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" Evolutionary biology and conservation of dung beetles / "
by Clarke H. Scholtz, Adrian L. V. Davis & Ute Kryger
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BL
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689189
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b511378
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Scholtz, C. H
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Evolutionary biology and conservation of dung beetles /\ by Clarke H. Scholtz, Adrian L. V. Davis Ute Kryger
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Sofia-Moscow :: Pensoft Pub.,, 2009
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567 p. :: ill., graphs, tables ;; 24 cm
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9546425176
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: 9789546425171 (pbk.)
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Includes bibliography (p. [484]-535) and index
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Evolution and ecological success of dung beetles / Clarke H. Scholtz. The origin of dung beetles ; Evolution of feeding, competition, and life history strategies ; Pre-copulatory behaviour, sexual attraction, mate selection and co-operative breeding ; Nesting and breeding patterns ; Special morphological features of dung beetles -- Physiological and behavioural ecology / Clarke H. Scholtz. Food and feeding in dung beetles ; Environmental influence on the development of colour in dung beetles ; The role of thermoregulation and orientation in the avoidance of competition in dung beetles ; The loss of flight ; Respiration and water conservation ; Sexual selection -- Phylogeny of the Scarabaeinae / Clarke H. Scholtz. Currently-recognised tribes of Scarabaeinae ; Phylogenetic studies of the Scarabaeinae -- Historical biogeography of the Scarabaeinae and its physical and biotic drivers / Adrian L. V. Davis. Historical, origin, evolutionary timescale, and its drivers ; Evidence for varous evolutionary hypotheses ; Classification, phylogeny, spatial patterns and biogeographical hypotheses ; Outlines of composition, spatial patterns and hypothetical origins of regional dung beetle faunas ; Conclusions -- Conservation of dung beetles / Ute Kryger. Importance of dung beetles in ecosystems ; Effects of habitat destruction and fragmentation on dung beetles ; Dung beetles as bio-indicators ; Conservation of dung beetles and modern parasite management ; Mitigation options ; Concluding remarks -- Appendix A. World genera of dung beetles
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Beetles-- Phylogeny
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Dung beetles
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Dung beetles-- Behavior
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Scarabaeidae
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Davis, Adrian L. V., (Adrian Louis Victor)
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Kryger, Ute
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