Response of Dung Beetle Diversity to Human-induced Changes in a Tropical Landscape1

By G. Halffter, L. Arellano. 2002

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Subfields: Ecology, Insect Science

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In Ecology

1. C. A. Peres
2. Jos Barlow
3. T. Gardner
4. S. Laurance
5. M. I. Hernández
6. G. Halffter
7. B. Filgueiras
8. L. Iannuzzi

In Insect Science

1. E. Andresen
2. D. Navarrete
3. G. Halffter
4. S. Laurance
5. M. I. Hernández
6. C. A. Peres
7. T. Gardner
8. S. Spector

Citations in the corpus

• Habitat fragmentation alters the structure of dung beetle communities in the Atlantic Forest (2011, background): “As vegetation type is an important factor determining the organization of dung beetle communities in tropical rainforests (Halffter and Arellano, 2002; Andresen, 2005), the use of functional groups of tree species may demonstrate what types of habitats are favourable to forest dung beetles and how s”
• Understanding the biodiversity consequences of habitat change: the value of secondary and plantation forests for neotropical dung beetles (2007, background): “…with tropical forest habitats are greatly influenced by differences in vegetation structure (Halffter & Matthews 1966; Halffter, Favila & Halffter 1992; Halffter & Arellano 2002), with individual species often having specific affinities for certain structural habitat properties (Davis et al. 2001).”
• Co‐declining mammals and dung beetles: an impending ecological cascade (2009, background): “…habitat composition and heterogeneity at landscape scales (Arellano and Halffter 2003), to tree cover and soil type at sub-regional scales (Halffter et al. 1992, Halffter and Arellano 2002), and inter and intra-specific competition associated with resource variability at local scales (Doube 1990).”
• Seasonal and spatial species richness variation of dung beetle (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae s. str.) in the Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil (2009, background): “This is a common pattern among such insects, as these species are strongly influenced by the type of vegetation they inhabit and thus modify their pattern in degraded areas (Halffter et al. 1992; Davis et al. 2001; Halffter & Arellano 2002).”
• Dung beetles as indicators of tropical forest restoration success: Is it possible to recover species and functional diversity? (2014, background): “canopy cover, understorey vegetation, soil type and moisture) (Gardner et al., 2007; Halffter and Arellano, 2002; Horgan, 2007; Nichols et al., 2007; Noriega et al., 2007; Sowig, 1995).”
• Effects of Season and Vegetation Type on Community Organization of Dung Beetles in a Tropical Dry Forest 1 (2005, background): “Dung beetles are also known to be affected by the structure of vegetation, which is believed to be the main factor determining the organization of dung beetle communities in tropical rainforests (Hanski & Cambefort 1991a, Halffter & Arellano 2002).”
• Possible Indirect Effects of Mammal Hunting on Dung Beetle Assemblages in Panama (2007, methodology): “…forest fragmentation, and selective logging, using these insects as bioindicators (Halffter & Favila 1993, Davis 2000, Davis et al. 2001, Estrada & Coates-Estrada 2002, Halffter & Arellano 2002, Vulinec 2002, Andresen 2003, Larsen et al. 2005, Pineda et al. 2005, Quintero & Roslin 2005).”
• Dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) diversity in continuous forest, forest fragments and cattle pastures in a landscape of Chiapas, Mexico: the effects of anthropogenic changes (2008, background): “Some of the studies that compare the Scarabaeinae fauna of the undisturbed tropical forest to that of forest fragments include Klein (1989); Halffter and Arellano (2002); Andresen (2003); Chapman et al. (2003); Arellano and Halffter (2003); Pineda et al. (2005); Avendaño-Mendoza et al. (2005);…”
• Effect of forest fragmentation on dung beetle communities and functional consequences for plant regeneration (2003, background): “…communities in tropical forest habitats are greatly affected by the type of vegetation (Halffter et al. 1992, Escobar 2000, Davis et al. 2000, 2001, Halffter and Arellano 2002), and consequently they are very sensitive to forest disturbances such as logging (Davis 2000), forest conversion to…”
• Frog, Bat, and Dung Beetle Diversity in the Cloud Forest and Coffee Agroecosystems of Veracruz, Mexico (2005, background): “The opposite (i.e., decreased habitat permeability) occurs in the majority of tropical landscapes (Halffter & Arellano 2002).”