@article {1385,
	title = {Interactions between dung, plants and the dung fauna in a heathland in northern Italy},
	journal = {Pedobiologia},
	volume = {43},
	number = {2},
	year = {1999},
	note = {Times Cited: 2Cited Reference Count: 58Cited References:      ANDERSON JR, 1984, J ECON ENTOMOL, V77, P133     BISTROM O, 1991, ENTOMOL FENNICA, V27, P53     BORNEMISSZA GF, 1976, AUSTR MEAT RES COMMI, V30, P1     BORNEMISSZA GF, 1970, PEDOBIOLOGIA, V10, P1     BREYMEYER A, 1974, EKOL POL, V22, P617     BRYAN RP, 1976, AUSTR J AGR RES, V27, P567     CALAFIORI MH, 1979, INFLUENCIA DICHOTOMI     CAMBEFORT Y, 1986, ACTA OECOL-OEC GEN, V7, P17     CAMBEFORT Y, 1991, DUNG BEETLE ECOLOGY, P51     DEBIAGGI E, 1990, RIV PIEMONTESE STORI, V11, P3     DOUBE BM, 1991, DUNG BEETLE ECOLOGY, P97     DOUBE BM, 1991, DUNG BEETLE ECOLOGY, P255     DOUBE BM, 1990, ECOL ENTOMOL, V15, P371     DOUBE BM, 1988, ECOL ENTOMOL, V13, P251     ELLENBERG H, 1986, VEGETATION ECOLOGY C     FINCHER GT, 1986, BIOL CONTROL MUSCOID     FINCHER GT, 1981, J GA ENTOMOL SOC, V16, P316     FINCHER GT, 1975, J PARASITOL, V61, P759     FINCHER GT, 1973, J PARASITOL, V59, P396     GILLARD P, 1967, J AUST I AGR SCI, V33, P30     GUGLIELMETTOMUG.L, 1996, ALLIONIA, V34, P343     HALFFTER O, 1982, NESTING BEHAV DUNG B     HANSKI I, 1991, DUNG BEETLE ECOLOGY, P5     HANSKI I, 1991, DUNG BEETLE ECOLOGY, P75     HIRSCHBERGER P, 1994, PEDOBIOLOGIA, V38, P375     HIRSCHBERGER P, 1994, PEDOBIOLOGIA, V38, P475     HOLTER P, 1983, EARTHWORM ECOLOGY, P49     HOLTER P, 1988, HOLARCTIC ECOL, V11, P81     HOLTER P, 1982, OIKOS, V39, P213     HOLTER P, 1979, OIKOS, V32, P393     HOLTER P, 1975, OIKOS, V26, P177     HUGHES RD, 1978, B ENTOMOL RES, V68, P361     HUGHES RD, 1985, J AUST ENTOMOL SOC, V24, P65     HUGHES RD, 1975, J AUST ENTOMOL SOC, V14, P129     KABIR SMH, 1985, BANGLADESH J AGR, V10, P49     KIRK AA, 1982, B ENTOMOL RES, V73, P129     KIRK AA, 1992, ENTOMOPHAGA, V37, P507     LAMARET JP, 1991, DRUG BEETLE ECOLOGY, P97     LUMARET JP, 1983, B SOC ENTOMOL FR, V88, P481     LUMARET JP, 1980, ECOL MEDIT, V5, P51     LUMARET JP, 1990, MUSEUM NATL HIST NAT     MACQUEEN A, 1975, CAN J PLANT SCI, V55, P961     MITTAL IC, 1993, TROPICAL ECOLOGY, V34, P150     NAKAMURA Y, 1975, PEDOBIOLOGIA, V15, P129     PAPP L, 1992, FOLIA ENTOMOLOGICA H, V54, P107     RIDSDILLSMITH TJ, 1988, B ENTOMOL RES, V78, P633     RIDSDILLSMITH TJ, 1986, ENTOMOL EXP APPL, V41, P83     RIDSDILLSMITH TJ, 1982, ENTOMOL EXP APPL, V32, P80     RIDSDILLSMITH TJ, 1982, P 3 AUST C GRASSL IN     ROUGON D, 1981, AGECOP LIAISON, V59, P36     ROUGON D, 1988, REV ECOLOGIE BIOL SO, V25, P413     SALIN M, 1992, APPL STAT CON SPSS     SESTINI A, 1957, ITALIA FISICA     UREN SC, 1997, J APPL ECOL, V34, P208     VALIELA I, 1974, AM MIDL NAT, V92, P370     WASSMER T, 1995, ACTA OECOL, V16, P461     WATERHOUSE DF, 1974, SCI AM, V230, P100     ZUNINO M, 1994, ECOLOGY ETHOLOGY EVO, V6, P451EnglishArticle175KVPEDOBIOLOGIA},
	month = {Mar},
	pages = {97-109},
	abstract = {The influence of the insect fauna on cattle dung degradation and the development of a natural vegetal community was studied during three successive summers in a heathland in northern Italy. In 1992 and 1993, small (864 cm(2)) rectangular iron sheet frames were placed on the ground and assigned to three experimental groups: one (Control) had no dung, the second contained an artificially made (0.5 kg) dung pat protected with a mesh in order to exclude insects, while the third group contained dung which was colonised by insects. Above-ground primary production within the cages was collected at regular intervals from June to September. Dung addition had a huge effect on plant growth in both years (+29-31 \%), in addition to this, in the first year, but not in the second, dung insects transferred to the soil an amount of organic material that also significantly stimulated (+14.5 \%) the external growth of the plants. We suggest that the difference between 1992 and 1993 could have been determined by different numbers of grazing cattle in the study area: in consequence of this, we