- Title
- Trophic preference of southern African dung beetles (Scarabaeoidea: Scarabaeinae and Aphodiinae) and its influence on bioindicator surveys:
- Creator
- Tocco, Claudia, Balmer, Jonathan P, Villet, Martin H
- Date
- 2018
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/140796
- Identifier
- vital:37919
- Identifier
- DOI: 10.1111/aje.12523
- Description
- Environmental assessments using bioindicators gain value if the interpretability of the indicator used is high, and it is clear how survey methods affect survey comparisons. Because dung beetles are favoured as bioindicators, we studied the trophic preference of a southern African beetle community and its potential effects on surveys of beetle diversity using manual sampling of droppings and pitfall traps baited with carnivore, ruminant or nonruminant dung. Manual sampling showed no significant differences between dung types in either dung beetles abundance or species richness. Generalised linear mixed models of total and endocoprid abundances, species richness and Real Shannon index of trap samples showed higher dung beetle diversity associated with ruminant than with nonruminant dung, which in turn was significantly preferred over carnivore dung.
- Format
- 11 pages, pdf
- Language
- English
- Relation
- African journal of ecology, Tocco, C., Balmer, J.P. and Villet, M.H., 2018. Trophic preference of southern African dung beetles (Scarabaeoidea: Scarabaeinae and Aphodiinae) and its influence on bioindicator surveys. African journal of ecology, 56(4), pp.938-948., African journal of ecology volume 56 number 4 938 948 April 2018 1365-2028
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Villet, Martin Herrer (Prof)
SDG 15. Life On Land
RU Department of Zoology and Entomology
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