The effects of body mass on dung removal efficiency in dung beetles.

Understanding of the role of body mass in structural-functional relationships is pressing, particularly because species losses often occur non-randomly with respect to body size. Our study examined the effects of dung beetle body mass on dung removal at two levels. First, we used the lab experiment...

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Main Authors: Beatrice Nervo, Claudia Tocco, Enrico Caprio, Claudia Palestrini, Antonio Rolando
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4168130?pdf=render