the present study was conducted to assess the effect of dung beetles on sheep dung removal and seed dispersal in semi steppe rangelands of shahrekord province with poor condition located in iran. therefore, the large (1 cm2) and small size (1 mm2) meshes were used and filled by sheep dung in six treatments. to evaluate the role of the insects in seeds translocation, three sizes of plastic beads...

During last two decades studies on endozoochorous seed dispersal indicated that a large numbers of plant seeds are potentially dispersed and suceefully germinated via animal dung. However, very little is known about the relative importance of endozoochory in germination success of plant species in semi-steppe rangelands. In this paper we examined dung germinating seed content, seed deposition p...

Many studies have evaluated the effect of forest fragmentation on dung beetle assemblage structure. However, few have analyzed how forest fragmentation affects the processes carried out by these insects in tropical forests where their food sources consist mainly of dung produced by native herbivore mammals. With the conversion of forests to pastures, cattle dung has become an exotic alternative...

Bag-log waste is an organic material that difficult to decompose. This due the bag log's high content of lignin compounds. Therefore, speed up composting process, it necessary include other materials and bio activators. study aims analyze effectiveness bio-activator consortium Phosphate Dissolving Bacteria (KBPF) in bag-log mixed with cow dung. The experiment consisted 5 treatments three replic...

background: dung beetles of coleoptera associated to undisturbed cattle droppings in pastures present great diver sity and abundance. dung beetles also play an important role for transmission of some helminthes to human and cat tle. this study was made to survey the biodiversity and abundance of these beetles in ardebil province, western iran. methods: according to the field study all beetles a...