Author: Joyce CookPublisher:
ISBN: 9780972608701
Category : Anomala
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
A Revision of the Neotropical Genus Cryptocanthon Balthasar (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)
Author: Joyce CookPublisher:
ISBN: 9780972608701
Category : Anomala
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Neotropical Dung Beetle Diversity: Ecological, Historical, and Anthropogenic Perspectives
Author: Mario FavilaPublisher: Frontiers Media SA
ISBN: 2832540449
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) provide fundamental ecosystem functions and services, like nutrient cycling, bioturbation, secondary seed dispersal, parasite and fly control, and soil fertilization, but land use transformation, has negatively impacted their diversity and processes. For the last four decades, dung beetles have been used as one of the most crucial insect groups for analyzing and monitoring biodiversity in natural temperate and tropical ecosystems, and their anthropogenic ecosystem´s derivatives. Dung beetles seem to be declining mainly for the forest conversion to agrosystems and others ecosystems transformed by human activity in the Neotropical region. Our knowledge of the dung beetle responses to the transformation of their original habitat has increased over the last two decades in the Neotropical region. However, the knowledge on the taxonomy, ecology, biology, and the factors producing the anthropogenic activity on Neotropical dung beetles has not been met and analyzed in full. This Research Topic synthesizes the knowledge on the diversity, taxonomy, and biology of the dung beetle species in the Neotropical region. The structure of this Research Topic is composed of two sections. In the first section, articles may be original research papers or reviews on the knowledge of the dung beetles diversity in each country of the Neotropical region, including species diversity and their response to land use and habitat fragmentation. Articles on the second section may be original research papers or reviews on the following Research Topics: • Taxonomy of Neotropical dung beetles and their preservation in Institutional collections • The methodology used to analyze the spatial distribution and monitoring of dung beetles • The response of dung beetles to habitat loss and modification to the landscape in different countries and Neotropical biomes: Cloud forest, Tropical rain forest, Subtropical forest, Cerrado, Caatinga, Paramo, Pampa, Pantanal, and others • The physiological responses of dung beetles to anthropogenic disturbance in the Neotropics • The biology and reproductive behavior of Neotropical dung beetles • The genetics of Neotropical dung beetle • Dung beetle interaction with other species and its role as a secondary dispersal • The relationship between dung beetles and Mesoamerican cultures
Handbuch der Zoologie
Author: Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 3110171309
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 586
Book Description
Coleoptera, Beetles. Morphology and Systematics
Author: Rolf G. BeutelPublisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110373920
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 704
Book Description
This book is a revised edition of the first of three volumes in the Handbook of Zoology series which treats the systematics and biology of Coleoptera. With over 380,000 described species, Coleoptera are by far the most species-rich order of insects and the largest group of animals of comparable geological age. Moreover, numerous species are tremendously important economically. The beetle volumes meet the demand of modern biologists seeking to answer questions about Coleoptera phylogeny, evolution, and ecology. This first Coleoptera volume covers the suborders Archostemata, Myxophaga and Adephaga, and the basal series of Polyphaga, with information on world distribution, biology, morphology of all life stages, phylogeny and comments on taxonomy.
Annales de la Société entomologique de France
Author: Société entomologique de FrancePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Entomology
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
Animal Biodiversity and Conservation in Brazil's Northern Atlantic Forest
Author: Gentil Alves Pereira FilhoPublisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3031212878
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
This book describes the fauna of the Pernambuco Endemism Center in Brazil's Northern Atlantic Forest, an understudied global biodiversity hotspot. Through fifteen curated chapters, it provides the latest information about the fauna of the northern portion of the Atlantic Forest, gathering important information about the faunal composition of the region for the first time. The chapters address animal biodiversity including terrestrial and aquatic vertebrates (fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals) and invertebrates (ants, butterflies, dung beetles, hervestmen, spiders, and termites). All chapters provide species lists, taxonomic aspects and richness analysis. Conservation of specific animal groups is also discussed. Finally, the book discusses human impacts on the forest and its biodiversity, emphasizing the need for conservation of this highly impacted ecosystem.
The Zoological Record
Author: Zoological Record
Author: Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales
Author: A Multilingual Key to the Genera and Subgenera of the Subfamily Scarabaeinae of the New World (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)
Author: Fernando Z. Vaz-De-MelloPublisher:
ISBN: 9781869777005
Category : Dung beetles
Languages : en
Pages : 73
Book Description