hypothesise that dung insects populations were larger and more active in the first year compared with the second. In 1994, the role of the insect fauna on dung degradation was investigated in greater detail. The total dry matter decrease in dung attributable to the activity of the insect community, after 20 days from dung deposition, was 18.4 \% of the original dry weight; of that percentage, less than one third (5.8 \%) was related to underground nesting (paracoprid) beetles. Earthworms were not active in the season when our survey was carried out. We concluded that the dung insect fauna can influence dung degradation and the growth of a natural plant community occurring on an acidic and impoverished soil, but that these effects are only of minor importance. This seems to be a consequence of the low densities of dung beetles in the study area and the absence of large-sized paracoprid and telecoprid scarabaeid species.},
	keywords = {abundance, beetles coleoptera, bush fly, cattle dung, disappearance, dung degradation, dung fauna, earthworms, Europe, muscidae, plant growth, Scarabaeidae, sheep dung, vetustissima walker diptera},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://000079093300001},
	author = {Borghesio, L. and Luzzatto, M. and Palestrini, C.}
}
@article {1420,
	title = {Body-Size, Abundance, and Geographical-Distribution of Afrotropical Dung Beetles (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae)},
	journal = {Acta Oecologica},
	volume = {15},
	number = {2},
	year = {1994},
	note = {Times Cited: 11Cited Reference Count: 25Cited References:      BLACKBURN TM, 1993, J ANIM ECOL, V62, P519     BLACKBURN TM, 1993, J ANIM ECOL, V62, P694     BLACKBURN TM, 1992, OIKOS, V65, P107     BROWN JH, 1989, SCIENCE, V243, P1145     CAMBEFORT Y, 1991, DUNG BEETLE ECOLOGY, P36     CAMBEFORT Y, 1991, DUNG BEETLE ECOLOGY, P51     CAMBEFORT Y, 1991, DUNG BEETLE ECOLOGY, P156     COTGREAVE P, 1993, TRENDS ECOL EVOL, V8, P244     CURRIE DJ, 1993, OIKOS, V67, P56     CURRIE DJ, 1993, OIKOS, V66, P353     DAMUTH J, 1987, BIOL J LINN SOC, V31, P193     DAMUTH J, 1993, NATURE, V365, P748     DAMUTH J, 1991, NATURE, V351, P268     GASTON KJ, 1988, AM NAT, V132, P662     GRIFFITHS D, 1992, J ANIM ECOL, V61, P307     GRIFFITHS D, 1987, NATURE, V328, P117     HANSKI I, 1991, DUNG BEETLE ECOLOGY, P283     HEINRICH B, 1979, PHYSIOL ZOOL, V52, P484     LAWTON JH, 1989, OIKOS, V55, P429     LAWTON JH, 1991, PHILOS T ROY SOC B, V330, P2833     LUMARET JP, 1992, J APPL ECOL, V29, P349     NEE S, 1991, NATURE, V351, P312     PAGEL MD, 1991, AM NAT, V138, P836     STORK NE, 1993, OIKOS, V67, P483     WHITE F, 1986, VEGETATION AFRICAEnglishArticlePJ666ACTA OECOL},
	pages = {165-179},
	abstract = {Local and regional abundances of Afrotropical dung beetle species, as well as their regional and continental distributions, have been found to depend on their average individual fresh weight. At the local and regional scales, small-bodied species are numerically more abundant than their larger relatives, but large-bodied species have a larger total biomass and control a larger proportion of available resources. At the regional scale, large dung beetle species occur in fewer localities than small ones, but, at the continental scale, geographical distribution is wider.},
	keywords = {abundance, afrotropical region, beetles, biomass, communities, Dung, dynamics, energy use, energy-use, geographical distribution, natural animal assemblages, patterns, population-density, size},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://A1994PJ66600005},
	author = {Cambefort, Y.}
}
@article {1430,
	title = {Changes in food resources and conservation of scarab beetles: from sheep to dog dung in a green urban area of Rome (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea)},
	journal = {Biological Conservation},
	volume = {123},
	number = {4},
	year = {2005},
	note = {digital and hard copy},
	month = {Jun},
	pages = {547-556},
