@article {1703,
	title = {The insects of plant-held waters: a review and bibliography},
	journal = {Journal of Tropical Ecology},
	volume = {17},
	year = {2001},
	pages = {241-260},
	abstract = { Phytotelmata habitats have been the focus of much research and are utilized by a wide variety of taxa. In the past 15 years numerous studies in many geographic regions and covering various types of phytotelmata have greatly increased our understanding of these unique habitats. The most recent summary of phytotelmata inhabitants included over 20 families of insects. A review of the literature and extensive work in lowland Ecuador shows the family level diversity is in fact at least twice that reported earlier. A reassessment of previous phytotel- mata classification schemes, as well as an extensive bibliography, is provided. },
	keywords = {aquatic insects, bract, bromeliads, Ecuador, phytotelmata, pitcher-plant, tree-holes},
	author = {Greeney, Harold F.}
}
@article {1803,
	title = {Observations on Height of Perching in Some Tropical Dung Beetles (Scarabaeidae)},
	journal = {Biotropica},
	volume = {10},
	number = {1},
	year = {1978},
	note = {have a copy},
	pages = {43-46},
	keywords = {behavior, competition, dung beetle, Ecuador, mammal, observation mammals, omnivore dung, perching, Scarabaeinae},
	author = {Howden, H. F. and V. G. Nealis}
}
@article {2089,
	title = {Historia de la Escarabaeidologia en el Ecuador},
	journal = {m3m: Monografias Tercer Milenio},
	volume = {3},
	year = {2003},
	month = {sep},
	pages = {9-14},
	abstract = {The history of Entomology in Ecuador is deeply related to Spain{\textquoteright}s socio-cultural heritage. Unlike other countries of the New World, which benefited from the flow of scientistis migrating from Europe escaping from the difficult situations of the last two centuries, our country was not affected by this contribution, thus remaining isolated from the entomological point of view. However, from 1800 to the present day, Ecuador has been the destination of several scientific expeditions and occasional visits of entomologists who contributed remarkably to the knowledge of the country{\textquoteright}s extraordinary scarabaeidological fauna.The main routes followed by scientists were: Guayaquil-Ventanas-Riobamba-Quito; Guayaquil-Molleturo-Cuenca; the inter- Andean Valley from Tulcán to Loja; Cuenca-Sigsig-Gualaquiza, and Baños-Puyo- Río Bobonaza-Río Pastaza up to Amazonía. Only in the last two decades, with the coming of the "oil age", have new routes of access to the Amazonian basin been opened. Entomological research was mainly funded by the countries of the Northen hemisphere and as a consequence the specimens were taken to the countries promoting entomological collections.Our Scarabaeoidea are in numerous foreign museums. Recently, in Ecuador have been established the QCAZ (Quito Católica Zoología) and MECN (Museo Ecuatoriano Ciencias Naturales) museums, which contain representative collections of Scarabaeoidea. Since 1980, the professional training of entomologists, who have contributed remarkably to the preparation of collections and analysis of specimens, has laid the foundations of the development of scarabeidology in our country. The chaotic growth of oil-related and agricultural activities, along with the construction of a capillary road network, has brought about the colonization of large areas and, as a consequence, the destruction of the natural habitat. It{\textquoteright}s urgent to intensify scarabeidological investigations in areas not yet explored, before our entomological richness disappears once and for all. It is extremely important also to rescue the scarabeoidological indigenous knowledge, which, although not included in the traditional scientific frame, certainly represents a great amount of ancestral wisdom and is a valuable heritage of mankind. },
	keywords = {bibliographical synthesis, COLEOPTERA, collections, Ecuador, explorations, Scarabaeoidea},
	author = {Onore, Giovanni}
}
@article {2100,
	title = {Composition, structure and competitive behaviour in a guild of Ecuadorian rainforest dung beetles (Coleoptera; Scarabaeidae)},
	journal = {Canadian Journal of Zoology},
	volume = {60},
	year = {1982},
	note = {have copy},
	pages = {1624-1634},
	keywords = {competition, dung beetle, Ecuador, food resources, non-mammal resource mammals, Scarabaeinae},
	author = {Peck, Stewart B. and Forsyth, Adrian}
}
@article {2121,
	title = {The old and young amazon: dung beetle biomass, abundance and species diversity},
	journal = {Biotropica},
	volume = {39},
	number = {6},
	year = {2007},
	pages = {725-730},
	abstract = {The Amazon Basin can be divided into two geomorphological regions based on the age of its soils: young (< 30 mya) and old (> 300 mya). We tested the effects of soil age on dung beetle communities by comparing biomass, abundance, and species between reserves in Ecuador on young soils and reserves in Brazil on old soils. Beetle biomass in the old Amazon was one-third that in the young Amazon, and beetle abundance in the old Amazon was one-fourth that in the young Amazon. Species richness, rarefied to equal sample sizes, was not significantly different between old and young soils. These data suggest young soils of the Amazon support a significantly greater biomass and abundance of dung beetles than old soils, but that species richness across the Basin is similar. As dung beetles are bio-indicators of mammals, our data support previous studies indicating a greater biomass of mammals on young versus old Amazon soils. },
	keywords = {brazil, Ecuador, Neotropics, productivity, richness, Scarabaeidae, tropical wet forest.},
	author = {Radtke, M. G. and Da Fonseca, C. R. V. and Williamson, G. B.}
}
