Hanski / Cambefort Dung Beetle Ecology

Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-6209-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 514 Seiten

Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library

In many ecosystems dung beetles play a crucial role--both ecologically and economically--in the decomposition of large herbivore dung. Their activities provide scientists with an excellent opportunity to explore biological community dynamics. This collection of essays offers a concise account of the population and community ecology of dung beetles worldwide, with an emphasis on comparisons between arctic, temperate, and tropical species assemblages. Useful insights arise from relating the vast differences in species' life histories to their population and community-level consequences. The authors also discuss changes in dung beetle faunas due to human-caused habitat alteration and examine the possible effects of introducing dung beetles to cattle-breeding areas that lack efficient native species. "With the expansion of cattle breeding areas, the ecology of dung beetles is a subject of great economic concern as well as one of intense theoretical interest. This excellent book represents an up-to-date ecological study covering important aspects of the dung beetle never before presented."--Gonzalo Halffter, Instituto de Ecologia, Mexico City

Originally published in 1991.

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Hanski, Ilkka

Cambefort, Yves

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

FrontMatter, pg. i
Contents, pg. v
List of Contributors, pg. ix
Preface, pg. xi
Acknowledgments, pg. xiii
CHAPTER 1. The Dung Insect Community, pg. 5
CHAPTER 2. From Saprophagy to Coprophagy, pg. 22
CHAPTER 3. Dung Beetle Population Biology, pg. 36
CHAPTER 4. Biogeography and Evolution, pg. 51
Introduction, pg. 70
CHAPTER 5 North Temperate Dung Beetles, pg. 75
CHAPTER 6. South Temperate Dung Beetles, pg. 97
CHAPTER 7. Dung Beetles in Subtropical North America, pg. 116
CHAPTER 8. Dung Beetles of Southern Africa, pg. 133
CHAPTER 9. Dung Beetles in Tropical Savannas, pg. 156
CHAPTER 10. Dung Beetles in Tropical Forests in South-East Asia, pg. 179
CHAPTER 11. Dung Beetles in Tropical Forests in Africa, pg. 198
CHAPTER 12. Dung Beetles in Tropical American Forests, pg. 211
CHAPTER 13. Dung Beetles of the Sahel Region, pg. 230
CHAPTER 14. Montane Dung Beetles, pg. 242
CHAPTER 15. Native and Introduced Dung Beetles in Australia, pg. 255
Introduction, pg. 281
CHAPTER 16. Spatial Processes, pg. 283
CHAPTER 17. Competition in Dung Beetles, pg. 305
CHAPTER 18. Resource Partitioning, pg. 330
CHAPTER 19. Species Richness, pg. 350
CHAPTER 20. Epilogue, pg. 366
Appendix A, pg. 373
Appendix B, pg. 378
References, pg. 421
Index of the Genera in Scarabaeidae, pg. 465
Index, pg. 475