	abstract = {The aim of the research was to show how a change in land use influences the structure of a dung beetle assemblage and affect its conservation. In the Pineto Urban Regional Park (Rome), dog dung is the sole food resource currently available for scarab dung beetles, after the recent removal of wild and domestic herbivores. A one-year sampling was conducted to study the scarab assemblage in dog scats (1999) and to compare it with the previous assemblage associated with sheep droppings (1986). Richness, evenness and similarity parameters were compared between the two allochronic assemblages. From sheep to dog dung, an impoverishment of the total richness was observed (from 19 to 9 species) together with an increase of individuals (by 7 times). Dog dung harboured 20\% of the current scarab dung beetle fauna of Rome, probably as a consequence of the dog mixed diet, rich in cellulose. Both the communities showed a high percentage of tunnellers, probably because of the food shortage and, for dog scats, of the high dehydration rate. A comparison with other Roman scarab communities enhanced that: (1) the change in food resource determined a higher difference in species composition respect to other parameters (size and habitat diversity); (2) dog dung provided a temporary refuge for species that otherwise may encounter local extinction in urban environments. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.},
	keywords = {20th-century, abundance, assemblage, biodiversity conservatiom, Carabidae, colonization, communities, community ecology, competition, diversity, dung beetle assemblages, food, habitats mammals, netherlands, resources, urban ecology},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://000227958600012 },
	author = {Carpaneto, Giuseppe M. and Mazziotta, Adriano and Piattella, Emanuele}
}
@article {1471,
	title = {Species richness of dung-feeding beetles (Coleoptera: Aphodiidae, Scarabaeidae, Hybosoridae) in tropical rainforest at Danum Valley, Sabah, Malaysia},
	journal = {The Coleopterists Bulletin},
	volume = {54},
	number = {2},
	year = {2000},
	note = {340ZJCOLEOPTS BULL},
	month = {Jun},
	pages = {221-231},
	abstract = {This paper records the species richness and composition of the dung-feeding fauna within the Danum Valley Conservation Area in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. Comparisons are made with other rainforest sites in the Neotropics, Africa, Asia and Australia. To date, ninety-seven rainforest dung beetle species have been identified from Danum samples, making this the most species- rich rainforest site yet recorded. Reasons for the high species richness measure are examined, including the comprehensive nature of the trapping programme, utilizing both baited pitfall and flight intercept traps, the resource diversity and abundance at Danum, and the presence of a rich vertebrate fauna. Comments are made on the effectiveness of the trapping programme, and the implications of these results for the measurement of species richness and diversity of other arthropod groups in tropical rainforest.},
	keywords = {abundance, communities, dynamics, insects, rain-forest},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://000088566300005},
	author = {Davis, A. J.}
}
@article {1477,
	title = {A dung beetle that feeds on fig: implications for the measurement of species rarity},
	journal = {Journal of Tropical Ecology},
	volume = {13},
	number = {5},
	year = {1997},
	note = {5YC710J TROP ECOL},
	month = {Sep},
	pages = {759-766},
	keywords = {abundance, birds, body length, Danum Valley, danum-valley, dispersal, dung beetle, feeding specialization, Ficus, fig, lowland dipterocarp forest, malaysia, number, pollinator, rain forest, rain-forest, rarity, specificity},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://A1997YC71000008},
	author = {Davis, A. J. and Sutton, S. L.}
}
@article {1572,
	title = {Consideracoes sobre Coprophanaeus ensifer (Germar) (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) em um remanescente de Mata Atlantica no Estado da Paraiba, Brasil},
	journal = {Revista Brasileira de Entomologia},
	volume = {49},
	number = {3},
	year = {2005},
	month = {Sep},
	pages = {427-429},
