This book describes the evolutionary and ecological consequences of reproductive competition for scarabaeine dung beetles. As well as giving us insight into the private lives of these fascinating creatures, this book shows how dung beetles can be used as model systems for improving our general understanding of broad evolutionary and ecological processes, and how they generate biological diversity. Over the last few decades we have begun to see further than ever before, with our research efforts yielding new information at all levels of analysis, from whole organism biology to genomics.
Ecology and Evolution of Dung Beetles brings together leading researchers who contribute chapters that integrate our current knowledge of phylogenetics and evolution, developmental biology, comparative morphology, physiology, behaviour, and population and community ecology. Dung beetle research is shedding light on the ultimate question of how best to document and conserve the world's biodiversity. The book will be of interest to established researchers, university teachers, research students, conservation biologists, and those wanting to know more about the dung beetle taxon.
Reproductive Competition and its Impact on the Evolution and Ecology of Dung Beetles Leigh W. Simmons and James Ridsdill-Smith
The Evolutionary History and Diversification of Dung Beetles T. Keith Philips
Male Contest Competition and the Evolution of Weapons Robert Knell
Sexual Selection after Mating: The Evolutionary Consequences of Sperm Competition and Cryptic Female Choice in Onthophagines Leigh W. Simmons
Olfactory Ecology G. D. Tribe and B. V. Burger
Explaining Phenotypic Diversity: The Conditional Strategy and Threshold Trait Expression Joseph Tomkins and Wade Hazel
Evolution and Development: Onthophagus Beetles and the Evolutionary Development Genetics of Innovation, Allometry and Plasticity Armin Moczek
The Evolution of Parental Care in the Onthophagine Dung Beetles John Hunt and Clarissa House
The Visual Ecology of Dung Beetles Marcus Byrne and Marie Dacke
The Ecological Implications of Physiological Diversity in Dung Beetles Steven L. Chown and Jaco Klok
Dung Beetle Populations: Structure and Consequences Tomas Roslin and Heidi Viljanen
Biological Control: Ecosystem Functions Provided by Dung Beetles T. James Ridsdill-Smith and Penny B. Edwards
Dung Beetles as a Candidate Study Taxon in Applied Biodiversity Conservation Research Elizabeth S. Nichols and Toby A. Gardner
References
Subject Index
Taxonomic Index
Leigh Simmons was born and educated in the UK, and is currantly Professor of Evolutionary Biology at the University of Western Australia. His research interests lie in all aspects of reproductive biology, from the evolution of sperm form and function, to mate searching and courtship behaviour.
James Ridsdill-Smith was born and educated in the UK but carried out all his research in Australia working for CSIRO Entomology. He has been developing biological and ecological solutions to various pest problems and 15 years involved in the biological control of dung with scarabaeine dung beetles.
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