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In many ecosystems dung beetles play a crucial role--both ecologically and economically--in the decomposition of large herbivore dung. Their activities provide scientists with an excellent opportunity to explore biological community dynamics. This collection of essays offers a concise account of the...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Cambefort, Yves (Contribuidor, Editor ), Doube, Bernard M. (Contribuidor), Doube, Β. M. (Contribuidor), Gill, Bruce D. (Contribuidor), Hanski, Ilkka (Contribuidor, Editor ), Kirk, Alan A. (Contribuidor), Kohlmann, Bert (Contribuidor), Krikken, Jan (Contribuidor), Lumaret, Jean-Pierre (Contribuidor), Macqueen, A. (Contribuidor), Ridsdill-Smith, T. J. (Contribuidor), Rougon, Christiane (Contribuidor), Rougon, Daniel (Contribuidor), Stiernet, Nicole (Contribuidor), Walter, Philippe (Contribuidor), Weir, T. A. (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2014]
Edición:Course Book
Colección:Princeton Legacy Library ; 1195
Temas:
Dung beetles > Ecology.
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Ecology.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Contributors
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • PART ONE Introduction
  • CHAPTER 1. The Dung Insect Community
  • CHAPTER 2. From Saprophagy to Coprophagy
  • CHAPTER 3. Dung Beetle Population Biology
  • CHAPTER 4. Biogeography and Evolution
  • PART TWO. Regional Dung Beetle Assemblages
  • Introduction
  • CHAPTER 5 North Temperate Dung Beetles
  • CHAPTER 6. South Temperate Dung Beetles
  • CHAPTER 7. Dung Beetles in Subtropical North America
  • CHAPTER 8. Dung Beetles of Southern Africa
  • CHAPTER 9. Dung Beetles in Tropical Savannas
  • CHAPTER 10. Dung Beetles in Tropical Forests in South-East Asia
  • CHAPTER 11. Dung Beetles in Tropical Forests in Africa
  • CHAPTER 12. Dung Beetles in Tropical American Forests
  • CHAPTER 13. Dung Beetles of the Sahel Region
  • CHAPTER 14. Montane Dung Beetles
  • CHAPTER 15. Native and Introduced Dung Beetles in Australia
  • PART THREE. Synthesis
  • Introduction
  • CHAPTER 16. Spatial Processes
  • CHAPTER 17. Competition in Dung Beetles
  • CHAPTER 18. Resource Partitioning
  • CHAPTER 19. Species Richness
  • CHAPTER 20. Epilogue
  • Appendix A
  • Appendix B
  • References
  • Index of the Genera in Scarabaeidae
  • Index

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