	abstract = {Insects of the family Scarabaeidae feed on organic matter in decomposition, participating actively in biogeocycling of nutrients. C. ensifer is a large-sized necrophagous beette that occurs in tropical forests. In the present work we aimed to record some ecological characteristics of this species regarding the seasonality and bait attractivity. Thirteen samples were performed between December/1998 and December/1999 in the Mata do Buraquinho, a remnant of the Atlantic Forest in João Pessoa, PB. Seventy-one specimens were captured in four baited pitfall traps: 35 on pork meat, 22 on kidney, and 14 on bovine meat. There was no significant difference among the baits with respect to their stimuli for attracting the insects. No specimens of C. ensifer were trapped on baits of liver. The monthly abundance of insects is positively correlated the precipitation (r s=0,65; p<0,05) and humidity (rs=0,55; p<0,05) and inversely with temperature (r s=-0,70; p<0,01). The specimens were collected only from April to September, within the rainy period, an aspect that corroborates the seasonal pattern of occurrence. },
	keywords = {abundance, attractivity of baits, ecology, Seasonality},
	author = {Endres, Ana Aline and Medina Hernandez, Malva Isabel and Creao-Duarte, Antonio Jose}
}
@article {1694,
	title = {Effects of brood parasitism on host reproductive success: evidence from larval interactions among dung beetles},
	journal = {Oecologia},
	volume = {134},
	number = {2},
	year = {2003},
	note = {Times Cited: 0Cited Reference Count: 57Cited References:      BEGON M, 1995, ECOLOGY INDIVIDUALS     BORNEMISSZA GF, 1971, PEDOBIOLOGIA, V11, P1     BORNEMISSZA GF, 1969, PEDOBIOLOGIA, V9, P223     CAMBEFORT Y, 1991, DUNG BEETLE ECOLOGY, P156     CHAPMAN TA, 1869, ENTOMOL MONTH MAG, V5, P273     CLOUDSLEYTHOMPS.JL, 1991, ECOPHYSIOLOGY DESERT     CLUTTONBROCK TH, 1991, EVOLUTION PARENTAL C     DAVIS ALV, 1996, AFR J ECOL, V34, P258     DAY RW, 1989, ECOL MONOGR, V59, P433     DELLACASSA G, 1983, B MUS REG SCI NAT TO, V1, P1     DOUBE BM, 1990, ECOL ENTOMOL, V15, P371     GILLER PS, 1989, J ANIM ECOL, V58, P129     GITTINGS T, 1997, ECOGRAPHY, V20, P55     GITTINGS T, 1999, PEDOBIOLOGIA, V43, P439     GONZALEZMEGIAS A, 1999, THESIS U GRANADA GRA     HALFFTER G, 1966, FOLIA ENTOMOL MEXICO, V12, P1     HALFFTER G, 1982, NESTING BEHAV DUNG B     HAMMOND PM, 1976, COLEOPT B, V30, P245     HANSKI I, 1980, ANN ENTOMOL FENN, V46, P57     HIRSCHBERGER P, 1996, ECOL ENTOMOL, V21, P352     HIRSCHBERGER P, 1998, OECOLOGIA, V116, P136     HOLTER P, 1979, ECOL ENTOMOL, V4, P317     HOLTER P, 1982, OIKOS, V39, P213     HOWDEN HF, 1955, J TENNESSEE ACAD SCI, V30, P64     HOWDEN HF, 1963, P US NAT MUS, V114, P1     KLEMPERER HG, 1980, ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOG, V5, P143     KREBS JR, 1993, INTRO BEHAV ECOLOGY     LANDIN BO, 1961, OPUSC ENTOMOL LUND S, V19, P1     LUMARET JP, 1987, ACTA ZOOL MEX, V24, P1     LUMARET JP, 1989, B ECOLOGIE, V20, P51     MARTINPIERA F, 1993, ACTA ZOOLOGICA MEXIC, V57, P15     MARTINPIERA F, 1984, EOS, V60, P101     MUNSTERSWENDSEN M, 2000, ECOL ENTOMOL, V25, P63     NOYMEIR I, 1979, ISRAEL J BOT, V28, P1     PAULIAN R, 1982, ENCY ENTOMOLOGY, V43     PETANIDOU T, 1995, BIOL J LINN SOC, V55, P261     PITTINO R, 1986, GIORNALE ITALIANO EN, V3, P1     POLIS GA, 1991, AM NAT, V138, P123     RASA OAE, 1996, NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN, V83, P575     RICE WR, 1989, EVOLUTION, V43, P223     ROSENHEIM JA, 1989, BEHAV ECOL SOCIOBIOL, V25, P335     ROTHSTEIN SI, 1998, PARASITIC BIRDS THEI     ROUGON D, 1982, B SOC ENTOMOL FR, V87, P272     ROUGON D, 1980, CR ACAD SCI D NAT, V291, P417     ROUGON D, 1991, DUNG BEETLE ECOLOGY, P230     ROUGON D, 1980, REV ECOL BIOL SOL, V17, P379     SANCHEZPINERO F, 1994, THESIS U GRANADA GRA     SMITH JN, 2000, ECOLOGY MANAGEMENT C     SPOFFORD M, 1986, J NAT HIST, V26, P993     STEVENSON BG, 1985, COLEOPTERISTS B, V39, P215     TALLAMY DW, 1984, BIOSCIENCE, V34, P20     TORCHIO PF, 1992, ANN ENTOMOL SOC AM, V85, P713     TORCHIO PF, 1972, MELANDERIA, V10, P1     TRINE CL, 1998, PARASITIC BIRDS THEI, P273     TRUMBO ST, 1990, ECOL ENTOMOL, V15, P347     VOLLRATH F, 1984, STRATEGIES EXPLOTATI, P61     ZAR JH, 1996, BIOSTATISTICAL ANALEnglishArticle642UHOECOLOGIA},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {195-202},
