@article {1320,
	title = {Dung beetle assemblages in primary forest and disturbed habitats in a tropical dry forest landscape in western Mexico},
	journal = {Journal of Insect Conservation},
	year = {2007},
	pages = {12},
	keywords = {Disturbance, Indicator group, Mexico, Scarabaeinae, tropical dry forest},
	author = {Andresen, Ellen}
}
@article {1351,
	title = {Dung beetle conservation: effects of habitat and resource selection (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea)},
	journal = {Journal of Insect Conservation},
	volume = {3},
	number = {2},
	year = {1999},
	note = {have a copydigital copy},
	pages = {75-84},
	abstract = {There is increasing concern about the conservation of dung beetles which are threatened by several peculiar dangers worldwide, both at the population and community level. A noticeable threat in Europe is the dramatic reduction in the number of cattle and sheep grazing in the open, which is associated with both intensive agriculture and the progressive reforestation of previously pastured areas. We studied dung beetle habitat and resource preferences at La Mandria Park (north-west Italy) which is a mosaic of open and wooded patches where domestic (cows and horses) and wild ungulates (deer and wild boar) co-exist. Scarabaeidae were numerically dominant, accounting for 61.5\% of the approximately 3000 individuals sampled (Aphodiidae accounted for 32.5\% and Geotrupidae for only 6\%). However, when species richness was considered, Aphodiidae were dominant, with 17 of the 27 species found (Scarabaeidae with eight and Geotrupidae with two). Assuming a null hypothesis of equal probability of colonizing any habitat or faeces, we found that most species were significantly associated with one of the four dung types or with one of the two habitats considered. On average, Scarabaeidae preferred cattle dung and open habitats whereas most Aphodiidae used deer lumps and wooded habitats. In spite of the precise ecological choices observed at La Mandria, surveys from other European areas suggest that both habitat and food selection are quite flexible. From a conservation viewpoint, the ability of coprophagous beetles to choose herbivore faeces according to their availability and to select habitats that satisfy their own microclimate requirements may certainly be useful in preserving biodiversity. Agroecology, which implies some woodland and hedgerow management practices associated with pastoralism, could be the right approach to the management of the agricultural landscape. Conversely, in reforested areas, while wild ungulate populations should be preserved, some form of human disturbance, particularly clearings used for pastoralism, should also be maintained. },
	keywords = {conservation, deforestation, domestic and wild ungulates, dung beetle, habitat and food selection, regeneration mammals, Scarabaeoidae},
	author = {Barbero, Enrico and Palestrini, Claudia and Rolando, Antonio}
}
@article {1706,
	title = {Maintaining data integrity in insect biodiversity assessment projects},
	journal = {Journal of Insect Conservation},
	volume = {7},
	year = {2003},
	pages = {33-44},
	keywords = {Dung beetles},
	author = {Grove, S. J.}
}
@article {1861,
	title = {Conservation strategies for poorly surveyed taxa: a dung beetle (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) case study from southern Africa},
	journal = {Journal of Insect Conservation},
	volume = {4},
	year = {2000},
	pages = {45-56},
	keywords = {Dung beetles},
	author = {Koch, S. O> and Chown, S. L. and Davis, A. L. V. and Endrody-Younga, S. and Van Jaarsveld, A. S.}
}
@article {1893,
	title = {Possible risk posed by drift of the insect growth regulator pyriproxyfen to the rare dung beetle Circellium bacchus (F.) in a national park},
	journal = {Journal of Insect Conservation},
	volume = {1},
	year = {1997},
	pages = {215-220},
	abstract = {Aerial drift of the juvenile hormone analogue (JHA), pyriproxyfen (Nemesis 100 ec{\textregistered}), used to control red scale on citrus on farms close to the Addo Elephant National Park in South Africa, was suspected of causing a decline in a population of the rare dung beetle species Circellium bacchus(F.) in the Park. The effect of pyriproxyfen on fertility and egg viability, as well as larval, pupal and callow adult development of C. bacchuswas studied in a laboratory assay. Adult beetles, soil surface and the initial dung supply were exposed to pyriproxyfen applied as a spray at 10 times less than the concentration used commercially to simulate spray drift. Exposure of adult beetles to pyriproxyfen did not affect egg production or the viability of eggs, nor did the compound have adverse effects on immature development, indicating that pyriproxyfen is unlikely to be the cause of the observed population depression of C. bacchus.},
	keywords = {development, juvenile hormone analogue, reproduction, Scarabaeidae, spray drift},
	author = {Kruger, K. and Scholtz, Clarke H.}
}
@article {1975,
	title = {Area networks for conserving Iberian insects: a case study of dung beetles (Col., Scarabaeoidea)},
	journal = {Journal of Insect Conservation},
	volume = {5},
	year = {2001},
	pages = {233-252},
	abstract = {Possibilities to create an efficient network of areas for the conservation of Iberian dung-beetle biodiversity were investigated. Data were taken from {\textquoteleft}BANDASCA{\textquoteright}, a 15,740 record dung-beetle database with information for 101,996 specimens. The greatest species richness and phylogenetic diversity are found in the Iberian Central System cordilleras, while those of range-size rarity are in the southernmost corner of the Iberian Peninsula and in the coastal plains of the Guadalquivir basin. Additionally, broad regional score trends of these variables reach a maximum in a smaller northeastern, and a larger southeastern region (Baetic and sub-Baetic mountains). Major Central and Southern Spain dung-beetle hotspots contain many of the UTM grid cells which delimit the near-minimum-set of areas hosting maximum dung-beetle biodiversity scores. They are viewed as the nucleus of a potential network of reserves. A UTM grid cell (30TXK1) where Onthophagus albarracinus, an endemic and demographically rare species inhabits the Sierra of Albarrac ́{\i}n and {\textquoteleft}Montes Universales{\textquoteright}, was detected as an irreplaceable area. Because of recent land use changes and rapid human-induced habitat transformation threatening dung-beetle fauna, caution should be taken not to recommend an in memoriam network of areas no longer hosting a fauna extinct today. The abandoning of traditional herding management in Europe threatens the preservation of grasslands where dung- feeding beetles play a major ecological role in maintaining pasture quality and livestock health. A return to more traditional herding methods would require stable dung-beetle populations. Any insect conservation planning in Spain would benefit from more biogeographical information for other insect groups. },
	keywords = {hotspots network, Iberian dung-feeding beetles, phylogenetic diversity, rarity, species richness},
	author = {Martin-Piera, Fermin}
}
@article {2068,
	title = {{\textquoteright}Inordinate fondness{\textquoteright}: a threat to beetles in south east Asia?},
	journal = {Journal of Insect Conservation},
	volume = {9},
	year = {2005},
	pages = {147-150},
	type = {point of view},
	abstract = {A recent report on trade in stag beetles and rhinoceros beetles in Japan highlights a number of issues of considerable importance for beetle conservation resulting from such trade over much of south east Asia. The popularity of these beetles has both positive and negative effects, and there is need for more effective control and monitoring of this trade to enhance positive values and reduce likely harm to species and habitats.},
	keywords = {COLEOPTERA, Habitat conservation, Hybridisation, Insect trade, Lucanidae, Species management},
	author = {New, T. R.}
}
