Dung beetle ecology / edited by Ilkka Hanski and Yves Cambefort.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hanski, Ilkka, editor.

Cambefort, Yves, 1945- editor.

Series:

Princeton Legacy Library

Princeton legacy library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dung beetles--Ecology.

Dung beetles.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (514 p.)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1991]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 CityOriginally published in 1991.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Contributors

Preface

Acknowledgments

PART ONE Introduction

CHAPTER 1. The Dung Insect Community / Hanski, Ilkka

CHAPTER 2. From Saprophagy to Coprophagy / Cambefort, Yves

CHAPTER 3. Dung Beetle Population Biology / Cambefort, Yves / Hanski, Ilkka

CHAPTER 4. Biogeography and Evolution / Cambefort, Yves

PART TWO. Regional Dung Beetle Assemblages

Introduction

CHAPTER 5 North Temperate Dung Beetles / Hanski, Ilkka

CHAPTER 6. South Temperate Dung Beetles / Lumaret, Jean-Pierre / Kirk, Alan A.

CHAPTER 7. Dung Beetles in Subtropical North America / Kohlmann, Bert

CHAPTER 8. Dung Beetles of Southern Africa / Doube, Bernard M.

CHAPTER 9. Dung Beetles in Tropical Savannas / Cambefort, Yves

CHAPTER 10. Dung Beetles in Tropical Forests in South-East Asia / Hanski, Ilkka / Krikken, Jan

CHAPTER 11. Dung Beetles in Tropical Forests in Africa / Cambefort, Yves / Walter, Philippe

CHAPTER 12. Dung Beetles in Tropical American Forests / Gill, Bruce D.

CHAPTER 13. Dung Beetles of the Sahel Region / Rougon, Daniel / Rougon, Christiane

CHAPTER 14. Montane Dung Beetles / Lumaret, Jean-Pierre / Stiernet, Nicole

CHAPTER 15. Native and Introduced Dung Beetles in Australia / Doube, Β. M. / Macqueen, A. / Ridsdill-Smith, T. J. / Weir, T. A.

PART THREE. Synthesis

CHAPTER 16. Spatial Processes / Hanski, Ilkka / Cambefort, Yves

CHAPTER 17. Competition in Dung Beetles / Hanski, Ilkka / Cambefort, Yves

CHAPTER 18. Resource Partitioning / Hanski, Ilkka / Cambefort, Yves

CHAPTER 19. Species Richness / Hanski, Ilkka / Cambefort, Yves

CHAPTER 20. Epilogue / Hanski, Ilkka

Appendix A

Appendix B

References

Index of the Genera in Scarabaeidae

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [421]-463) and indexes.

ISBN:

9780691634593

0691634599

9780691605661

0691605661

9781400862092

1400862094

OCLC:

884013064