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Aphodius

Description: A genus of scarab beetles in the subfamily Aphodiinae, studied in insect taxonomy and ecology.
Wikidata ID: wiki/Q1945801
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The effects of the intensification of agriculture on northern temperate dung beetle communities
2003 · Stephen A. Hutton, Paul S. Giller · Journal of Applied Ecology · 193
Effect of Dung-Beetles (Aphodius spp.) and Earthworms on the Disappearance of Cattle Dung
1979 · Peter Holter · Oikos · 190
Ivermectin excreted in cattle dung after subcutaneous injection or pour-on treatment: concentrations and impact on dung fauna
1992 · C. Sommer, B. Steffansen, et al. · Bulletin of Entomological Research · 180
Dung beetle movements at two spatial scales
2000 · Tomas Roslin · Oikos · 118
Resource quality and the colonisation and succession of coprophagous dung beetles
1998 · Tom Gittings, Paul S. Giller · Ecography · 112
Effects of ivermectin and moxidectin on the insects of cattle dung
1994 · L. Strong, R. Wall · Bulletin of Entomological Research · 101
Resource Utilization and Local Coexistence in a Guild of Scarabaeid Dung Beetles (Aphodius spp.)
1982 · Peter Holter · Oikos · 99
Distribution and abundance of dung beetles in fragmented landscapes
2001 · Tomas Roslin, Anne Koivunen · Oecologia · 86
The fossil record of Mesozoic and Tertiary Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera : Polyphaga)
2000 · Frank-Thorsten Krell · Invertebrate Taxonomy · 86
The phylogeny of Sericini and their position within the Scarabaeidae based on morphological characters (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)
2005 · Dirk Ahrens · Systematic Entomology · 85
Land use affects dung beetle communities and their ecosystem service in forests and grasslands
2017 · Kevin Frank, Marietta Hülsmann, et al. · Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment · 79
Life history traits and resource utilisation in an assemblage of north temperate Aphodius dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)
1997 · Tom Gittings, Paul S. Giller · Ecography · 79
Dung beetles reduce livestock gastrointestinal parasite availability on pasture
2016 · Bryony Sands, Richard Wall · Journal of Applied Ecology · 73
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Disentangling the ‘brown world’ faecal–detritus interaction web: dung beetle effects on soil microbial properties
2015 · Eleanor M. Slade, Tomas Roslin, et al. · Oikos · 67
Habitat fragmentation and the functional efficiency of temperate dung beetles
2008 · Helena Rosenlew, Tomas Roslin · Oikos · 65
Cow-dung colonization and decomposition following insect exclusion
2006 · C.M. Lee, R. Wall · Bulletin of Entomological Research · 61
Patch size and colonisation patterns: an experimental analysis using north temperate coprophagous dung beetles
2000 · John A. Finn, Paul S. Giller · Ecography · 58
Tibetan Species of Dung Beetle from Late Pleistocene Deposits in England
1973 · G. R. COOPE · Nature · 58
Experimental investigations of colonisation by north temperate dung beetles of different types of domestic herbivore dung
2002 · John A Finn, Paul S Giller · Applied Soil Ecology · 57
Seasonal Activity and Species Composition of Dung Beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae and Geotrupidae) Inhabiting Cattle Pastures in North Carolina
2005 · Matt Bertone, Jim Green, et al. · Annals of the Entomological Society of America · 52
Effects of ivermectin treatment on the attraction of dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae and Hydrophilidae) to cow pats
1993 · P. Holter, C. Sommer, et al. · Bulletin of Entomological Research · 49
Insect Effects on Bacteria and Fungi in Cattle Dung
1980 · John Lussenhop, Rabinder Kumar, et al. · Oikos · 48
Particle feeding in Aphodius dung beetles (Scarabaeidae): old hypotheses and new experimental evidence
2000 · Holter P. · Functional Ecology · 45
Abundance and distribution of coprophilous Histerini (Histeridae) and Onthophagus and Aphodius (Scarabaeidae) in Finland (Coleoptera)
1991 · Olof Biström, Hans Silfverberg, et al. · Entomologica Fennica · 44
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Large-scale spatial ecology of dung beetles
2001 · Tomas Roslin · Ecography · 42
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