Attraction of dung beetles to herbivore dung and synthetic compounds in a comparative field study

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Wurmitzer, Christin; Blüthgen, Nico; Krell, Frank Thorsten; Maldonado, María Belén; Ocampo, Federico Carlos; Müller, Josef K.; Schmitt, Thomas
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2017
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Dung beetles use a variety of vertebrate dung to provision their offspring. To locate these resources, dung beetles use volatile substances emitted from dung as cues. Although it has been shown in laboratory tests that dung beetles are able to discriminate between different dung types using dung volatiles as kairomones, the attraction of particular dung volatiles and their potential role in resource partitioning of dung types have never been tested in field experiments. For the present study, we conducted field experiments in Austria and two regions in Argentina using pitfall traps baited with either herbivore dung types or synthetic compounds of the dung bouquet (butyric acid, 2-butanone, skatole, indole, and blends of these compounds) to investigate which components or simple mixtures are cues for several taxa of dung beetles. Additionally, we analyzed the degree of specialization of dung beetle species and communities on particular scent types and herbivore dung. Our results show that butyric acid in particular is an important volatile cue for dung beetles. Dung beetles show a preference for some scent types, but turned out to be generalists. This finding is in congruence with the assumption that organisms living from ephemeral resources should rather be generalists instead of specialists.
Fil: Wurmitzer, Christin. Universitat Technische Darmstadt; Alemania. University of Freiburg; Alemania
Fil: Blüthgen, Nico. Universitat Technische Darmstadt; Alemania
Fil: Krell, Frank Thorsten. Denver Museum of Nature & Science; Estados Unidos
Fil: Maldonado, María Belén. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Provincia de Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo; Argentina
Fil: Ocampo, Federico Carlos. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Provincia de Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas; Argentina
Fil: Müller, Josef K.. University of Freiburg; Alemania
Fil: Schmitt, Thomas. Universität Würzburg; Alemania. Universitat Technische Darmstadt; Alemania
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Butyric Acid
Dung Scent
Kairomones
Network Analysis
Specialization
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spelling Attraction of dung beetles to herbivore dung and synthetic compounds in a comparative field studyWurmitzer, ChristinBlüthgen, NicoKrell, Frank ThorstenMaldonado, María BelénOcampo, Federico CarlosMüller, Josef K.Schmitt, ThomasButyric AcidDung ScentKairomonesNetwork AnalysisSpecializationhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1Dung beetles use a variety of vertebrate dung to provision their offspring. To locate these resources, dung beetles use volatile substances emitted from dung as cues. Although it has been shown in laboratory tests that dung beetles are able to discriminate between different dung types using dung volatiles as kairomones, the attraction of particular dung volatiles and their potential role in resource partitioning of dung types have never been tested in field experiments. For the present study, we conducted field experiments in Austria and two regions in Argentina using pitfall traps baited with either herbivore dung types or synthetic compounds of the dung bouquet (butyric acid, 2-butanone, skatole, indole, and blends of these compounds) to investigate which components or simple mixtures are cues for several taxa of dung beetles. Additionally, we analyzed the degree of specialization of dung beetle species and communities on particular scent types and herbivore dung. Our results show that butyric acid in particular is an important volatile cue for dung beetles. Dung beetles show a preference for some scent types, but turned out to be generalists. This finding is in congruence with the assumption that organisms living from ephemeral resources should rather be generalists instead of specialists.Fil: Wurmitzer, Christin. Universitat Technische Darmstadt; Alemania. University of Freiburg; AlemaniaFil: Blüthgen, Nico. Universitat Technische Darmstadt; AlemaniaFil: Krell, Frank Thorsten. Denver Museum of Nature & Science; Estados UnidosFil: Maldonado, María Belén. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Provincia de Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo; ArgentinaFil: Ocampo, Federico Carlos. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Provincia de Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas; ArgentinaFil: Müller, Josef K.. University of Freiburg; AlemaniaFil: Schmitt, Thomas. Universität Würzburg; Alemania. Universitat Technische Darmstadt; AlemaniaBirkhauser Verlag Ag2017-04info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/82818Wurmitzer, Christin; Blüthgen, Nico; Krell, Frank Thorsten; Maldonado, María Belén; Ocampo, Federico Carlos; et al.; Attraction of dung beetles to herbivore dung and synthetic compounds in a comparative field study; Birkhauser Verlag Ag; Chemoecology; 27; 2; 4-2017; 75-840937-7409CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00049-017-0232-6info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1007/s00049-017-0232-6info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-03T10:09:51Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/82818instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-03 10:09:51.323CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Attraction of dung beetles to herbivore dung and synthetic compounds in a comparative field study
title Attraction of dung beetles to herbivore dung and synthetic compounds in a comparative field study
spellingShingle Attraction of dung beetles to herbivore dung and synthetic compounds in a comparative field study
Wurmitzer, Christin
Butyric Acid
Dung Scent
Kairomones
Network Analysis
Specialization
title_short Attraction of dung beetles to herbivore dung and synthetic compounds in a comparative field study
title_full Attraction of dung beetles to herbivore dung and synthetic compounds in a comparative field study
title_fullStr Attraction of dung beetles to herbivore dung and synthetic compounds in a comparative field study
title_full_unstemmed Attraction of dung beetles to herbivore dung and synthetic compounds in a comparative field study
title_sort Attraction of dung beetles to herbivore dung and synthetic compounds in a comparative field study
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Wurmitzer, Christin
Blüthgen, Nico
Krell, Frank Thorsten
Maldonado, María Belén
Ocampo, Federico Carlos
Müller, Josef K.
