Essays about: "Scarabaeidae"

Found 1 essay containing the word Scarabaeidae.

  1. 1. Effect of restoration and surrounding grassland proportion on the dung beetle metapopulation abundance in the fragmented semi-natural grasslands : dung beetles in restored semi-natural grasslands

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Ecology

    Author : Vivek Babu; [2018]
    Keywords : dung beetle; grassland proportion; restoration; Aphodius; Geotrupes; abundance; semi-natural grassland; Scarabaeidae; metapopulation; habitat fragmentation; landscape ecology;

    Abstract : The importance of landscape composition surrounding the local habitats is increasingly recognized, especially with goal of enhancing the understanding about its role in various conservation frameworks. The dung beetles which depend on human mediated ephemeral resources (Dung from domestic animal) gives a valuable opportunity for understanding landscape moderated effects of both the landscape structure as well as sensitive grazing management on the local populations of semi-natural grasslands in Sweden. READ MORE