Human efforts to produce ever-greater amounts of food leave their mark on our environment.
Persistent use of conventional farming practices based on extensive tillage, especially when …

1. Dung beetles are an important group of insects that use excrement for feeding and
reproductive purposes. The interest of the scientific community in dung beetles is highlighted …

Different functional groups of soil arthropodofauna present in the agro-ecosystem can be
severely modified by tillage practices. The abundance of different trophic groups subject to …

This chapter review aims at developing a clear understanding of the impacts and benefits of
conservation agriculture (CA) with respect to climate change, and examining if there are any …

A brief synthesis of presocial evolution in the insect order Coleoptera is presented. Most
beetles are solitary, but in many species and/or higher taxa conglobations, aggregations …

We analyze the influence of historical and ecological factors on the diversity and
composition of communities of copronecrophagous beetles associated with conserved and …

Grazed pastures are important habitats that support high biodiversity. However, in recent
decades pasture management practices have experienced drastic changes. To identify …

By understanding how assemblages segregate according to food types, it is possible to
depict and understand species distribution and exploitation of similar food resources …

Summary Growers in the United States and worldwide are adopting no-tillage (no-till)
cropping to reduce soil erosion, improve soil quality, increase water infiltration, and reduce …

In the present article, a summary and analysis of literature published in Mexico on the
removal and burial of dung by dung beetles, a primary function that represents an …