Scarabaeine Dung Beetles (coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae): An Invertebrate Focal Taxon for Biodiversity Research and Conservation

By S. Spector. 2006

274 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Insect Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Paleontology

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In Insect Science

1. D. Navarrete
2. G. Halffter
3. Mace Vaughan
4. John E. Losey
5. C. A. Peres
6. Hiroaki Ishii
7. T. Gardner
8. M. Maleque

In Nature and Landscape Conservation

1. D. Navarrete
2. G. Halffter
3. T. Gardner
4. J. Louzada
5. C. A. Peres
6. Elizabeth S Nichols
7. L. Comita
8. Lívia D. Audino

In Paleontology

1. G. Halffter
2. D. Navarrete
3. J. Louzada
4. C. A. Peres
5. Lívia D. Audino
6. L. Comita
7. T. Gardner
8. Mace Vaughan

Citations in the corpus

• 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, methodology): “…used in biodiversity studies (among the most recent studies see Aguilar-Amuchastegui and Henebry 2007; Halffter et al. 2007; Nichols et al. 2007; Spector 2006; Andresen 2003, 2005; Scheffler 2005; Pineda et al. 2005; AvendañoMendoza et al. 2005; Davis et al. 2001, 2004; Halffter and Arellano…”
• The adoption of silvopastoral systems promotes the recovery of ecological processes regulated by dung beetles in the Colombian Andes (2011, background): “Recently, dung beetles have been receiving a fair bit of attention as indicators of land-use change (Spector, 2006) and pasture health (Davis et al., 2004).”
• Co‐declining mammals and dung beetles: an impending ecological cascade (2009, background): “…almost any other species group in tropical ecosystems (Gardner et al. 2008b) indicates that while daunting, such a challenge is not insurmountable ! further highlighting the fact that coprophagous dung beetles represent a ideal focal taxon for pure and applied ecological research (Spector 2006).”
• Arthropods as bioindicators of sustainable forest management, with a focus on plantation forests (2009, background): “Based on these characteristics, dung beetles are regarded as an ideal focal taxon for biodiversity monitoring (Spector, 2006).”
• Dung beetles as indicators of tropical forest restoration success: Is it possible to recover species and functional diversity? (2014, background): “They are also an ideal taxon for biodiversity monitoring because they rely on a large range of resources including rotten fruit, carcasses and feces of other animals (Spector, 2006).”
• The Economic Value of Ecological Services Provided by Insects (2006, background): “Sacha Spector. (2006) Scarabaeine Dung Beetles (coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae): An Invertebrate Focal Taxon for Biodiversity Research and Conservation.”