Effects of dung presence, dung amount and secondary dispersal by dung beetles on the fate of Micropholis guyanensis (Sapotaceae) seeds in Central Amazonia

By E. Andresen. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 2001

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Dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) diversity and community structure across three disturbance regimes in eastern Amazonia (2005, methodology): “…(Lutz 1931, Rougon & Rougon 1991), removing dung from the soil surface (Gillard 1967, Tyndale-Biscoe 1994), protecting seeds from predation (Andresen 2001, Estrada & CoatesEstrada 1991, Feer 1999), and reducing populations of disease-causing organisms such as flies and hookworms by…”
Effect of forest fragmentation on dung beetle communities and functional consequences for plant regeneration (2003, background): “Consequently, seeds buried by dung beetles have a high probability of avoiding detection by rodents ( Andresen 2000, 2001 ).”
Interspecific variation in primary seed dispersal in a tropical forest (2008, background): “Ants and dung beetles may also secondarily disperse small seeds (Byrne & Levey 1993; Andresen 2001).”
Ecological functions and ecosystem services provided by Scarabaeinae dung beetles (2008, background): “…to favorable microclimates for germination and emergence (Andresen and Levey, 2004); and (iii) decreasing residual postdispersal seed clumping (Andresen, 1999, 2001), with potential effects on density dependent seed mortality, seedling competition, and predation risk (Andresen and Feer, 2005).”