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Dung removal increases under higher dung beetle functional diversity regardless of grazing intensification

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  • Jorge Ari Noriega

    (Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN-CSIC)
    Universidad El Bosque)

  • Joaquín Hortal

    (Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN-CSIC)
    Universidade Federal de Goiás
    Evolution and Environmental Changes, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa)

  • Indradatta deCastro-Arrazola

    (Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN-CSIC)
    Universidad de Granada)

  • Fernanda Alves-Martins

    (Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN-CSIC)
    University of Porto
    Biodiversity and Land Planning, CIBIO)

  • Jean C. G. Ortega

    (Universidade Federal de Goiás
    Universidade Federal do Pará)

  • Luis Mauricio Bini

    (Universidade Federal de Goiás)

  • Nigel R. Andrew

    (University of New England
    Southern Cross University)

  • Lucrecia Arellano

    (Instituto de Ecología A.C.)

  • Sarah Beynon

    (Dr Beynon’s Bug Farm; St Davids)

  • Adrian L. V. Davis

    (University of Pretoria)

  • Mario E. Favila

    (Instituto de Ecología A.C.)

  • Kevin D. Floate

    (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada)

  • Finbarr G. Horgan

    (EcoLaVerna Integral Restoration Ecology; Bridestown
    Universidad Católica del Maule)

  • Rosa Menéndez

    (Lancaster University)

  • Tanja Milotic

    (Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO))

  • Beatrice Nervo

    (University of Turin)

  • Claudia Palestrini

    (University of Turin)

  • Antonio Rolando

    (University of Turin)

  • Clarke H. Scholtz

    (University of Pretoria)

  • Yakup Senyüz

    (Kütahya Dumlupinar University, Faculty of Art and Science, Department of Biology)

  • Thomas Wassmer

    (Siena Heights University)

  • Réka Ádam

    (Institute of Ecology and Botany)

  • Cristina de O. Araújo

    (Universidade Federal de Goiás)

  • José Luis Barragan-Ramírez

    (Universidad de Guadalajara)

  • Gergely Boros

    (Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Institute for Wildlife Management and Nature Conservation, Department of Zoology and Ecology)

  • Edgar Camero-Rubio

    (Universidad Nacional de Colombia)

  • Melvin Cruz

    (Independent researcher)

  • Eva Cuesta

    (Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN-CSIC)
    Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)

  • Miryam Pieri Damborsky

    (Universidad Nacional del Nordeste)

  • Christian M. Deschodt

    (University of Pretoria)

  • Priyadarsanan Dharma Rajan

    (Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE))

  • Bram D’hondt

    (Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO))

  • Alfonso Díaz Rojas

    (Instituto de Ecología A.C.)

  • Kemal Dindar

    (Kütahya Dumlupinar University, Faculty of Art and Science, Department of Biology)

  • Federico Escobar

    (Instituto de Ecología A.C.)

  • Verónica R. Espinoza

    (Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN-CSIC)
    Universidad Central del Ecuador)

  • José Rafael Ferrer-Paris

    (Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas
    University of New South Wales
    University of New South Wales)

  • Pablo Enrique Gutiérrez Rojas

    (Facultad Ciencias Básicas- Universidad de la Amazonia)

  • Zac Hemmings

    (University of New England)

  • Benjamín Hernández

    (Tecnológico Nacional de México; Tlajomulco de Zúñiga)

  • Sarah J. Hill

    (University of New England)

  • Maurice Hoffmann

    (Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
    Ghent University)

  • Pierre Jay-Robert

    (Université Paul Valéry Montpellier 3)

  • Kyle Lewis

    (Dr Beynon’s Bug Farm; St Davids
    Pembrokeshire College)

  • Megan Lewis

    (Harper Adams University
    University of Western Australia)

  • Cecilia Lozano

    (Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas
    Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso)

  • Diego Marín-Armijos

    (Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja)

  • Patrícia Menegaz Farias

    (Universidade do Sul de Santa Catarina)

  • Betselene Murcia-Ordoñez

    (Facultad Ciencias Básicas- Universidad de la Amazonia)

  • Seena Narayanan Karimbumkara

    (Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE))

  • José Luis Navarrete-Heredia

    (Universidad de Guadalajara)

  • Candelaria Ortega-Echeverría

    (Universidad de Cartagena)

  • José D. Pablo-Cea

    (Universidad de El Salvador)

  • William Perrin

    (Université Paul Valéry Montpellier 3)

  • Marcelo Bruno Pessoa

    (Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN-CSIC)
    Universidade Federal de Goiás)

  • Anu Radhakrishnan

    (Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE))

  • Iraj Rahimi

    (Shahrekord University)

  • Amalia Teresa Raimundo

    (Universidad Nacional del Nordeste)

  • Diana Catalina Ramos

    (Universidad Nacional de Colombia)

  • Ramón E. Rebolledo

    (Universidad de La Frontera)

  • Angela Roggero

    (University of Turin)

  • Ada Sánchez-Mercado

    (Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas
    University of New South Wales
    Universidad Espíritu Santo)

  • László Somay

    (Institute of Ecology and Botany)

  • Jutta Stadler

    (Department Community Ecology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research)

  • Pejman Tahmasebi

    (Shahrekord University)

  • José Darwin Triana Céspedes

    (Facultad Ciencias Básicas- Universidad de la Amazonia)

  • Ana M. C. Santos

    (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
    Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)

Abstract

Dung removal by macrofauna such as dung beetles is an important process for nutrient cycling in pasturelands. Intensification of farming practices generally reduces species and functional diversity of terrestrial invertebrates, which may negatively affect ecosystem services. Here, we investigate the effects of cattle-grazing intensification on dung removal by dung beetles in field experiments replicated in 38 pastures around the world. Within each study site, we measured dung removal in pastures managed with low- and high-intensity regimes to assess between-regime differences in dung beetle diversity and dung removal, whilst also considering climate and regional variations. The impacts of intensification were heterogeneous, either diminishing or increasing dung beetle species richness, functional diversity, and dung removal rates. The effects of beetle diversity on dung removal were more variable across sites than within sites. Dung removal increased with species richness across sites, while functional diversity consistently enhanced dung removal within sites, independently of cattle grazing intensity or climate. Our findings indicate that, despite intensified cattle stocking rates, ecosystem services related to decomposition and nutrient cycling can be maintained when a functionally diverse dung beetle community inhabits the human-modified landscape.

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  • Jorge Ari Noriega & Joaquín Hortal & Indradatta deCastro-Arrazola & Fernanda Alves-Martins & Jean C. G. Ortega & Luis Mauricio Bini & Nigel R. Andrew & Lucrecia Arellano & Sarah Beynon & Adrian L. V. , 2023. "Dung removal increases under higher dung beetle functional diversity regardless of grazing intensification," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-11, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:14:y:2023:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-023-43760-8
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-43760-8
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