	abstract = {This paper investigates the effect of brood parasitism in a dung beetle assemblage in an arid region of Spain. The study was conducted during the spring season (March-May 1994-1998) using mesh cylinders buried into the ground, filled with sand and with sheep dung on top. We quantified the proportion of nests containing larvae of parasitic beetles and their effect on host larvae survival. Experiments on the effect of parasitic larvae on host-larvae survival were conducted by placing scarab brood masses (raised from captive scarabs in the laboratory) in containers with and without aphodiid larvae. During the spring, dung desiccation is rapid, preventing aphodiids nesting in the dung, and forcing these species to adopt brood parasitism as a nesting strategy. Parasitic aphodiids were found in 12-47\% of scarab nests of three species. The incidence of brood parasitization was positively related with the number of brood masses contained in the nests, being also higher in the most abundant species. Field data and experiments showed that brood parasites significantly reduced host larvae survival from 74.8\% in non-parasitized nests to 8.8\% in parasitized nests. Because different rates of nest parasitization and mortality were caused by parasites, brood parasitism had a differential effect on different host species. Thus, brood, parasitism constitutes an important mortality factor reducing the reproductive success of the host species and potentially affecting the beetle abundance in the area.},
	keywords = {abundance, aphodius ater, assemblage, cleptoparasite, COLEOPTERA, community, coprophagous beetles, desert ecology, hymenoptera, intraspecific competition, kleptoparasitism, Larval mortality, resource utilization, Scarabaeidae},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://000180822900005},
	author = {Gonzalez-Megias, A. and Sanchez-Pinero, F.}
}
@article {1636,
	title = {Experimental investigations of colonisation by north temperate dung beetles of different types of domestic herbivore dung},
	journal = {Applied Soil Ecology},
	volume = {20},
	number = {1},
	year = {2002},
	note = {Times Cited: 1Cited Reference Count: 33Cited References:      ASCHENBORN HH, 1989, ENTOMOL EXP APPL, V53, P73     BARBERO E, 1999, J INSECT CONSERVATIO, V3, P75     BISTROM O, 1991, ENTOMOL FENNICA, V2, P53     BREYMEYER A, 1975, B ACAD POLONAISE SB, V23, P173     DADOUR IR, 1996, ENVIRON ENTOMOL, V25, P1026     DANIEL WW, 1978, APPL NONPARAMETRIC S     EDWARDS PB, 1991, FUNCT ECOL, V5, P617     FINN JA, 1998, APPL SOIL ECOL, V10, P27     FINN JA, 2000, ECOGRAPHY, V23, P301     FINN JA, 1999, ECOL ENTOMOL, V24, P24     FINN JA, 1998, THESIS NATL U IRELAN, P199     GITTINGS T, 1998, ECOGRAPHY, V21, P581     GITTINGS T, 1997, ECOGRAPHY, V20, P55     GITTINGS T, 1994, PEDOBIOLOGIA, V38, P455     GITTINGS T, 1994, THESIS NATL U IRELAN, P323     GREENHAM PM, 1972, J ANIM ECOL, V41, P153     HANSKI I, 1991, DUNG BEETLE ECOLOGY, P75     HIMMELSBACH W, 1993, THESIS FREIBURG     HIRSCHBERGER P, 1994, PEDOBIOLOGIA, V38, P375     HOLTER P, 1983, EARTHWORM ECOLOGY, P49     HOLTER P, 1979, ECOL ENTOMOL, V4, P317     HOLTER P, 1982, OIKOS, V39, P213     HOLTER P, 1979, OIKOS, V32, P393     KIELY J, 1984, SOIL SURVEY B FORAS, V38     LUMARET JP, 1993, J APPL ECOL, V30, P428     MACQUEEN A, 1986, J AUST ENTOMOL SOC, V25, P23     OLECHOWICZ E, 1974, ECOL POL, V22, P589     PALMER WA, 1983, PROT ECOL, V5, P153     RAINIO M, 1966, ANN ZOOL FENN, V3, P88     RASSI P, 1991, 30 MIN ENV, P328     RIDSDILLSMITH TJ, 1986, B ENTOMOL RES, V76, P63     SOWIG P, 1994, ZOOL JB SYST, V121, P171     TYNDALEBISCOE M, 1981, B ENTOMOL RES, V71, P137EnglishArticle578NGAPPL SOIL ECOL},
	month = {Apr},
	pages = {1-13},
