Just how important are dung beetles in our livestock systems and what are they doing beyond removing dung? We generally don’t think of the insect communities based around the dung piles in our fields and these include our native dung beetles. But what if we lose these beetles? What effect...
Dung removal by macrofauna such as dung beetles is an important process for nutrient cycling in pasturelands. Intensification of farming practices generally reduces species and functional diversity of terrestrial invertebrates, which may negatively affect ecosystem services. Here, we investigate the effects...
the neighbourhood. He added that as the number of village elephants decreases, it becomes more difficult to find elephant dung beetle tunnels. This assertion is in line with the findings of a study carried out in Malaysia on beetles visiting elephant dung which states that most of the species ...