Assemblage and functional categorization of dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae) from the Pantanal

The Pantanal is one of the world’s largest tropical wetland areas and harbors high mammal biomass. There is no formal list of dung beetle species, and studies on their functional roles have never being carried out in Pantanal. In this study, we identified dung beetle species occurring in the north P...

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Main Authors: Marcelo B. Pessôa, Thiago J. Izzo, Fernando Z. Vaz-de-Mello
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2017-11-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/3978.pdf