Dung beetle assemblages attracted to cow and horse dung: the importance of mouthpart traits, body size, and nesting behavior in the community assembly process

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Tonelli, Mattia; Gimenez Gomez, Victoria Carolina; Verdú, José R.; Casanoves, Fernando; Zunino, Mario
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2021
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Dung beetles use excrement for feeding and reproductive purposes. Although they use a range of dung types, there have been several reports of dung beetles showing a preference for certain feces. However, exactly what determines dung preference in dung beetles remains controversial. In the present study, we investigated differences in dung beetle communities attracted to horse or cow dung from a functional diversity standpoint. Specifically, by examining 18 functional traits, we sought to understand if the dung beetle assembly process is mediated by particular traits in different dung types. Species specific dung preferences were recorded for eight species, two of which prefer horse dung and six of which prefer cow dung. Significant differences were found between the functional traits of the mouthparts of the dung beetles attracted to horse dung and those that were attracted to cow dung. Specifically, zygum development and the percentage of the molar area and the conjunctive area differed between horse and cow dung colonizing beetles. We propose that the quantitative differences in the mouthpart traits of the species attracted to horse and cow dung respectively could be related to the differential capacity of the beetles to filtrate and concentrate small particles from the dung. Hence, the dung preference of dung beetles could be related to their ability to exploit a specific dung type, which varies according to their mouthpart traits. Moreover, we found that larger and nester beetles preferred cow dung, whereas smaller and non-nester beetles preferred horse dung. This finding could be related to the tradeoff between fitness and parental investments, and to the suitability of the trophic resource according to the season and species phenology.
Fil: Tonelli, Mattia. Universidad de Alicante; España. Università Degli Studi Di Urbino Carlo Bo; Italia
Fil: Gimenez Gomez, Victoria Carolina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Nordeste. Instituto de Biología Subtropical. Instituto de Biología Subtropical - Nodo Puerto Iguazú | Universidad Nacional de Misiones. Instituto de Biología Subtropical. Instituto de Biología Subtropical - Nodo Puerto Iguazú; Argentina
Fil: Verdú, José R.. Universidad de Alicante; España
Fil: Casanoves, Fernando. Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza; Costa Rica
Fil: Zunino, Mario. Asti Academic Centre for Advanced Studies; Italia
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spelling Dung beetle assemblages attracted to cow and horse dung: the importance of mouthpart traits, body size, and nesting behavior in the community assembly processTonelli, MattiaGimenez Gomez, Victoria CarolinaVerdú, José R.Casanoves, FernandoZunino, MarioENVIRONMENTAL FILTERFUNCTIONAL DIVERSITYFUNCTIONAL TRAITSNICHE PARTITIONINGSCARABAEOIDEATROPHIC PREFERENCEhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1Dung beetles use excrement for feeding and reproductive purposes. Although they use a range of dung types, there have been several reports of dung beetles showing a preference for certain feces. However, exactly what determines dung preference in dung beetles remains controversial. In the present study, we investigated differences in dung beetle communities attracted to horse or cow dung from a functional diversity standpoint. Specifically, by examining 18 functional traits, we sought to understand if the dung beetle assembly process is mediated by particular traits in different dung types. Species specific dung preferences were recorded for eight species, two of which prefer horse dung and six of which prefer cow dung. Significant differences were found between the functional traits of the mouthparts of the dung beetles attracted to horse dung and those that were attracted to cow dung. Specifically, zygum development and the percentage of the molar area and the conjunctive area differed between horse and cow dung colonizing beetles. We propose that the quantitative differences in the mouthpart traits of the species attracted to horse and cow dung respectively could be related to the differential capacity of the beetles to filtrate and concentrate small particles from the dung. Hence, the dung preference of dung beetles could be related to their ability to exploit a specific dung type, which varies according to their mouthpart traits. Moreover, we found that larger and nester beetles preferred cow dung, whereas smaller and non-nester beetles preferred horse dung. This finding could be related to the tradeoff between fitness and parental investments, and to the suitability of the trophic resource according to the season and species phenology.Fil: Tonelli, Mattia. Universidad de Alicante; España. Università Degli Studi Di Urbino Carlo Bo; ItaliaFil: Gimenez Gomez, Victoria Carolina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Nordeste. Instituto de Biología Subtropical. Instituto de Biología Subtropical - Nodo Puerto Iguazú | Universidad Nacional de Misiones. Instituto de Biología Subtropical. Instituto de Biología Subtropical - Nodo Puerto Iguazú; ArgentinaFil: Verdú, José R.. Universidad de Alicante; EspañaFil: Casanoves, Fernando. Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza; Costa RicaFil: Zunino, Mario. Asti Academic Centre for Advanced Studies; ItaliaMDPI2021-09info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/154106Tonelli, Mattia; Gimenez Gomez, Victoria Carolina; Verdú, José R.; Casanoves, Fernando; Zunino, Mario; Dung beetle assemblages attracted to cow and horse dung: the importance of mouthpart traits, body size, and nesting behavior in the community assembly process; MDPI; Life; 11; 9; 9-2021; 1-132075-1729CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.3390/life11090873info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/11/9/873info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-03T09:56:50Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/154106instacron: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 09:56:50.413CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Dung beetle assemblages attracted to cow and horse dung: the importance of mouthpart traits, body size, and nesting behavior in the community assembly process
title Dung beetle assemblages attracted to cow and horse dung: the importance of mouthpart traits, body size, and nesting behavior in the community assembly process
spellingShingle Dung beetle assemblages attracted to cow and horse dung: the importance of mouthpart traits, body size, and nesting behavior in the community assembly process
Tonelli, Mattia
ENVIRONMENTAL FILTER
FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY
FUNCTIONAL TRAITS
NICHE PARTITIONING
SCARABAEOIDEA
TROPHIC PREFERENCE
title_short Dung beetle assemblages attracted to cow and horse dung: the importance of mouthpart traits, body size, and nesting behavior in the community assembly process
title_full Dung beetle assemblages attracted to cow and horse dung: the importance of mouthpart traits, body size, and nesting behavior in the community assembly process
title_fullStr Dung beetle assemblages attracted to cow and horse dung: the importance of mouthpart traits, body size, and nesting behavior in the community assembly process
title_full_unstemmed Dung beetle assemblages attracted to cow and horse dung: the importance of mouthpart traits, body size, and nesting behavior in the community assembly process
title_sort Dung beetle assemblages attracted to cow and horse dung: the importance of mouthpart traits, body size, and nesting behavior in the community assembly process
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Tonelli, Mattia
Gimenez Gomez, Victoria Carolina
Verdú, José R.
