Dung Beetle Ecology

FrontMatter, pg. i
Contents, pg. v
List of Contributors, pg. ix
Preface, pg. xi
Acknowledgments, pg. xiii
CHAPTER 1. The Dung Insect Community, pg. 5
CHAPTER 2. From Saprophagy to Coprophagy, pg. 22
CHAPTER 3. Dung Beetle Population Biology, pg. 36
CHAPTER 4. Biogeography and Evolution, pg. 51
Introduction, pg. 70
CHAPTER 5 North Temperate Dung Beetles, pg. 75
CHAPTER 6. South Temperate Dung Beetles, pg. 97
CHAPTER 7. Dung Beetles in Subtropical North America, pg. 116
CHAPTER 8. Dung Beetles of Southern Africa, pg. 133
CHAPTER 9. Dung Beetles in Tropical Savannas, pg. 156
CHAPTER 10. Dung Beetles in Tropical Forests in South-East Asia, pg. 179
CHAPTER 11. Dung Beetles in Tropical Forests in Africa, pg. 198
CHAPTER 12. Dung Beetles in Tropical American Forests, pg. 211
CHAPTER 13. Dung Beetles of the Sahel Region, pg. 230
CHAPTER 14. Montane Dung Beetles, pg. 242
CHAPTER 15. Native and Introduced Dung Beetles in Australia, pg. 255
Introduction, pg. 281
CHAPTER 16. Spatial Processes, pg. 283
CHAPTER 17. Competition in Dung Beetles, pg. 305
CHAPTER 18. Resource Partitioning, pg. 330
CHAPTER 19. Species Richness, pg. 350
CHAPTER 20. Epilogue, pg. 366
Appendix A, pg. 373
Appendix B, pg. 378
References, pg. 421
Index of the Genera in Scarabaeidae, pg. 465
Index, pg. 475