	abstract = {Field experiments investigated the colonisation by a north temperate dung beetle community (Aphodius, Geotrupes and Sphaeridium species) of artificial, standardised (11) dung pats from native herbivore species (cow, horse and sheep). An additional experiment compared the colonisation by dung beetles of five different types of cow dung. These experiments did not examine naturally occurring dung pats, but used experimental dung pats to examine the ability of north temperate dung beetles to discriminate among different dung types. A small number of laboratory experiments investigated pat residence times (PRT) and larval production across different dung types. There were significant differences in the biomass and abundance of dung beetle colonisation across different dung types. Sheep dung tended to have highest abundances of beetles, but there was evidence of species-specific differences in dung beetle colonisation of the different kinds of dung. In two out of three comparisons, laboratory experiments provided evidence that adult PRT were significantly different among different kinds of dung. In each of three laboratory experiments, larval production was significantly higher in sheep than cow dung pats of the same size. The relevance of these findings to the interpretation of what constitutes a dung type preference is discussed. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.},
	keywords = {abundance, aphodius, assemblage, cattle dung, COLEOPTERA, colonisation, disappearance, dung beetle, Onthophagus, resource, resource utilization, Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeoidea, seasonal-changes, utilisation},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://000177123900001},
	author = {Finn, J. A. and Giller, P. S.}
}
@article {2161,
	title = {Large-scale spatial ecology of dung beetles},
	journal = {Ecography},
	volume = {24},
	number = {5},
	year = {2001},
	note = {EnglishArticleOCTECOGRAPHY},
	pages = {511-524},
	abstract = {Recent modelling work shows that the composition of local communities can be influenced by the configuration of the surrounding landscape, but many of these models assume that all community members display the same type of extinction- colonization dynamics. I use Aphodius dung beetles to test the hypothesis that interspecific differences in habitat selection and dispersal capacity may translate into differences in spatial population dynamics, even among closely related species coexisting on the same resource. If this is true, then groups of species with different. characteristics would show different responses to landscape configuration. I first divided the area of Finland into a grid, and used collection records to describe regional variation in the Aphodius fauna of open cattle pastures. I then sampled dung beetles on 131 cattle farms, to examine whether the subset of species found on each farm was related to the density of pastures in the surrounding grid square. Finally, I used historical records to analyze changes in dung beetle communities during the last century, when there was great loss of pasture. Overall, I found no relationship between landscape characteristics and the total proportion of the regional species pool that was found on each farm. However, the distribution of species among guilds with different habitat specificity did related to the configuration of the landscape, and the pattern was most pronounced in a specialists species with limited dispersal. Associations between community structure and landscape configuration were superimposed on two much larger and stronger patterns: a large-scale latitudinal gradient in regional species richness, and a decelerating gain of species to local communities with an increasing regional species pool. I conclude that ecological variation among community members is a crucial factor in the analysis of local community composition, and that local species richness should always be conditioned on regional richness.},
	keywords = {abundance, assemblages, coexistence, communities, FINLAND, gradients, LATITUDINAL, METAPOPULATION DYNAMICS, PLANT-SPECIES RICHNESS, REGIONAL DIVERSITY, Scarabaeidae},
	author = {Roslin, T.}
}
