Importance of restoration of dung beetles in the maintenance of ecosystem services
Abstract Dung beetles have key roles in ecosystems including accelerating dung decomposition, improving nutrient cycling and influencing physical (such as structure) and chemical (such as pH and available nutrients) soil properties. Without dung beetles, dung decomposition slows, nutrient cycling is...
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| author | Shiva Torabian A. Joshua Leffler Lora Perkins |
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| description | Abstract Dung beetles have key roles in ecosystems including accelerating dung decomposition, improving nutrient cycling and influencing physical (such as structure) and chemical (such as pH and available nutrients) soil properties. Without dung beetles, dung decomposition slows, nutrient cycling is impaired, and water infiltration decreases. Dung beetles face various threats, including climate change, anthropogenic chemicals and habitat degradation. However, there is limited information on the restoration of dung beetles in areas where they have been lost. The restoration framework utilized in this review considers three primary facets: environmental conditions, which encompass crucial abiotic features; biotic characteristics, which involve all other species; and focal species, which denote all native functional groups of species that require reintroduction or re‐establishment. This review aims to examine the ecosystem services provided by dung beetles, highlight the threats they face and conceptualize a restoration framework for these crucial organisms. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9a078993a68e4cb1a871815ab97c4e042024-03-29T11:56:34ZengWileyEcological Solutions and Evidence2688-83192024-01-0151n/an/a10.1002/2688-8319.12297Importance of restoration of dung beetles in the maintenance of ecosystem servicesShiva Torabian0A. Joshua Leffler1Lora Perkins2Department of Natural Resource Management South Dakota State University Brookings South Dakota USADepartment of Natural Resource Management South Dakota State University Brookings South Dakota USADepartment of Natural Resource Management South Dakota State University Brookings South Dakota USAAbstract Dung beetles have key roles in ecosystems including accelerating dung decomposition, improving nutrient cycling and influencing physical (such as structure) and chemical (such as pH and available nutrients) soil properties. Without dung beetles, dung decomposition slows, nutrient cycling is impaired, and water infiltration decreases. Dung beetles face various threats, including climate change, anthropogenic chemicals and habitat degradation. However, there is limited information on the restoration of dung beetles in areas where they have been lost. The restoration framework utilized in this review considers three primary facets: environmental conditions, which encompass crucial abiotic features; biotic characteristics, which involve all other species; and focal species, which denote all native functional groups of species that require reintroduction or re‐establishment. This review aims to examine the ecosystem services provided by dung beetles, highlight the threats they face and conceptualize a restoration framework for these crucial organisms.https://doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12297dung beetlesecosystem functionsrestoration |
| spellingShingle | Shiva Torabian A. Joshua Leffler Lora Perkins Importance of restoration of dung beetles in the maintenance of ecosystem services Ecological Solutions and Evidence dung beetles ecosystem functions restoration |
| title | Importance of restoration of dung beetles in the maintenance of ecosystem services |
| title_full | Importance of restoration of dung beetles in the maintenance of ecosystem services |
| title_fullStr | Importance of restoration of dung beetles in the maintenance of ecosystem services |
| title_full_unstemmed | Importance of restoration of dung beetles in the maintenance of ecosystem services |
| title_short | Importance of restoration of dung beetles in the maintenance of ecosystem services |
| title_sort | importance of restoration of dung beetles in the maintenance of ecosystem services |
| topic | dung beetles ecosystem functions restoration |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12297 |
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