Dung beetles can sow: the potential of secondary seed dispersers to assist ecological restoration

• Published in: Ecological entomology Vol. 47; no. 2; pp. 181 - 191
• Main Authors: Almeida, Hernani A., Antonini, Yasmine, Tavares Junior, Cláudio, Braga, Rodrigo F., Silva, Pedro G., Beiroz, Wallace
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.04.2022; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Apples; Beetles; Cerrado; Coleoptera; Dispersion; Dung; dung beetles; ecological restoration; ecosystem functions; entomology; Environmental degradation; Environmental restoration; feces; Germination; habitats; probability; Restoration; Scarabaeinae; seed dispersal; seed dispersion; Seed germination; Seeds; Soil degradation; Soil layers; Soil surfaces; Soils; Solanum lycocarpum; Surface layers; wolves

1. Restoration of disturbed environments in which soil surface layers have been removed is challenging and its success depends on the characteristics of the exposed soil layers and neighbour organisms. Dung beetles are important elements in the restoration of degraded habitats as secondary seed disp...