Schmitt, Thomas
author Wurmitzer, Christin
author_facet Wurmitzer, Christin
Blüthgen, Nico
Krell, Frank Thorsten
Maldonado, María Belén
Ocampo, Federico Carlos
Müller, Josef K.
Schmitt, Thomas
author_role author
author2 Blüthgen, Nico
Krell, Frank Thorsten
Maldonado, María Belén
Ocampo, Federico Carlos
Müller, Josef K.
Schmitt, Thomas
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Butyric Acid
Dung Scent
Kairomones
Network Analysis
Specialization
topic Butyric Acid
Dung Scent
Kairomones
Network Analysis
Specialization
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Dung beetles use a variety of vertebrate dung to provision their offspring. To locate these resources, dung beetles use volatile substances emitted from dung as cues. Although it has been shown in laboratory tests that dung beetles are able to discriminate between different dung types using dung volatiles as kairomones, the attraction of particular dung volatiles and their potential role in resource partitioning of dung types have never been tested in field experiments. For the present study, we conducted field experiments in Austria and two regions in Argentina using pitfall traps baited with either herbivore dung types or synthetic compounds of the dung bouquet (butyric acid, 2-butanone, skatole, indole, and blends of these compounds) to investigate which components or simple mixtures are cues for several taxa of dung beetles. Additionally, we analyzed the degree of specialization of dung beetle species and communities on particular scent types and herbivore dung. Our results show that butyric acid in particular is an important volatile cue for dung beetles. Dung beetles show a preference for some scent types, but turned out to be generalists. This finding is in congruence with the assumption that organisms living from ephemeral resources should rather be generalists instead of specialists.
Fil: Wurmitzer, Christin. Universitat Technische Darmstadt; Alemania. University of Freiburg; Alemania
Fil: Blüthgen, Nico. Universitat Technische Darmstadt; Alemania
Fil: Krell, Frank Thorsten. Denver Museum of Nature & Science; Estados Unidos
Fil: Maldonado, María Belén. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Provincia de Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo; Argentina
Fil: Ocampo, Federico Carlos. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Provincia de Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas; Argentina
Fil: Müller, Josef K.. University of Freiburg; Alemania
Fil: Schmitt, Thomas. Universität Würzburg; Alemania. Universitat Technische Darmstadt; Alemania
description Dung beetles use a variety of vertebrate dung to provision their offspring. To locate these resources, dung beetles use volatile substances emitted from dung as cues. Although it has been shown in laboratory tests that dung beetles are able to discriminate between different dung types using dung volatiles as kairomones, the attraction of particular dung volatiles and their potential role in resource partitioning of dung types have never been tested in field experiments. For the present study, we conducted field experiments in Austria and two regions in Argentina using pitfall traps baited with either herbivore dung types or synthetic compounds of the dung bouquet (butyric acid, 2-butanone, skatole, indole, and blends of these compounds) to investigate which components or simple mixtures are cues for several taxa of dung beetles. Additionally, we analyzed the degree of specialization of dung beetle species and communities on particular scent types and herbivore dung. Our results show that butyric acid in particular is an important volatile cue for dung beetles. Dung beetles show a preference for some scent types, but turned out to be generalists. This finding is in congruence with the assumption that organisms living from ephemeral resources should rather be generalists instead of specialists.
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