@article {2338,
	title = {Effect of dung beetle Onthophagus lenzii H. on nitrogen transformation in cow dung and dung balls},
	journal = {Soil Science and Plant Nutrition},
	volume = {37},
	number = {2},
	year = {1989},
	note = {julio has hard copythis onthophagus had a significant negative effect on amount of dead or inactive microbes in the residual dung they were working in.  basically all dung demonstrated a flush of mineralization in the first few days. then in unaffected cow dung, mineralized N began to decline, while in dung manipulated by beetles and in the brood balls too, it began to climb. they attribute this effect to the moisture loss of residula dung and dung balls that brough about aerobic conditions under which aerobic miroorganisms that were previously inactive could get going once more. they also suggest that the mechanical breakdown of organic debris in residual dung and dung balls can give those organisms what they need to grow. dung beetles may instigate the penetration of the dung balls by fungal hyphae, where they had only remained on the surface until dung beetle activity. },
	pages = {341-345},
	keywords = {annotated, dung beetle, ecological function, ecosystem services, microbial activity, nitrogen mineralization, soil nutrient cycling},
	author = {Yokoyama, Kazuhira and Kai, Hideaki and Koga, Takuro and Kawaguchi, Sado}
}
