نتایج جستجو برای: dung beetle

تعداد نتایج: 13416  

Journal: :Acta Amazonica 2023

ABSTRACT Coprophanaeus lancifer is a copro-necrophagous beetle endemic to the Amazon region. Although beetles belonging subfamily Scarabaeinae primarily feed on dung, some have greater diet plasticity that includes carrion, fungi, rotten fruits and invertebrates. The of scavenger C. mainly consists vertebrate carcasses, although it also attracted mammal faeces. Here, we describe first record th...

Journal: :International Journal of Tropical Insect Science 2023

Abstract Ecological communities of tropical regions respond to habitat configuration, being negatively affected by anthropogenic habitats. In the tropics, mountainous highland landscapes sustain ecological with contrasting responses transformation. This study assessed effect different habitats under disturbance regimes on dung beetle assemblage that inhabits a Andean landscape in Colombia. The ...

2014
Ian A. Warren J. Cristobal Vera Annika Johns Robert Zinna James H. Marden Douglas J. Emlen Ian Dworkin Laura C. Lavine

Scarab beetles exhibit an astonishing variety of rigid exo-skeletal outgrowths, known as "horns". These traits are often sexually dimorphic and vary dramatically across species in size, shape, location, and allometry with body size. In many species, the horn exhibits disproportionate growth resulting in an exaggerated allometric relationship with body size, as compared to other traits, such as ...

2016
Claudia Tocco Martin H Villet

BACKGROUND Traditional agro-pastoral practices are in decline over much of the Alps (MacDonald et al. 2000), leading to shrub and tree encroachment, and this represents one of the main threats for the conservation of alpine biodiversity, as many plant and animal species are dependent on the presence of semi-natural open habitats. However, quantifying this environmental change and assessing its ...

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