Dung Beetle Assemblages Attracted to Cow and Horse Dung: The Importance of Mouthpart Traits, Body Size, and Nesting Behavior in the Community Assembly Process
Por favor, use este identificador para citar o enlazar este ítem:
http://hdl.handle.net/10045/118477
Registro completo de metadatos
Campo DC | Valor | Idioma |
---|---|---|
dc.contributor | Biodiversidad y Biotecnología aplicadas a la Biología de la Conservación | es_ES |
dc.contributor.author | Tonelli, Mattia | - |
dc.contributor.author | Giménez Gómez, Victoria C. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Verdú, José R. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Casanoves, Fernando | - |
dc.contributor.author | Zunino, Mario | - |
dc.contributor.other | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ciencias Ambientales y Recursos Naturales | es_ES |
dc.contributor.other | Universidad de Alicante. Centro Iberoamericano de la Biodiversidad | es_ES |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-10-06T06:50:31Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2021-10-06T06:50:31Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2021-08-25 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Tonelli M, Giménez Gómez VC, Verdú JR, Casanoves F, Zunino M. Dung Beetle Assemblages Attracted to Cow and Horse Dung: The Importance of Mouthpart Traits, Body Size, and Nesting Behavior in the Community Assembly Process. Life. 2021; 11(9):873. https://doi.org/10.3390/life11090873 | es_ES |
dc.identifier.issn | 2075-1729 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/118477 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Dung beetles use excrement for feeding and reproductive purposes. Although they use a range of dung types, there have been several reports of dung beetles showing a preference for certain feces. However, exactly what determines dung preference in dung beetles remains controversial. In the present study, we investigated differences in dung beetle communities attracted to horse or cow dung from a functional diversity standpoint. Specifically, by examining 18 functional traits, we sought to understand if the dung beetle assembly process is mediated by particular traits in different dung types. Species specific dung preferences were recorded for eight species, two of which prefer horse dung and six of which prefer cow dung. Significant differences were found between the functional traits of the mouthparts of the dung beetles attracted to horse dung and those that were attracted to cow dung. Specifically, zygum development and the percentage of the molar area and the conjunctive area differed between horse and cow dung colonizing beetles. We propose that the quantitative differences in the mouthpart traits of the species attracted to horse and cow dung respectively could be related to the differential capacity of the beetles to filtrate and concentrate small particles from the dung. Hence, the dung preference of dung beetles could be related to their ability to exploit a specific dung type, which varies according to their mouthpart traits. Moreover, we found that larger and nester beetles preferred cow dung, whereas smaller and non-nester beetles preferred horse dung. This finding could be related to the tradeoff between fitness and parental investments, and to the suitability of the trophic resource according to the season and species phenology. | es_ES |
dc.language | eng | es_ES |
dc.publisher | MDPI | es_ES |
dc.rights | © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). | es_ES |
dc.subject | Trophic preference | es_ES |
dc.subject | Environmental filter | es_ES |
dc.subject | Functional diversity | es_ES |
dc.subject | Functional traits | es_ES |
dc.subject | Niche partitioning | es_ES |
dc.subject | Scarabaeoidea | es_ES |
dc.subject.other | Zoología | es_ES |
dc.title | Dung Beetle Assemblages Attracted to Cow and Horse Dung: The Importance of Mouthpart Traits, Body Size, and Nesting Behavior in the Community Assembly Process | es_ES |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | es_ES |
dc.peerreviewed | si | es_ES |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3390/life11090873 | - |
dc.relation.publisherversion | https://doi.org/10.3390/life11090873 | es_ES |
dc.rights.accessRights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | es_ES |
Aparece en las colecciones: | INV - BBaBC - Artículos de Revistas |
Archivos en este ítem:
Archivo | Descripción | Tamaño | Formato | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Tonelli_etal_2021_Life.pdf | 1,25 MB | Adobe PDF | Abrir Vista previa | |
Este ítem está licenciado bajo Licencia Creative Commons