@article {1326, title = {Impact of the activity of dung beetles (Coleoptera : Scarabaeidae : Scarabaeinae) inhabiting pasture land in Durango, Mexico}, journal = {Environmental Entomology}, volume = {33}, number = {5}, year = {2004}, note = {digital copyhave copy}, month = {Oct}, pages = {1306-1312}, abstract = {In this study, I analyzed the diversity of the dung beetle community (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) in relation to its bovine dung-removal efficiency in a cattle ranch with a load of 250 animals currently under holistic resource management. A total of 3,430 individuals of 8 Scarabaeinae species was collected, of which 5 species are abundant in the area: Euoniticellus intermedius (Reiche), Digitonthophagus gazella (Fabricius), Onthophagus mexicanus Bates, O. knulli Howden and Cartwright, and Canthon humectus (Say). Of these 5 species, E. intermedius, D. gazella, and C. humectus were dominant in terms of abundance and biomass. Cattle dung pats were exploited mostly within the first 48 h after deposition. The activity and abundance of dung beetles recorded in the study were insufficient to remove the amount of fresh dung deposited in cattle pastureland.}, keywords = {assemblages, baited pitfall traps, cattle, diversity, dung beetle, Dung beetles, Durango, ecological function, ecosystem service, ecosystems, holistic resource management, insects, larvae, scarabaeoidea col communities}, url = {://000224606000022}, author = {Sofia Anduaga} } @mastersthesis {1370, title = {Dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae and Geotrupidae) in North Carolina Pasture Ecosystem}, volume = {MS}, year = {2006}, note = {digital}, month = {2006}, pages = {134}, school = {North Carolina University}, address = {Raleigh}, keywords = {cattle, dung beetle, ecological function, ecosystem service, function, north america, nutrient mobilization, pasture}, author = {Bertone, Matt} } @article {1371, title = {Seasonal activity and species composition of dung beetles (Coleoptera : Scarabaeidae and Geotrupidae) inhabiting cattle pastures in North Carolina}, journal = {Annals Of The Entomological Society Of America}, volume = {98}, number = {3}, year = {2005}, note = {digital copy disease ecology, parasite transmission, scarbaeinae, ecological function}, month = {May}, pages = {309-321}, abstract = {Species composition and seasonal distribution of dung beetles were studied on dairy and beef cattle pastures in North Carolina. Study sites included a dairy located in the piedmont region (North Carolina Department of Agriculture Piedmont Research Station, Salisbury, NC) and a combined dairy/beef facility in the coastal plain (North Carolina Department of Agriculture Center for Environmental Farming Systems, Goldsboro, NC). Dung beetles were trapped in cattle pastures from March 2002 through September 2003 by using dung-baited pitfall traps. Trapping yielded 4,111 beetles representing 14 species from the piedmont dairy, including Aphodius prodromus Brahm, a new record for North Carolina. Totals of 57,026 beetles representing 28 species and 28,857 beetles representing 26 species were trapped from the dairy unit and beef unit in the coastal plain site, respectively. Onthophagus gazella (F.), a second new record for North Carolina, was collected from the coastal plain. Beetles common to all collection sites include Aphodius erraticus (L.), Aphodius fimetarius (L.), Aphodius granarius (L.), Aphodius pseudolividus Balthasar, Onthophagus tattrus Scbreber, Onthophagus hecate hecate Panzer, and Onthophagus pennsylvanicus Harold. The introduced beetle O. taurus dominated the dung beetle population, accounting for \> 50\% of the total beetles caught at either site. Beetle activity was greatest from March until November, with activity declining during the winter. Nine exotic species in the genera Onthophagus and Aphodius represented nearly 95\% of the beetles trapped.}, keywords = {African buffalo fly, aphodius, bovine dung, canada, cattle, coastal-plain, diptera, dung beetle, flies, growth, habitat, muscidae, north america, north carolina dung beetle, Onthophagus, onthophagus-taurus, piedmont, SURVIVAL}, url = {://000228963400009 }, author = {Bertone, Matt and Green, Jim and Washburn, Steve and Poore, Matt and Sorenson, Clyde and Watson, D. Wes} } @mastersthesis {1372, title = {Dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae and Geotrupidae) of North Carolina Cattle Pastures and their Implications for Pasture Improvement}, volume = {MS}, year = {2004}, note = {digital}, month = {2006}, pages = {134}, school = {North Carolina University}, address = {Raleigh}, keywords = {cattle, dung beetle, ecological function, ecosystem service, function, north america, nutrient mobilization, pasture}, author = {Bertone, Matthew A.} } @article {1374, title = {Efeito de Carrapaticidas/Inseticidas "Pour-on" sobre adultos do besouro coprofago africano Onthophagus gazella Fabr. (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)}, journal = {Annales da Sociedade de Entomologia Brasil}, volume = {27}, number = {2}, year = {1998}, pages = {275-279}, abstract = {In 1989, the dung-beetle Onthophagus gazella Fabr. was imported from the United States to be part of the integrated control program of helminths and horn-fly, Haematobia irritans L. Because there is no information about the effects of pyrethroids on the African beetle survival, the effect of four commercial pour-on insecticides for horn-fly control, on dung-beetle survival was investigated. Fifteen 24 months old, Nelore steers, were randomly assigned to five groups, with three animals/group. Animals in group 1 (control) received no treatment. Groups 2, 3, 4 and 5 were treated on day 0 with Alphamethrin, Cyalothrin, Deltamethrin and Flumethrin, respectively. Individual samples of fecal material (approximately 100 g) were collected from the rectum, on days 1, 4, 8, 11, 15 and 18 after treatment and placed in 500 ml glass vials. Ten live beetles were added in each vial and the survival rate was determined. Beetle mortality was high (P<0,01) for all products and intervals after applications in comparison to that observed in the control group until 8 d after treatment, and drastically decreased up to the 18th day. There was no significant differences (P>0,01) in mortality rate among treated groups. }, keywords = {cattle, Haematobia irritans, horn fly, Insecta, pyretrhoids}, author = {Bianchin, Ivo and Alves, Rafael G. O. and Koller, Wilson W.