Economic value of dung removal by dung beetles in US sub-tropical pastures

In livestock management systems, the rapid removal of cattle dung by dung beetles plays an essential role in returning areas of pasture to grazing which normally would be lost because of dung contamination. Thus, dung removal is an ecosystem process with established links to services with potentiall...

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Published in:Basic and Applied Ecology
Main Authors: Roisin Stanbrook-Buyer, Mahadev Bhat, Joshua R. King
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-09-01
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1439179124000471