Dung Beetle Ecology /

Dung Beetle Ecology / / ed. by Yves Cambefort, Ilkka Hanski.

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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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
MitwirkendeR:
Cambefort, Yves,
Doube, Bernard M.,
Doube, Β. M.,
Gill, Bruce D.,
Hanski, Ilkka,
Kirk, Alan A.,
Kohlmann, Bert,
Krikken, Jan,
Lumaret, Jean-Pierre,
Macqueen, A.,
Ridsdill-Smith, T. J.,
Rougon, Christiane,
Rougon, Daniel,
Stiernet, Nicole,
Walter, Philippe,
Weir, T. A.,
HerausgeberIn:
Cambefort, Yves,
Hanski, Ilkka,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]
©1991
Year of Publication:2014
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
Series:Princeton Legacy Library ; 1195
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Physical Description:1 online resource (514 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • 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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