TY - JOUR T1 - A Comparison of 2 Types of Trap for Sampling Dung Beetle Populations (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) JF - Bulletin of Entomological Research Y1 - 1990 A1 - Doube, B. M. A1 - Giller, P. S. SP - 259 EP - 263 KW - Dung beetles VL - 80 UR - ://A1990ED06400004 N1 - ED064BULL ENTOMOL RES ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Dung burial strategies in some South African coprine and onitine dung beetles (Sacrabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) JF - Ecological Entomology Y1 - 1988 A1 - Doube, B. M. A1 - Giller, P. S. A1 - F. Moola SP - 251 EP - 261 KW - competition KW - dung beetle KW - ecological function KW - ecosystem service KW - resource partitioning KW - Scarabaeinae VL - 13 N1 - have copy ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Life history traits and resource utilisation in an assemblage of north temperate Aphodius dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) JF - Ecography Y1 - 1997 A1 - Gittings, T. A1 - Giller, P. S. SP - 55 EP - 66 KW - cattle dung KW - community KW - coprophagous beetles KW - Europe KW - GUILD AB - To help understand and interpret the structure and function of Aphodius dung beetle assemblages, life history traits and resource utilisation were studied for the ten species comprising the local assemblage of intensively grazed pastures in southern Ireland. Most species were univoltine but one species (A. fimetarius) was at least partly bivoltine. However, temporal overlap in adult flight periods does not necessarily imply overlap in resource use. Three different strategies of ovarian development were distinguished and were related to the preferred oviposition site and successional occurrence of the various species. Evidence suggested that absence of mature eggs in a female's ovaries did not necessarily imply that a female was in a non-reproductive state. Two species (A. prodromus and A. sphacelatus) did not breed in dung; in the laboratory larvae were reared in decaying vegetation. One species (A. erraticus) developed in brood masses beneath the dung pat. Larvae of all the other species developed within the dung pat. There were consistent interspecific differences in the larval development rates, with two species (A. rufipes and A. rufus) overwintering mainly as prepupae and the other species mainly as adults. Previous studies have considered Aphodius assemblages as single guilds but the detailed natural histories of these species may affect guild designation. VL - 20 UR - ://A1997WK11400006 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Intra- and interspecific aggregation of north temperate dung beetles on standardised and natural dung pads: the influence of spatial scale JF - Ecological Entomology Y1 - 2004 A1 - Hutton, S. A. A1 - Giller, P. S. SP - 594 EP - 605 KW - Dung beetles VL - 29 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Experimental investigations of colonisation by north temperate dung beetles of different types of domestic herbivore dung JF - Applied Soil Ecology Y1 - 2002 A1 - Finn, J. A. A1 - Giller, P. S. SP - 1 EP - 13 KW - abundance KW - aphodius KW - assemblage KW - cattle dung KW - COLEOPTERA KW - colonisation KW - disappearance KW - dung beetle KW - Onthophagus KW - resource KW - resource utilization KW - Scarabaeidae KW - Scarabaeoidea KW - seasonal-changes KW - utilisation AB - 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. 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S. SP - 135 EP - 168 KW - biodiversity KW - burying beetles silphidae KW - coexistence KW - community ecology KW - competition KW - composition KW - Disturbance KW - Dung KW - ecological communities KW - forest KW - heterogeneity KW - maturity index KW - resource partitioning KW - soil communities KW - species KW - succe KW - temporal patterns AB - This paper reviews the various factors that facilitate the high biodiversity of soil communities, concentrating on soil animals. It considers the problems facing soil ecologists in the study of soil communities and identifies the important role such communities play in terrestrial ecosystems. The review also considers diversity and abundance patterns. A range of factors are identified that may contribute to the biodiversity of soil and their role is reviewed. These include diversity of food resources and trophic specialization, habitat favourableness, habitat heterogeneity in space and time, scale and spatial extent of the habitat, niche dynamics and resource partitioning, productivity, disturbance and aggregation. Biodiversity of soil organisms appears high, largely attributable to the nested set of ecological worlds in the soil - the relationship between the range of size groupings of soil organisms relative to the spatial heterogeneity perceived by these various groups - that provide a large 'area for life' for the micro- and mesofauna. The role of aggregation and how it relates to the spatial scale under consideration and to species interactions amongst soil animals is largely unknown at present. The role of disturbance is equivocal and man's activities more often than not seem to lead to a reduced biodiversity of soil communities. This paper also identifies areas where further work is desirable to improve our understanding of the structure and functioning of soil communities. 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