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The importance of dung beetles and arthropod communities on degradation of cattle dung pats in eastern South Dakota

BACKGROUND: Dung accumulation in rangelands can suppress plant growth, foul pastures, and increase pest pressure. Here, we describe the arthropod community of dung in eastern South Dakota, and quantify their contributions to dung degradation using an exclusion cage design. METHODS: Various arthropod...

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Autores principales: Pecenka, Jacob R., Lundgren, Jonathan G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6054869/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30038867
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5220