Dung beetle assemblages, dung removal and secondary seed dispersal: data from a large-scale, multi-site experiment in the Western Palaearctic

Dung beetle assemblages, dung removal and secondary seed dispersal: data from a large-scale, multi-site experiment in the Western Palaearctic

<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;">By manipulating faeces during feeding and breeding, dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) fulfil important ecosystem functions in terrestrial ecosystems throughout the world. In a pan-European multi-site experiment (MSE), we estimat...

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Main Authors: Tanja Milotić, Christophe Baltzinger, Carsten Eichberg, Amy E. Eycott, Marco Heurich, Jörg Müller, Jorge A. Noriega, Rosa Menendez, Jutta Stadler, Réka Ádám, Tessa Bargmann, Isabelle Bilger, Jörn Buse, Joaquín Calatayud, Constantin Ciubuc, Gergely Boros, Marie Hauso, Pierre Jay-Robert, Märt Kruus, Enno Merivee, Geoffrey Miessen, Anne Must, Elham Omidzadeh Ardali, Elena Preda, Iraj Rahimi, Dirk Rohwedder, Rob Rose, Eleanor M. Slade, László Somay, Pejman Tahmasebi, Stefano Ziani, Maurice Hoffmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Biogeography Society 2018-08-01
Series:Frontiers of Biogeography
Subjects:
Dung beetles
ecosystem functioning
functional diversity
multi-site experiments
Online Access:http://escholarship.org/uc/item/3bw905b1

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