Dung Beetle Ecology

Ilkka Hanski (Editor), Yves Cambefort (Editor)

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Author
Ilkka Hanski (Editor), Yves Cambefort (Editor)
Publish Date
1991-06-25
Book Type
Hardcover
Number of Pages
520
Publisher Name
Princeton University Press
ISBN-10
0691087393
ISBN-13
9780691087399
citemno
178681
Edition
First Edition
SKU
9780691087399

Description

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 population and community ecology of dung beetles worldwide, with an emphasis on comparisons between arctic, temperate, and tropical species assemblages. Useful insights arise from relating the vast differences in species' life histories to their population and community-level consequences. The authors also discuss changes in dung beetle faunas due to human-caused habitat alteration and examine the possible effects of introducing dung beetles to cattle-breeding areas that lack efficient native species. "With the expansion of cattle breeding areas, the ecology of dung beetles is a subject of great economic concern as well as one of intense theoretical interest. This excellent book represents an up-to-date ecological study covering important aspects of the dung beetle never before presented."--Gonzalo Halffter, Instituto de Ecologia, Mexico City

Originally published in 1991.

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