@article {1544,
	title = {Habitat Associations and Niche Partitioning in an Island Dung Beetle Community},
	journal = {Acta Oecologica-International Journal of Ecology},
	volume = {12},
	number = {4},
	year = {1991},
	note = {GL010ACTA OECOL},
	pages = {451-459},
	abstract = {The composition and habitat associatons of the dung beetle community on Flinders Island (in Bass Strait between Tasmania and the Australian mainland) were assessed to provide baseline data prior to the deliberate introduction of exotic dung beetles for control of dung and dung-breeding flies. The distribution of beetles in relation to vegetative cover and dung type was examined in an experiment, in which pitfall traps were baited with a range of dung types in a variety of contrasting habitats, and by qualitative survey. The beetle community consisted of nine indigenous species (six Onthophagus and one Aphodius species (Scarabaeidae), two Saprinus species (Histeridae)) and two introduced species (Cercyon (Hydrophilidae) and Aphodius). Seven species were diurnal and four were noctural/crepuscular. Five species were strongly associated with woodland and the remainder occurred primarily in open pasture. All species were substantially more abundant in traps baited with human dung than in those baited with herbivore dung. Some species were caught at human dung almost exclusively. There were no obvious effects of herbivore dung type (cow, horse, marsupial, sheep) on the numbers caught in traps. Beetles were more numerous in cattle paddocks than in sheep paddocks. Four indigenous species which are common in cattle dung in open pasture (Onthophagus australis Guerin, Onthophagus granulatus Boheman, Onthophagus posticus Erichson and Aphodius tasmaniae Hope) have niche characteristics that make them potential competitors with exotic species to be introduced from the mainland.},
	keywords = {Dung beetles},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://A1991GL01000001},
	author = {Doube, B. M. and Wardhaugh, K. G.}
}
@article {1844,
	title = {Cons{\'e}quences de l{\textquoteright}interaction entre pr{\'e}f{\'e}rences pour l{\textquoteright}habitat et quantite{\textasciiacute} de ressources trophiques sur les communaute{\textasciiacute}s d{\textquoteright}insectes coprophages (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea)},
	journal = {Acta Oecologica-International Journal of Ecology},
	volume = {18},
	number = {2},
	year = {1997},
	note = {need copy},
	pages = {107-119},
	keywords = {dung beetle, food, mammal mammals, resources},
	author = {Kadiri, N. and Lobo, J. M. and Lumaret, J. P.}
}
@article {1919,
	title = {The Relationship between Distribution and Abundance in a Dung- Beetle Community (Col, Scarabaeoidea)},
	journal = {Acta Oecologica-International Journal of Ecology},
	volume = {14},
	number = {1},
	year = {1993},
	note = {LQ913ACTA OECOL},
	pages = {43-55},
	abstract = {The relationship between species{\textquoteright} local abundance and distribution over a range of spatial scales was analysed in the case of a community of Iberian dung beetles. On a local scale, abundance and distribution are correlated, as statistics would lead one to expect (the larger the population of a species, the more frequently they occur in dung pats and samples). Nevertheless, this correlation is not observed in the data derived from annual sampling, due to presence of species characterized by high population growth rates and narrow seasonal occurrences. The supposition (BROWN, 1984) that broad- niche species should also be locally abundant is not corroborated; species were found that were well-distributed locally, but without large local populations. On a regional scale, the results are in agreement with the model proposed by BROWN \& MAURER (1987); locally abundant species tend to be well-distributed, although there is considerable variation in this correlation. On a geographical scale the results are as would be expected, although there are exceptions, possibly due to historical factors.},
	keywords = {Dung beetles},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://A1993LQ91300005},
	author = {Lobo, J. M.}
}
@article {1935,
	title = {Between-group differences in the Iberian dung beetle species-area relationship (Coleoptera : Scarabaeidae)},
	journal = {Acta Oecologica-International Journal of Ecology},
	volume = {20},
	number = {6},
	year = {1999},
	month = {Nov-Dec},
	pages = {587-597},
	abstract = {Between-group alpha- and beta-diversity differences were derived from species-area relationships fitted to field data. The accuracy of spatial richness variation predictions based on area size was also checked. The log-log model (log S = c + z log A) was found to be the best-fit linear model, with slopes (z) ranging from 0.089 to 0.142. Between-group comparisons of z (slope) and q (intercept) parameters, using the S = q + cA(Z) curvilinear regression model, corroborated early results, indicating a lower beta-diversity (slope) for Scarabaeinae than for Geotrupinae and Aphodiinae. The latter group, probably more sensitive to environmental heterogeneity, should contribute more to species richness in large areas. alpha-Diversity is greater for Aphodiinae, more relevant to local diversity (1 km(2)), than for Scarabaeinae and considerably greater for these two groups than for Geotrupinae. As earlier results show that the richness of a single dung pat is rather more a function of the Scarabaeinae species pool, richness on dung pat scales is probably due more to the between-dropping mobile Scarabaeinae, while Aphodiinae contribute mainly to local and regional pool richness. Nearly 88 \% of the total richness variance is explained by area size. This percentage decreases to 37 \% when the spatial structure of area size and species number are extracted. The corresponding figures for Scarabaeinae, Aphodiinae and Geotrupinae are 44, 22 and 31 \%, respectively. (C) 1999 Editions scientifiques et medicales Elsevier SAS.},
	keywords = {APHODIUS SCARABAEIDAE, beta-diversity, CURVES, diversity, Dung beetles, Iberian, Peninsula, richness comparison, Scarabaeidae, species-area},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://000084618100002 },
	author = {Lobo, J. M. and Martin-Piera, F.}
}
