@article {1467,
	title = {Dung beetle abundance and diversity in the Malay Basin, Sabah, Malaysian Borneo},
	journal = {Malayan Nature Journal},
	volume = {52},
	number = {3 \& 4},
	year = {1998},
	note = {have a copy},
	pages = {181-191},
	keywords = {beta diversity, biomass mammals, diversity, mammals, Scarabaeinae},
	author = {Davis, Andrew J.}
}
@article {1721,
	title = {Instability of copronecrophagous beetle assemblages (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae) in a mountainous tropical landscape of Mexico},
	journal = {Environmental Entomology},
	volume = {36},
	number = {6},
	year = {2007},
	pages = {1397-1407},
	abstract = {We analyzed changes over time in species composition and functional guild structure (temporal beta diversity) for natural assemblages and those modi{\TH}ed by humans in a fragmented, tropical mountain landscape. The assemblages belong to cloud forests (the original vegetation type), secondary forests, traditional shaded coffee plantations, commercial shaded coffee plantations, and a cattle pasture. Copronecrophagous beetles, subfamily Scarabaeinae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), were used as the indicator group. This group has been used in previous studies and other tropical forests and has been found to be a good indicator of the effects of anthropogenic change. For each assemblage, we compared samples that were collected several years apart. Changes were found in species composition, order of abundance, and in the proportion that a given species is present in the different functional groups. The changes that occurred between samplings affected the less abundant species in the cloud forest and in the pasture. In the other vegetation types, both abundant and less abundant species were affected. Their order of abundance and proportion in the different guilds also changed. This study shows that, although landscape richness remains relatively constant, richness at the local level (alpha diversity) changes notably even over short lapses of time. This could be a characteristic of landscapes with intermediate degrees of disturbance (such as those that have been partially modi{\TH}ed for human use), where assemblage composition is very fluid. },
	keywords = {alpha diversity, beta diversity, cloud forest, fragmented landscapes, Scarabaeinae},
	author = {Halffter, Gonzalo and Pineda, Eduardo and Arellano, Lucrecia and Escobar S. , Federico}
}
@article {1761,
	title = {Habitat specificity and food preferences of an assemblage of tropical Australian dung beetles},
	journal = {Journal of Tropical Ecology},
	volume = {12},
	number = {4},
	year = {1996},
	note = {need a copy},
	pages = {449-460},
	keywords = {beta diversity, dung beetle, habitat, mammal mammals, Scarabaeidae},
	author = {Christopher J. Hill}
}
@article {1802,
	title = {Effects of clearing in a tropical rain forest on the composition of the coprophagous scarab beetle fauna (Coleoptera)},
	journal = {Biotropica},
	volume = {7},
	number = {2},
	year = {1975},
	note = {have a copy},
	pages = {77-83},
	keywords = {alpha diversity, Amazonia, beta diversity, conservation, Disturbance, indicator, methods, modification, monitoring, Scarabaeinae, tropical forests (biological conservation 2007)},
	author = {Howden, H. F. and V. G. Nealis}
}
@article {1960,
	title = {An ecological study of the dung beetle Bubas bubalus (Oliver, 1811) (Col. Scarabaeidae)},
	journal = {Acta Zoologica Mexicana},
	volume = {37},
	year = {1990},
	note = {have a copy},
	pages = {1-29},
	keywords = {behavior, beta diversity, resource partitioning, Scarabaeinae, Spain mammals},
	author = {Lumbreras, Carlos J. and Galante, Eduardo and Mena, Javier}
}
@article {1668,
	title = {Comparison of Mediterranean Dung Beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidae) in Cattle and Rabbit Dung},
	journal = {Environmental Entomology},
	volume = {28},
	number = {3},
	year = {1999},
	note = {have a copy},
	pages = {420-424},
	keywords = {beta diversity, species richness mammals},
	author = {Galante, Eduardo and Cartagena, M. Carmen}
}
@article {2220,
	title = {Rapid turnover and edge effects in dung beetle assemblages (Scarabaeidae) at a Bolivian Neotropical forest-savanna ecotone},
	journal = {Biotropica},
	volume = {35},
	number = {3},
	year = {2003},
	note = {744QYBIOTROPICA},
	month = {Sep},
	pages = {394-404},
	abstract = {Habitat fragmentation and the widespread creation of habitat edges have recently stimulated interest in assessing the effects of ecotones on biodiversity. Ecotones, natural or anthropogenic, can greatly affect faunal movement, population dynamics, species interactions, and community structure. Few data exist, however, on insect community response to forest- savanna ecotones, a natural analog to anthropogenically cleared areas adjacent to forest. In this study, the abundance, total biomass, average individual biomass, and distribution of scarabaeine dung beetles were examined at a sharp tropical evergreen forest-savanna ecotone in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. The abundance, total biomass, and average individual biomass of dung beetles varied significantly across the forest, edge, and savanna habitats. Species richness (S-obs) also varied significantly across the three habitats, but statistical estimations of true species richness (S-est) did not. Habitat specificity of the dung beetles in this study was extremely high. Of the 50 most common species collected during the study, only 2 species were collected in both the forest and savanna habitats, signaling nearly complete community turnover in just a few meters. Strong edge effects were evidenced by the decline in abundance, total biomass, and species richness at the forest-savanna boundary.},
	keywords = {beta diversity, Bolivia, boundaries, Central Amazonia, COLEOPTERA, communities, conservation, Dung beetles, dynamics, ecotone, edge, fragmented forests, gradients, patterns, responses, savanna, tropical forest},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://000186644700009},
	author = {Spector, S. and Ayzama, S.}
}
