Ecology and Evolution of Dung Beetles
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Ecology and Evolution of Dung Beetles

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Ecology and Evolution of Dung Beetles

About this book

This book describes the evolutionary and ecological consequences of reproductive competition for scarabaeine dung beetles. As well as giving us insight into the private lives of these fascinating creatures, this book shows how dung beetles can be used as model systems for improving our general understanding of broad evolutionary and ecological processes, and how they generate biological diversity. Over the last few decades we have begun to see further than ever before, with our research efforts yielding new information at all levels of analysis, from whole organism biology to genomics. This book brings together leading researchers who contribute chapters that integrate our current knowledge of phylogenetics and evolution, developmental biology, comparative morphology, physiology, behaviour, and population and community ecology. Dung beetle research is shedding light on the ultimate question of how best to document and conserve the world's biodiversity. The book will be of interest to established researchers, university teachers, research students, conservation biologists, and those wanting to know more about the dung beetle taxon.

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Yes, you can access Ecology and Evolution of Dung Beetles by Leigh W. Simmons, T. James Ridsdill-Smith, Leigh W. Simmons,T. James Ridsdill-Smith in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Biological Sciences & Ecology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Year
2011
Print ISBN
9781444333152
eBook ISBN
9781444341980
Edition
1
Topic
Biological Sciences
Subtopic
Ecology
Index
Biological Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Preface
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. Contributing authors
  7. Chapter 1: Reproductive competition and its impact on the evolution and ecology of dung beetles
  8. Chapter 2: The evolutionary history and diversification of dung beetles
  9. Chapter 3: Male contest competition and the evolution of weapons
  10. Chapter 4: Sexual selection after mating: the evolutionary consequences of sperm competition and cryptic female choice in onthophagines
  11. Chapter 5: Olfactory ecology
  12. Chapter 6: Explaining phenotypic diversity: the conditional strategy and threshold trait expression
  13. Chapter 7: Evolution and development: Onthophagus beetles and the evolutionary development genetics of innovation, allometry and plasticity
  14. Chapter 8: The evolution of parental care in the onthophagine dung beetles
  15. Chapter 9: The visual ecology of dung beetles
  16. Chapter 10: The ecological implications of physiological diversity in dung beetles
  17. Chapter 11: Dung beetle populations: structure and consequences
  18. Chapter 12: Biological control: ecosystem functions provided by dung beetles
  19. Chapter 13: Dung beetles as a candidate study taxon in applied biodiversity conservation research
  20. References
  21. Subject index
  22. Taxonomic index