Dung beetles in a Central Amazonian rainforest and their ecological role as secondary seed dispersers

By E. Andresen. 2002

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Paleontology

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Effects of Season and Vegetation Type on Community Organization of Dung Beetles in a Tropical Dry Forest 1 (2005, background): “The composition and dynamics of several dung beetle communities in rainforest habitats have been studied in detail (e.g., Peck & Forsyth 1982, Nummelin & Hanski 1989, Halffter et al. 1992, Escobar 2000, Feer 2000, Davis et al. 2000, Andresen 2002, Arellano & Halffter 2003).”
Effect of forest fragmentation on dung beetle communities and functional consequences for plant regeneration (2003, unknown): “Finally, in an experiment conducted with plastic beads instead of seeds (Andresen 2000, 2002), in which all bead burial can consequently be safely assumed to have been done by beetles, beads were buried in exactly the same pattern as were experimental seeds in this study.”
Birds and ants provide complementary seed dispersal in a neotropical savanna (2010, unknown): “For instance, dung beetles (Andresen 2002), rodents (Vander Wall, Kuhn & Gworek 2005) and ants (Passos & Oliveira 2002) frequently remove the seeds from vertebrate feces or move the whole fecal portion with seeds embedded.”
Possible Indirect Effects of Mammal Hunting on Dung Beetle Assemblages in Panama (2007, background): “…e-mail: andresen@oikos.unam.mx beetles contribute to several ecosystem functions such as soil fertilization, soil aeration, nutrient cycling, pest control, and secondary seed dispersal (Bergstrom et al. 1976, Nealis 1977, Mittal 1993, Miranda et al. 1998, Andresen 2002, Andresen & Levey 2004).”
Extreme Trophic and Habitat Specialization by Peruvian Dung Beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) (2006, background): “Furthermore, dung beetles are functionally important in the tropics as nutrient recyclers, secondary seed dispersers, and for control of vertebrate parasites (Andresen 2002; Mittal 1993).”
Ecological functions and ecosystem services provided by Scarabaeinae dung beetles (2008, background): “The probability and distance of a seed’s horizontal dispersal depends on seed size (Andresen, 2002, but see Andresen and Levey, 2004) and the beetle community composition.”
Changes of dung beetle communities from rainforests towards agroforestry systems and annual cultures in Sulawesi (Indonesia) (2005, background): “…Scarabaeidae) are of high ecological importance due to their role as decomposers of dung and other decaying organic material and their enhancement of ecological processes such as nutrient recycling and dispersal of seeds (e.g., Hanski and Cambefort 1991; Hanski and Krikken 1991; Andresen 2002a,b).”