Effects of paracoprid dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) on the growth of pasture herbage and on the underlying soil

By H. Bang, Joon-Ho Lee, O. Kwon, Y. Na, Yong-Seon Jang, Won Ho Kim. 2005

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Subfields: Agronomy and Crop Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science

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The Ecology of Soil Carbon: Pools, Vulnerabilities, and Biotic and Abiotic Controls (2017, background): “For example, dung beetles in particular increase plant productivity and soil nutrient content by burying surface-deposited manure (Bang et al. 2005).”
The application of an ecosystem services framework to estimate the economic value of dung beetles to the U.K. cattle industry (2015, background): “…(N), phosphorus (P), potassium (K), calcium (Ca), and magnesium (Mg) may be higher in soil under dung exposed to dung beetles compared with when dung beetles were excluded (Kazuhira et al., 1991; Mittal, 1993; Bertone, 2004; Bang et al., 2005; Yamada et al., 2007; Doube, 2008; Table S12, File S1).”
Species-rich dung beetle communities buffer ecosystem services in perturbed agro-ecosystems (2012, unknown): “From an applied perspective, efficient functionality within a whole grazing season is important in maximizing pasture yields (Bang et al. 2005), preventing rejection by livestock of herbage surrounding pats (MacLusky 1960) and preventing parasite spread (Gormally 1993).”
Human perturbations reduce dung beetle diversity and dung removal ecosystem function (2021, background): “…the levels of nitrogen that plants can capture, improving soil hydrological properties and soil aeration, and reducing greenhouse gas fluxes from cattle farming (Bang et al., 2005; Johnson et al., 2016; Nervo et al., 2017; Santos- Heredia et al., 2016; Slade et al., 2016; Yamada et al., 2007).”
The adoption of silvopastoral systems promotes the recovery of ecological processes regulated by dung beetles in the Colombian Andes (2011, background): “…the return rate of nutrients to the soil (Yokoyama & Kai, 1993; Yamada et al., 2007), and with the growth and health of plants (Borghesio, 1999; Bang et al., 2005; Bertone et al., 2006), all of which could potentially reduce the need to apply fertilisers over time, and decrease production…”
Ecological functions and ecosystem services provided by Scarabaeinae dung beetles (2008, background): “els (Macqueen and Beirne, 1975a) and nitrogen content (Bang et al., 2005).”