The Competitive Exclusion Principle proposes that each species fulfills a unique niche, yet dung beetles are an extremely diverse taxon and subsist upon a very limited resource. Dung beetles were caught in a Monteverde, Costa Rica, cloud forest in traps that varied in soil and dung type, to examine how these species partition niches. Additionally, four species of dung beetles were subjected to dung and soil choice experiments in a laboratory. There was a significant relationship between dung type and diversity in the traps. One species, Deltochilum mexicanum, showed significant preferences for soil and dung across both field and laboratory studies, but did not show its soil preference in the presence of a competitor, Ontherus propracel...
1. Trophic ecology of dung beetles has been widely studied because of the important ecological role ...
Biodiversity-ecosystem functioning (BEF) literature is dominated by investigations conducted in temp...
At the global scale, species diversity is known to strongly increase towards the equator for most ta...
The Competitive Exclusion Principle proposes that each species fulfills a unique niche, yet dung bee...
Salomão, Renato P., Lira, André F. A., Iannuzzi, Luciana (2014): Dominant Dung Beetle (Coleoptera: S...
[Aim]: Nearly 40 different hypotheses have been put forward to explain the latitudinal diversity gra...
The loss of natural habitats is one of the main drivers of biodiversity decline. Anthropogenic land ...
What is the importance of open habitat in a predominantly closed forest to the dung beetle assemblag...
What is the importance of open habitat in a predominantly closed forest to the dung beetle assemblag...
What is the importance of open habitat in a predominantly closed forest to the dung beetle assemblag...
What is the importance of open habitat in a predominantly closed forest to the dung beetle assemblag...
What is the importance of open habitat in a predominantly closed forest to the dung beetle assemblag...
Trophic ecology of dung beetles has been widely studied because of the important ecological role of ...
The loss of natural habitats is one of the main drivers of biodiversity decline. Anthropogenic land ...
Dung beetles are important taxon as they decompose the excreta of higher animals, especially verte...
1. Trophic ecology of dung beetles has been widely studied because of the important ecological role ...
Biodiversity-ecosystem functioning (BEF) literature is dominated by investigations conducted in temp...
At the global scale, species diversity is known to strongly increase towards the equator for most ta...
The Competitive Exclusion Principle proposes that each species fulfills a unique niche, yet dung bee...
Salomão, Renato P., Lira, André F. A., Iannuzzi, Luciana (2014): Dominant Dung Beetle (Coleoptera: S...
[Aim]: Nearly 40 different hypotheses have been put forward to explain the latitudinal diversity gra...
The loss of natural habitats is one of the main drivers of biodiversity decline. Anthropogenic land ...
What is the importance of open habitat in a predominantly closed forest to the dung beetle assemblag...
What is the importance of open habitat in a predominantly closed forest to the dung beetle assemblag...
What is the importance of open habitat in a predominantly closed forest to the dung beetle assemblag...
What is the importance of open habitat in a predominantly closed forest to the dung beetle assemblag...
What is the importance of open habitat in a predominantly closed forest to the dung beetle assemblag...
Trophic ecology of dung beetles has been widely studied because of the important ecological role of ...
The loss of natural habitats is one of the main drivers of biodiversity decline. Anthropogenic land ...
Dung beetles are important taxon as they decompose the excreta of higher animals, especially verte...
1. Trophic ecology of dung beetles has been widely studied because of the important ecological role ...
Biodiversity-ecosystem functioning (BEF) literature is dominated by investigations conducted in temp...
At the global scale, species diversity is known to strongly increase towards the equator for most ta...