@article {1315,
	title = {Dung beetles in a Central Amazonian rainforest and their ecological role as secondary seed dispersers},
	journal = {Ecological Entomology},
	volume = {27},
	year = {2002},
	note = {have copy and digital copy},
	pages = {257-270},
	keywords = {Amazonia, dung beetle, ecosystem services, function, plant-animal interaction, seed dispersal, seed fate, tropical rainforest},
	author = {Andresen, Ellen}
}
@article {1362,
	title = {Comparative phylogeography and speciation of dung beetles from the Australian Wet Tropics rainforest},
	journal = {Molecular Ecology},
	volume = {16},
	number = {23},
	year = {2007},
	pages = {4984-4998},
	abstract = {In tropical rainforests, insects show especially high species richness and local endemism of species relative to vertebrates. One possible cause is that insects respond to historical fluctuations of rainforests on a smaller spatial scale than do vertebrates. To evaluate this hypothesis, we combine environmental niche models and mitochondrial DNA phylo- geography for two pairs of sister species of the dung beetle genus Temnoplectron  (T. aene- opiceum{\textendash}T. subvolitans and T. politulum{\textendash}T. reyi) from the rainforests of northeastern Australia, where climate-driven rainforest fluctuations in the Quaternary have strongly influenced genetic and species diversity of vertebrates. Within both species pairs, the bio- climatic niche was conserved, but the T. aeneopiceum{\textendash}T. subvolitans species pair had the narrower environmental range, and thus more restricted potential distribution. Coalescent analyses indicated Late Pliocene or Early Pleistocene divergences for both species pairs, and earlier speciation in (T. aeneopiceum{\textendash}T. subvolitans) than in (T. politulum{\textendash}T. reyi). Phylogeographic structure in (T. aeneopiceum{\textendash}T. subvolitans) was more pronounced than in (T. politulum{\textendash}T. reyi), with significant isolation-by-distance in the former species-pair only. Nested clade and coalescence analyses indicated local range expansions for the T. aeneopiceum{\textendash}subvolitans species pair and range-wide expansion for both T. politulum and T. reyi. We suggest that stronger phylogeographic structure and earlier divergence in (T. aeneopiceum{\textendash}T. subvolitans) than in (T. politulum{\textendash}T. reyi) reflects a stronger influence of environmental barriers to gene flow under the present climate and greater sensitivity to warmer and drier periods of the Quaternary. The two species pairs evidently responded to Quaternary rainforest fluctuations at spatial scales similar to those seen within low-vagility species of vertebrate. Despite this similarity of scale, these insect lineages are reproduc- tively isolated at parapatric boundaries, whereas analogous lineages of vertebrates often are not. We suggest that rapid evolution of genitalia may facilitate geographic speciation in rainforest beetles. },
	keywords = {Dung beetles, mitochondrial DNA, phylogeography, speciation, Temnoplectron, tropical rainforest},
	author = {Bell, Karen L. and Moritz, Craig and Moussalli, Adnan and Yeates, David K.}
}
@article {1363,
	title = {Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of the dung beetle genus Temnoplectron Westwood (Scarabaeidae : Scarabaeinae) from Australia{\textquoteright}s wet tropics},
	journal = {Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution},
	volume = {31},
	number = {2},
	year = {2004},
	note = {PDF},
	month = {May},
	pages = {741-753},
	abstract = {The landscape of the Australian Wet Tropics can be described as "islands" of montane rainforest Surrounded by warmer or more xeric habitats. Historical glaciation cycles have caused expansion and contraction of these rainforest "islands" leading to consistent patterns of genetic divergence within species of vertebrates. To explore whether this dynamic history has promoted speciation in endemic and diverse groups Of insects, we used a combination of mtDNA sequencing and morphological characters to estimate relationships and the tempo of divergence among Australian representatives of the dung beetle genus Temnoplectron. This phylogenetic hypothesis shares a number of well-supported clades with a previously published phylogenetic hypothesis based on morphological data. though statistical support for several nodes is weak. Sister species relationships well-supported in both tree topologies. and a tree obtained by combining the two data sets. suggest that speciation has mostly been allopatric. We identify a number of speciation barriers, which coincide with phylogeographic breaks found in vertebrate species. Large sequence divergences between species emphasize that speciation events are ancient (pre- Pleistocene). The flightless, rainforest species appear to have speciated rapidly. but also in the distant past.},
	keywords = {biogeography, Dung beetles, molecular phylogeny, speciation, tropical rainforest},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://000220948000025},
	author = {Bell, K. L. and Yeates, D. K. and Moritz, C. and Monteith, G. B.}
}
@article {1384,
	title = {Species composition of dung beetles in the primary and secondary forestes at Ton Nga Chan Wildlife Sanctuary},
	journal = {ScienceAsia},
	volume = {30},
	year = {2004},
	note = {digital copyhard copy},
	pages = {59-65},
	abstract = {The species composition of dung beetles in primary forest and secondary forest at Ton Nga Chang Wildlife Sanctuary, Songkhla province, southern Thailand, was compared. Traps baited with pig dung were placed along line transects running through the two forest types. Species diversity and abundance of dung beetles were examined every 2 months from April 1999 to May 2000. Species diversity of dung beetles was significantly higher in the primary forest than in the secondary forest. Seven out of 20 species were found exclusively in the primary forest, namely Microcopris reflexus, Oniticellus tessellatus, Onthophagus near pilularius, O. taeniatus, O. ventralis, O. sp.3 and O. sp.4. Differences in forest structure, native animals present, and physical factors were suggested to be the factors determining species composition in the two forests. More individuals were trapped in the dry season than in the wet season in both forest types. However, seasonal effects on species diversity were not found. Tiniocellus sarawacus and Microcopris reflexus, were recorded for the first time in Thailand. Onthophagus sp.1 and O. sp.2 are expected to be new to science. },
	keywords = {dung beetle, modification (biological conservation 2007), primary forest, secondary forest, species composition, tropical rainforest},
	author = {Boonrotpong, Singtoe and Sotthibandhu,  Sunthorn and Pholpunthin, Chutamas}
}
@article {1592,
	title = {Dung beetles in continous forest, forest fragments and in an agricultural mosiac habitat island at Los Tuxtlas, Mexico},
	journal = {Biodiversity and Conservation},
	volume = {11},
	year = {2002},
	note = {digital copy},
	pages = {1903-1918},
	keywords = {conservation, dung beetle, fragmentation, Los Tuxtlas, mammal mammals, Mexico, tropical rainforest},
	author = {Estrada, Alejandro and Coates-Estrada, Rosamond}
}
@article {1594,
	title = {Dung beetles attracted to mammalian herbivore (Alouatta palliata) and omnivore (Nasua narica) dung in the tropical rain forest of Los Tuxtlas, Mexico},
	journal = {Journal of Tropical Ecology},
	volume = {9},
	number = {1},
	year = {1993},
	note = {have copy},
	pages = {45-54},
	keywords = {Alouatta, dung beetle, mammal mammals, Mexico, nasua narica, Scarabaeidae, tropical rainforest},
	author = {Estrada, Alejandro and Halffter, Gonzalo and Coates-Estrada, Rosamond and Meritt, Dennis}
}
