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02655aam a2200313Ia 4500 001 B20271206A8A11E689525693DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160825010506 008 091125s2009 bu ad b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 9546425176 020 $a 9789546425171 (pbk.) 035 $a (OCoLC)471795059 040 $a BTCTA $b eng $c BTCTA $d OHX $d DNN $d YDXCP $d BWX $d ZWZ $d BDX $d IWA $d SILO 100 1 $a Scholtz, C. H. 245 10 $a Evolutionary biology and conservation of dung beetles / $c by Clarke H. Scholtz, Adrian L. V. Davis & Ute Kryger. 260 $a Sofia-Moscow : $b Pensoft Pub., $c 2009. 300 $a 567 p. : $b ill., graphs, tables ; $c 24 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliography (p. [484]-535) and index. 505 0 $a 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. 650 0 $a Dung beetles. 650 0 $a Dung beetles $x Behavior. 650 0 $a Scarabaeidae. 650 0 $a Beetles $x Phylogeny. 700 1 $a Davis, Adrian L. V. $q (Adrian Louis Victor) 700 1 $a Kryger, Ute. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160825034936.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=B20271206A8A11E689525693DAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search