| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 1995 |
| Authors: | T. Wassmer |
| Journal: | Zeitschrift fur Okologie und Naturschutz |
| Volume: | 4 |
| Pagination: | 135-141 |
| Keywords: | Dung beetles |
| Abstract: | Being dependent on dung as food and breeding resources, dung beetles prove to be extremely valuable bioindicators for an evaluation of pasture biotops in nature conservation and management. A case study on the most abundant dung beetle community regarding species numbers described in Europe so far, in the Kaiserstuhl area near Freiburg (SW-Germany). 40 298 beetles belonging to 38 species of Scarabaeoidea and 14 of Hydrophilidae, were detected. There is an abridged English version. -from English summary |