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18 March 2015 Seasonal and Diel Activity of Dung Beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) Attracted to European Bison Dung in Białowieża Primeval Forest, Poland
Marcin Jan Kamiński, Adam Byk, Piotr Tykarski
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Abstract

This is the first paper to comprehensively describe the community structure of Scarabaeoidea dung beetles attracted to European bison dung, including their diel activity. The beetle community was monitored during six research series (April to October) in Białowieża Primeval Forest, Poland (≈160 m elevation). The study material comprised 6,401 individuals representing 20 species. Diurnal communities were dominated by Anoplotrupes stercorosus (Scriba), while Aphodius rufipes (L.) was the only species with most of the individuals caught at night. The latter dominated overnight communities in June and August. Patterns of diel activity of most of the taxa seem to be stable during the whole season.

Marcin Jan Kamiński, Adam Byk, and Piotr Tykarski "Seasonal and Diel Activity of Dung Beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) Attracted to European Bison Dung in Białowieża Primeval Forest, Poland," The Coleopterists Bulletin 69(1), 83-90, (18 March 2015). https://doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X-69.1.83
Received: 10 October 2014; Accepted: 1 January 2015; Published: 18 March 2015
KEYWORDS
Aphodius
community structure
coprophagous beetles
forest ecology
geotrupidae
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