} } @article {1574, title = {Effects of the attractiveness for dung beetles of dung pat origin and size along a climatic gradient}, journal = {Environmental Entomology}, volume = {33}, number = {1}, year = {2004}, note = {digital copy}, month = {Feb}, pages = {45-53}, abstract = {Dung beetle (Coleoptera:Geotrupidae, Scarabaeidae) assemblages were monitored by dung-baited pitfall trapping at three sites distributed along a bioclimatic gradient from semiarid to mesic temperate. For each type of dung, both small and large sized baits were used. Under semiarid conditions{\textquoteright}(Morocco), three dung beetle assemblages were distinguished: small bait assemblages in any dung; large cattle bait assemblages; large sheep bait assemblages. Under more temperate conditions (southern France and the Alps), only large and small bait assemblages were observed, whatever the origin of the dung. Large baits attracted significantly more species and more beetles than did small baits, and very few species were attracted significantly more by either sheep or goat baits than by cattle baits. A significant, positive correlation between dung beetle size and dung pat size was observed in Morocco where the large species are predominant, whereas a negative relationship was observed in southern France where the small species are predominant. Cattle pats were more attractive for beetles under xeric and Mediterranean conditions (Morocco and southern France) that under cold temperate conditions (Alps).}, keywords = {aphodius, assemblage composition, ba, baited pitfall traps, cattle, COLEOPTERA, colonization, dung beetle, GUILD, IVERMECTIN, mammal, patterns, Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeoidea, scarabaeoidea col communities, spatial, trophic resource, variability}, url = {://000189311200006 }, author = {Errouissi, F. and Haloti, S. and Jay-Robert, P. and Janati-Idrissi, A. and Lumaret, J. P.} } @article {1909, title = {Distribution and abundance of insects colonizing cattle dung in South West England}, journal = {Journal of Natural History}, volume = {40}, number = {17-18}, year = {2006}, month = {may}, pages = {1167-1177}, abstract = {Thesuccessionof insectscolonizingcowdunginsouthwest Englandwasexaminedover 2years, usingarrays of standardized1.5kg artificially constructedcow-dungpats incattle pasture. The seasonal patternof colonizationwasexaminedusingbatchesof 10patseachweekfor24weeksin 2001.Patswereleftexposedinthefieldfor7days,toallowcolonization,andwerethenbroughtback tothelaboratorytoawaitinsectemergenceandidentification.Overallseasonalchangesincommunity structurewererelativelygradual andsubtle; Coleopteraweregenerallymoreabundant earlier and Dipteralaterintheseason, andthenumberandorderof speciesarrival broadlymatchedprevious studies insimilar habitats.The temporalpatternofcolonizationofindividualpatswasexaminedinsix batchesof30patsconstructedinMay,June,andAugust/Septemberin2002.Groupsoffivepatswere recoveredandbrought backtothelaboratory1, 2, 4, 7, 14, or21daysafterconstruction. Overall, threebroad,butstatisticallydistinct,successional groupswereidentified,withthemaximumnumber ofcolonizerspresentinpatsthatwere4{\textendash}7daysold.Thedatacontributevaluableinformationonthe temporal distributionandabundanceof dung-colonizingtaxainSouthWest England, aclearlocal understandingof whichisessential toallowtheeffectsof agricultural practiceswhichmaydamage dunginvertebratecommunities, suchaslivestockanthelmintictreatment, tobeassessed. }, keywords = {cattle, decomposers, decomposition, Dung beetles, flies, Pastureland}, isbn = {0022-2933 print1464-5262}, author = {Lee, Colin and Wall, Richard} } @article {1967, title = {Treating cattle with ivermectin: effects on the fauna and decomposition of dung pats}, journal = {Journal of Applied Ecology}, volume = {27}, year = {1990}, pages = {1-15}, keywords = {cattle, dung beetle, IVERMECTIN}, author = {Madsen, M. and Overgaard Nielsen, B. and Holter, P. and Pedersen, O. C. and Brochner Jespersen, J. and Vagn Jensen, K.-M. and Nansen, P. and Gronvold, J.} } @article {1671, title = {Efeito de vermifugos injetaveis em bovinos de leite sobre o besouro coprofago Dichotomius anaglypticus (Mann., 1829)}, journal = {Ecossistema}, volume = {20}, year = {1995}, pages = {100-108}, keywords = {cattle, dung beetle, vermifuges}, author = {Galbiati, C. and Conceicao, C. H. C. and Florcovski, J. L. and Calafiori, M. H. and Tobias, A. C. T.} } @article {2135, title = {Mortality of eggs and larvae of the bush fly Musca vetustissima Walker (Diptera: Muscidae), caused by Scarabaeine dung beetles (Coleoptera:Scarabaeidae) in favourable cattle dung}, journal = {Bulletin of Entomological Research}, volume = {77}, year = {1987}, note = {have copy}, pages = {731-736}, keywords = {cattle, dung beetle, Dung beetles, ecological function, ecosystem service, flies, parasite}, author = {Ridsdill-Smith, T and Hayles, L.} }