The role of deterministic and stochastic mechanisms in community assembly is a key
question in ecology, but little is known about their relative contribution in dung beetle …

Dung beetles provide different services to agroecosystems. Previous economic assessment
of this insect group highlights their importance in temperate zones using linear models or …

Se estudió la abundancia, riqueza y diversidad de la fauna de Scarabaeoidea en el cerro
Chacateca, Zapotitlán, Puebla. Se realizaron muestreos en la época de sequía y de lluvias …

In this study we establish the biogeographical affinities of the Scarabaeoidea dung beetle
fauna in the dry southeast of the Mexican Plateau and analyze species diversity and how it …

Insects are the most diverse group of organisms, but their large number of species and the
lack of specialists to study them have made this group particularly vulnerable to the main …

Neotropical forests are extremely diverse ecosystems, listed within the biological hotspots of
our planet. However, species from these forests are threatened by diverse anthropogenic …

The relationships and linkages between biodiversity and ecosystem processes are critical
issues in ecology. Manure removal is an ecosystem process related to several ecological …

The phenology and reproductive cycles of seven Mexican Aphodiini dung beetles are
studied. The highest abundances of individuals occurred during the wet and warm season of …

Abstract The Small Dung Beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae), mostly
saprophagous habits, are a group of wide global distribution, relatively diverse in the tropics …

A checklist of the dung beetles (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae; Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae and
Scarabaeinae) of Oaxaca, Mexico, is presented for the first time. The checklist contains 252 …