02443nas a2200349   4500008004100000245014700041210006900188260000800257300001200265490000800277520141700285653001701702653001401719653001501733653003001748653001401778653001701792653001601809653002201825653001601847653001401863653002801877653000901905653002101914653001601935653001401951653001801965100002801983700002302011700002402034856003502058       2005                        eng d00aChanges in food resources and conservation of scarab beetles: from sheep to dog dung in a green urban area of Rome (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea)0 aChanges in food resources and conservation of scarab beetles fro  cJun  a547-5560 v1233 aThe 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.10a20th-century10aabundance10aassemblage10abiodiversity conservatiom10aCarabidae10acolonization10acommunities10acommunity ecology10acompetition10adiversity10adung beetle assemblages10afood10ahabitats mammals10anetherlands10aresources10aurban ecology1 aCarpaneto, Giuseppe, M.1 aMazziotta, Adriano1 aPiattella, Emanuele  u<Go to ISI>://000227958600012 02500nas a2200253   4500008004100000245019400041210006900235300001400304490000800318520154000326653001501866653001601881653001301897653001601910653002001926100002301946700002001969700002101989700002502010700002302035700002502058700002502083856013802108       2008                        eng d00aRelative efficiency of extensive grazing vs. wild ungulates management for dung beetle conservation in a heterogeneous landscape from Southern Europe (Scarabaeinae, Aphodiinae, Geotrupinae)0 aRelative efficiency of extensive grazing vs wild ungulates manag  a2879-28870 v1413 aThe goal of this paper is to evaluate the relative efficiency of two strategies that favour dung beetles conservation (Scarabaeinae, Aphodiinae, Geotrupinae) in Southern Europe: exten- sive grazing and wild ungulate management. We conducted a study in the French Ce ́ vennes national park/UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve where dung beetles are distributed in a dichotomous sheep (grasslands, shrublands) and deer (clearings, shrublands, forests) drop- pings dominating abroad landscape. Natural sheep droppings and deer lumps dung beetle assemblages have been sampled two consecutive years during spring, summer and autumn in five representative habitats. This sampling of natural assemblages allowed for the estimation of (i) the density of trophic resource in the habitats, (ii) the regional dung beetle fauna and the distribution of species among the habitats and (iii) the density of bee- tles in natural droppings and the evenness of assemblages. High diversity, high species density in droppings and high evenness were observed in grazed shrubland, whereas fewer species were observed in deer lumps. Our results clearly showed that, while wild ungulates manure is not enough to ensure the conservation of the regional dung beetle species pool, the spatial habitat heterogeneity of grazed shrubland allows the local coexistence of numerous species. Consequently, one may expect that the conservation of European dung beetle fauna, especially Scarabaeinae and several long lifetime species, could be enhanced by extensive grazing. 10aassemblage10adung beetle10aland-use10aPastureland10aSouthern Europe1 aJay-Robert, Pierre1 aNiogret, Jerome1 aErrouissi, Faiek1 aLabarussias, Maureen1 aPaoletti, Eleonore1 aLuis, Maite, Vazques1 aLumaret, Jean-Pierre  uhttps://scarabnet.myspecies.info/relative-efficiency-extensive-grazing-vs-wild-ungulates-management-dung-beetle-conservation-heteroge