Traits are key for understanding the environmental responses and ecological roles of
organisms. Trait approaches to functional ecology are well established for plants, whereas …

Functional diversity has been defined as the value, range, distribution, and relative
abundance of the functional traits of individuals that belong to an ecosystem. Thus, the …

Simple Summary Insects, including dung beetles, rely on volatile cues to locate food and
mates. However, the antennal responses of dung beetles to dung headspace volatiles have …

Mammals are globally in decline, with habitat loss a primary driver. There are also human–
wildlife conflicts, such as elephants destroying crops, which results in the ranges of many …

Aim Different hypothesis have been proposed to explain differences in species richness
among islands. However, few studies have attempted to compare the explanatory power of …

The loss of forest cover in urban landscapes alters the dynamics of spatial and food
resources, challenging the maintenance of forest species, which may have their condition …

This study examines how geography, environmental factors, and human history shape the
composition of dung beetle assemblages on Mediterranean and Macaronesian islands. We …

Simple Summary Dung beetle communities include three groups of insects: the true dung
beetles (scarabaeines), the small dung beetles (aphodiines), and the earth-boring dung …

Dung beetles exhibit a wide range of trophic preferences, including soft and hard resources.
The study of mouthparts associated with these resources is extensive, and mouthparts of …

Dung beetles are considered a key element in ecosystems as they are involved in many
ecological processes, being one of the main decomposers of organic matter in the …