Dung Beetle Balls References


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Edwards, P.B., Aschenborn, H.H., 1987. Patterns of nesting and dung burial in Onitis dung beetles: implications for pasture productivity and fly control. Journal of Applied Ecology, v. 24, n. 3, p. 837-851.

Edwards, P.B., Aschenborn, H.H., 1988. Male reproductive behavior of the African ball-rolling dung beetle Kheper Nigroaenues (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin, v. 42, n. 1, p. 17-27.

Feer, F., 1999. Effects of dung beetles (Scarabaeidae) on seeds dispersed by howler monkeys (Alouatta seniculus) in the French Guianan rain forest. Journal of Tropical Ecology, v. 15, n. 2, p. 129-142.

Genise, J.F., Bown. T.M., 1994. New Miocene scarabeid and hymenopterous nests and Early Miocene (Santacrucian) paleoenvironments, Patagonian Argentina. Ichnos, v. 3, n. 2, p. 107-117. doi: 10.1080/10420949409386378

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Gonzalez-Megias, A., Sanchez-Pinero, F., 2003. Effects of brood parasitism on host reproductive success: evidence from larval interactions among dung beetles. Oecologia, v. 134, n. 2, p. 195-2002. doi: 10.1007/s00442-002-1100-8

Gonzalez-Megias, A., Sanchez-Pinero, F., 2004. Resource limitation of nesting: chance favors the prepared dung beetle. Environmental Ecology, v. 33, n. 2, p. 188-196.

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Ishikawa, H., 2011. Effects of dung beetles on seedling emergence from herbaceous seeds in the dung of sika deer (Cervus nippon) in a temperate Japanese grassland ecosystem. Ecological Research, v. 26, n. 4, p. 725-734. doi: 10.1007/s11284-011-0831-6

Laza, J.H., 2006. Dung-beetle fossil brood balls: The ichnogenera Coprinisphaera Sauer and Quirogaichnus(Coprinusphaeridae). Ichnos, v. 13, n. 4, p. 217-235. doi: 10.1080/10420940600843641

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Sánchez, M.V., Laza, J.H., Bellosi, E.S., Genise, J.F., 2010. Ichnostratigraphy of Middle Cenozoic Coprinisphaera from central Patagonia: insights into the evolution of ding beetles, herbivores and grass-dominated habitats. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 297, n. 3-4, p. 633-648. doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.09.013

Sato, H., 1997. Two nesting behaviours and life history of a subsocial African dung-rolling beetle, Scarabaeus catenatus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Journal of Natural History, v. 31, n. 3, p. 457-469. doi: 10.1080/00222939700770231

Sato, H., 1998. Male participation in nest building in the dung beetle Scarabaenus catenatus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae): mating effort versus paternal effort. Journal of Insect Behavior, v. 11, n. 6, p. 833-843. doi: 10.1023/A:1020860010165

Shepherd, V.E., Chapman, C.A., 1998. Dung beetles as secondary seed dispersers: impact on seed predation and germination. Journal of Tropical Ecology, v. 14, p. 199-215.

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Ykoyama, K., Hdeaki, K., Takuro, K., Toshiharu, A., 1991. Nitrogen mineralization and microbial populations in cow dung, dung balls and underlying soil affected by paracoprid dung beetles. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, v. 23, n. 7, p. 649-653.

Young, O.P., 2009. Observations on burrowing behavior by Panamanian Scarabaeinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin, v. 63, n. 3, p. 319-324.