. and Maruo, T. and Ueda, M. and Yamashita, N.}
}
@article {1866,
	title = {Scarabaeidae e Aphodiidae coprofagos em pastagens cultivadas em area do cerrado sul-mato-grossense},
	journal = {Revista Brasileira de Zoociencias},
	volume = {9},
	number = {1},
	year = {2007},
	pages = {81-93},
	keywords = {biodiversity, brazil, dung beetle, horn fly, pitfall},
	isbn = {1517-6770},
	author = {Koller, Wilson W. and Gomes, Alberto and Rodrigues, Sergio R. and Goiozo, Paulo Felipe Izique}
}
@article {1897,
	title = {Effects of cattle treatment with a fluazuron pour-on on survival and reproduction of the dung beetle species Onthophagus gazella (Fabricius)},
	journal = {Veterinary Parasitology},
	volume = {143},
	year = {2007},
	pages = {380-384},
	abstract = {While resistance against many other classes of acaricides has been described, products containing benzoylphenyl urea are currently still successfully used against the pesticide-resistant blue tick (Boophilus decoloratus) in South Africa. In order to assess any adverse impact of these tickicides on the important dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) fauna, a bioassay was undertaken on the ecotoxicological effects of a fluazuron (benzoylphenyl urea) pour-on formulation (Acatak1) on the survival and reproduction of the African dung beetles species Onthophagus gazella (Fabricius). The experiment yielded no significant differences in adult or larval survival, egg production, fecundity and fertility between the control and treatment group following three beetle generations over. These results suggested that treatment of cattle with the fluazuron pour-on formulation Acatak1 was not detrimental to the selected dung beetle species in any notable way.},
	keywords = {Acaricide, Benzoylphenyl urea, Boophilus decoloratus, dung beetle, ecotoxicological effect, Fluazuron, Onthophagus gazella},
	author = {Kryger, U. and Deschodt, C. and Davis, A. L. V. and Scholtz, Clarke H.}
}
@article {2054,
	title = {A wider range than suspected: new locality for the endemic Mauritian dung beetle Nesosisyphus pygmaeus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)},
	journal = {Phelsuma},
	volume = {15},
	year = {2007},
	pages = {63-64},
	keywords = {Brise Fer, Distribution, dung beetle, Scarabaeidae, sisyphini},
	author = {Motala, Saoud M. and Krell, Frank-Thorsten}
}
@article {2207,
	title = {Besouros rola-bosta: insetos beneficos das pastagens},
	journal = {Revista Brasileira de Agroecologia},
	volume = {2},
	number = {2},
	year = {2007},
	month = {oct},
	pages = {1428-1432},
	abstract = {The dung beetles are insects that benefit the pastures of cattle one area due to its performance in relation to this type of environment. They use, mainly, dung masses and remaining portions of dead animals as alimentary source and reproduction. They help to incorporate these materials in the ground, and act in the natural biological control of bovine parasites. However, current practical the cattle ones be negative affected community of these beetles. The intention of this work is to display some results of studies on these beetles and to divulge its beneficial potentialities. Had been mounted pitfall traps baited, in two distant transects 50 m one of the other and 30 m between traps, in an occupied area of natural field to the bovine flock in the Embrapa Pecuária Sul, between Dec/2006 May/2007. Had been identified 16 species pertaining to the nine genus of the family. The community of the dung beetles demonstrated, until the moment, sufficiently rich being in species, possessing characteristic of behavior alimentary and reproduction that contributes positively for the cattle maintenance of agroecosystems.},
	keywords = {coprophagy, dung beetle, ecologic importance, necrophagy, pasture.},
	author = {Silva, Pedro G. and Garcia, Mario A. and Audino, Livia D. and Nogueira, Juliana M. and Moraes, Leonardo P. and Ramos, Antonio H. B. and Vidal, Mariana B. and Borba, Marcos}
}
@article {2332,
	title = {Effect of tunneler dung beetles on cattle dung decomposition, soil nutrients and herbage growth },
	journal = {Grassland Science},
	volume = {53},
	year = {2007},
	note = {digital},
	pages = {121-129},
	abstract = {Two field experiments were conducted to evaluate effects of dung beetles on cattle dung decomposition, soil nutrients and herbage growth. On an orchardgrass (Dactylis glomerata L.) pasture, three treatments, each composed of 1 kg of cattle dung, were placed in a randomized block design. For each treatment, dung beetles of three tunneler species were released at a density of 0, 40 or 80 beetles per dung sample in the 2000 experiment and 0, 40 or 120 beetles per dung sample in the 2001{\textendash}2002 experiment. The respective weights and nutrient contents in the dung sample remnants were measured for 56 days; nutrients in the soil beneath the dung samples were also measured for the same period in the 2001{\textendash}2002 experiment. Additionally, herbage yield along with the dung weight and nutrients were measured over 2 years in the 2001{\textendash}2002 experiment. In both the 2000 and 2001{\textendash} 2002 experiments, the greater the dung beetles released, the greater the decomposition and loss of nutrients from the dung. Inorganic nitrogen (N) in the soil of beetle-released plots increased considerably until the seventh day according to the beetles released. That pattern in the soil reflected the N loss from the dung. Trends of available phosphorus (P) and exchangeable potassium (K) in the soil were not explained so clearly as the case of N. Yield and N and P uptakes of herbage around the dung were significantly larger in the beetle-released plot than in the no-beetle released plot in September of the first year in the 2001{\textendash}2002 experiment. In other seasons (July 2001 and May, July and September 2002), however, significant relationships between yield and nutrient uptakes of herbage and dung beetle activities were not detected. These results indicate that dung beetles promoted dung decomposition and nutrient transfer from the dung to soil, however, subsequent effects on herbage growth were not clear under field conditions. },
	keywords = {biomass, dung beetle, ecological function, ecosystem service, nutrient mobilization, plants, soil},
	author = {Yamada, Daigo and Imura, Osamu and Shi, Kun and Shibuya, Takeshi}
}