Casanoves, Fernando
Zunino, Mario
author Tonelli, Mattia
author_facet Tonelli, Mattia
Gimenez Gomez, Victoria Carolina
Verdú, José R.
Casanoves, Fernando
Zunino, Mario
author_role author
author2 Gimenez Gomez, Victoria Carolina
Verdú, José R.
Casanoves, Fernando
Zunino, Mario
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv ENVIRONMENTAL FILTER
FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY
FUNCTIONAL TRAITS
NICHE PARTITIONING
SCARABAEOIDEA
TROPHIC PREFERENCE
topic ENVIRONMENTAL FILTER
FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY
FUNCTIONAL TRAITS
NICHE PARTITIONING
SCARABAEOIDEA
TROPHIC PREFERENCE
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 excrement for feeding and reproductive purposes. Although they use a range of dung types, there have been several reports of dung beetles showing a preference for certain feces. However, exactly what determines dung preference in dung beetles remains controversial. In the present study, we investigated differences in dung beetle communities attracted to horse or cow dung from a functional diversity standpoint. Specifically, by examining 18 functional traits, we sought to understand if the dung beetle assembly process is mediated by particular traits in different dung types. Species specific dung preferences were recorded for eight species, two of which prefer horse dung and six of which prefer cow dung. Significant differences were found between the functional traits of the mouthparts of the dung beetles attracted to horse dung and those that were attracted to cow dung. Specifically, zygum development and the percentage of the molar area and the conjunctive area differed between horse and cow dung colonizing beetles. We propose that the quantitative differences in the mouthpart traits of the species attracted to horse and cow dung respectively could be related to the differential capacity of the beetles to filtrate and concentrate small particles from the dung. Hence, the dung preference of dung beetles could be related to their ability to exploit a specific dung type, which varies according to their mouthpart traits. Moreover, we found that larger and nester beetles preferred cow dung, whereas smaller and non-nester beetles preferred horse dung. This finding could be related to the tradeoff between fitness and parental investments, and to the suitability of the trophic resource according to the season and species phenology.
Fil: Tonelli, Mattia. Universidad de Alicante; España. Università Degli Studi Di Urbino Carlo Bo; Italia
Fil: Gimenez Gomez, Victoria Carolina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Nordeste. Instituto de Biología Subtropical. Instituto de Biología Subtropical - Nodo Puerto Iguazú | Universidad Nacional de Misiones. Instituto de Biología Subtropical. Instituto de Biología Subtropical - Nodo Puerto Iguazú; Argentina
Fil: Verdú, José R.. Universidad de Alicante; España
Fil: Casanoves, Fernando. Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza; Costa Rica
Fil: Zunino, Mario. Asti Academic Centre for Advanced Studies; Italia
description Dung beetles use excrement for feeding and reproductive purposes. Although they use a range of dung types, there have been several reports of dung beetles showing a preference for certain feces. However, exactly what determines dung preference in dung beetles remains controversial. In the present study, we investigated differences in dung beetle communities attracted to horse or cow dung from a functional diversity standpoint. Specifically, by examining 18 functional traits, we sought to understand if the dung beetle assembly process is mediated by particular traits in different dung types. Species specific dung preferences were recorded for eight species, two of which prefer horse dung and six of which prefer cow dung. Significant differences were found between the functional traits of the mouthparts of the dung beetles attracted to horse dung and those that were attracted to cow dung. Specifically, zygum development and the percentage of the molar area and the conjunctive area differed between horse and cow dung colonizing beetles. We propose that the quantitative differences in the mouthpart traits of the species attracted to horse and cow dung respectively could be related to the differential capacity of the beetles to filtrate and concentrate small particles from the dung. Hence, the dung preference of dung beetles could be related to their ability to exploit a specific dung type, which varies according to their mouthpart traits. Moreover, we found that larger and nester beetles preferred cow dung, whereas smaller and non-nester beetles preferred horse dung. This finding could be related to the tradeoff between fitness and parental investments, and to the suitability of the trophic resource according to the season and species phenology.
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