S.  Anduaga and Halffter, G., ?Escarabajos asociados a madrigueras de roedores (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae)?, Folia Entomologica Mexicana, vol. 81, pp. 185-197, 1991.

S.  Anduaga and Halffter, G., ?Micofagia en Scarabaeidae?, Simposio Nacional sobre la interaccion, pp. 151-169, 1991.

S.  Anduaga and Halffter, G., ?Nidificacion y alimentacion en Liatongus rhinocerulus (Bates) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)?, Acta Zoologica Mexicana (nueva serie), vol. 57, pp. 1-14, 1993.

L.  Arellano and Halffter, G., ?Gamma diversity: derived from and a determinant of alpha diversity and beta diversity. An analysis of three tropical landscapes?, Acta Zoologica Mexicana (nueva serie), vol. 90, pp. 27-76, 2003.

L.  Arellano, Leon-Cortes, J. L., and Halffter, G., ?Response of dung beetle assemblages to landscape structure in remnant natural and modified habitats in Southern Mexico?, Insect Conservation and Diversity, vol. 1, pp. 253-262, 2008.

F. Escobar S., Halffter, G., and Arellano, L., ?From forest to pasture: an evaluation of the influence of environment and biogeography on the structure of dung beetle (Scarabaeinae) assemblages along three altitudinal grafients in the Neotropical region?, Ecography, vol. 30, pp. 193-208, 2007.

F. Escobar S., Lobo, J. M., and Halffter, G., ?Altitudinal variation of dung beetle (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) assemblages in the Colombian Andes?, Global Ecology and Biogeography, vol. 14, pp. 327-337, 2005.

F. Escobar S., Lobo, J. M., and Halffter, G., ?Assessing the origin of Neotropical mountain dung beetle assemblages (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae): the comparative influence of vertical and horizontal colonization?, Journal of Biogeography, vol. 33, pp. 1793-1803, 2006.

G.  Halffter, ?Biogeography of the montane entomofauna of Mexico and Central America?, Annual Review of Entomology, vol. 32, pp. 95-114, 1987.

G.  Halffter and Arellano, L., ?Variación de la diversidad en especies de Scarabaeinae (Coleoptera:Scarabaeidae) como respuesta a la antropización de un paisaje tropical?, in Tópicos sobre Coleoptera de México, J. L.  Navarrete-Heredia, Lopéz, H. E. Fierros, and Burgos-Solorio, A., Eds. Guadelajara, México: Universidad de Guadalajara?Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, 2001, pp. 35-53.

G.  Halffter and Arellano, L., ?Response of dung beetle diversity to human-induced changes in a tropical landscape?, Biotropica, vol. 34, pp. 144-154, 2002.

G.  Halffter and Edmonds, W. D., The nesting behavior of dung beetles (Scarabaeinae): an ecological and evolutive approach. México, D. F.: Instituto de Ecología, 1982.

G.  Halffter, Favila, M. E., and Arellano, L., ?Spatial distribution of three groups of Coleoptera along an altitudinal transect in the Mexican Transition Zone and its biogeographical implications?, Elytron, vol. 9, pp. 151-185, 1995.

G.  Halffter, Favila, M. E., and Halffter, V., ?A comparative study of the structure of the scarab guild in Mexican tropical rain forests and derived ecosystems?, Folia Entomológica Mexicana, vol. 84, pp. 131-156, 1992.

G.  Halffter, Huerta, C., and Lopez-Portillo, J., ?Parental care and offspring survival in Copris incertus Say, a sub-social beetle?, Animal Behavior, vol. 52, pp. 133-139, 1996.

G.  Halffter, Pineda, E., Arellano, L., and S., F. Escobar, ?Instability of copronecrophagous beetle assemblages (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae) in a mountainous tropical landscape of Mexico?, Environmental Entomology, vol. 36, pp. 1397-1407, 2007.

C.  Huerta, Halffter, G., and Halffter, V., ?Nidification in Eurysternus foedus Guerin-Meneville: its relationship to other dung beetle nesting patters (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae)?, Folia Entomologica Mexicana, vol. 44, pp. 75-84, 2005.

C.  Huerta, Halffter, G., Halffter, V., and López, R., ?Comparative analysis of reproductive and nesting behavior in several species of Eurysternus Dalman (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae: Eurysternini)?, Acta Zoologica Mexicana (nueva serie), vol. 88, pp. 1-41, 2003.

B.  Kohlmann and Halffter, G., ?Reconstruction of a specific example of insect invasion waves: the cladistic analysis of Canthon (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) and related genera in North America?, Quaestiones Entomologicae, vol. 26, pp. 1-20, 1990.

J. M.  Lobo and Halffter, G., ?Relaciones entre escarabajos (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) y nidos de tuza (Rodentia: Geomydae): implicaciones biologicas y biogeograficas?, Acta Zoologica Mexicana (nueva serie), vol. 62, pp. 1-9, 1994.

A.  Estrada, Halffter, G., Coates-Estrada, R., and Meritt, D., ?Dung beetles attracted to mammalian herbivore (Alouatta palliata) and omnivore (Nasua narica) dung in the tropical rain forest of Los Tuxtlas, Mexico?, Journal of Tropical Ecology, vol. 9, pp. 45-54, 1993.

M. E.  Favila and Halffter, G., ?The use of indicator groups for measuring biodiversity as related to community structure and function?, Acta Zoologica Mexicana Nueva Serie, pp. 1-25, 1997.

E. G.  Matthews and Halffter, G., ?The natural history of dung beetles of the subfamily Scarabaeinae (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae)?, Folia Entomologica Mexicana, vol. 12-14, pp. 1-312, 1966.

E. Montes de Oca and Halffter, G., ?Invasion of Mexico by two dung beetles previously introduced into the United States?, Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, vol. 33, pp. 37-45, 1998.

D.  Navarrete and Halffter, G., ?Dugn beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) diversity in continuous forest, forest fragments and cattle pastures in a landscape of Chiapas, Mexico: the effects of anthropogenic changes?, Biodiversity Conservation, vol. 17, pp. 2869-2898, 2008.

D. Nancy Padilla-Gil and Halffter, G., ?Biogeography of the areas and Canthonini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of dry tropical foress in Mesoamerica and Colombia?, Acta Zoologica Mexicana (nueva serie), vol. 23, pp. 73-108, 2007.

E.  Pineda, Moreno, C., Escobar, F., and Halffter, G., ?Frog, Bat and Dung Beetle Diversity in the Cloud Forest and Coffee Agroecosystems of Veracruz, Mexico?, Conservation Biology, vol. 19, pp. 400-410, 2005.

J. R.  Verdu, Moreno, C. E., Sanchez-Rojas, G., Numa, C., Galante, E., and Halffter, G., ?Grazing promotes dung beetle diversity in the xeric landscape of a Mexican Biosphere Reserve?, Biological Conservation, vol. 140, pp. 308-317, 2007.

M.  Zunino and Halffter, G., Análisis taxonómico, ecológico y biogeográfico de un grupo americano de Onthophagus (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Torino: Torino : Museo regionale di scienze naturali, 1988.