Ecology and Evolution of Dung Beetles

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Content:
Chapter 1 Reproductive Competition and its Impact on the Evolution and Ecology of Dung Beetles (pages 1–20): Leigh W. Simmons and James Ridsdill?Smith
Chapter 2 The Evolutionary History and Diversification of Dung Beetles (pages 21–46): T. Keith Philips
Chapter 3 Male Contest Competition and the Evolution of Weapons (pages 47–65): Robert Knell
Chapter 4 Sexual Selection after Mating: The Evolutionary Consequences of Sperm Competition and Cryptic Female Choice in Onthophagines (pages 66–86): Leigh W. Simmons
Chapter 5 Olfactory Ecology (pages 87–106): G. D. Tribe and B. V. Burger
Chapter 6 Explaining Phenotypic Diversity: The Conditional Strategy and Threshold Trait Expression (pages 107–125): Joseph Tomkins and Wade Hazel
Chapter 7 Evolution and Development: Onthophagus Beetles and the Evolutionary Development Genetics of Innovation, Allometry and Plasticity (pages 126–151): Armin Moczek
Chapter 8 The Evolution of Parental Care in the Onthophagine Dung Beetles (pages 152–176): John Hunt and Clarissa House
Chapter 9 The Visual Ecology of Dung Beetles (pages 177–199): Marcus Byrne and Marie Dacke
Chapter 10 The Ecological Implications of Physiological Diversity in Dung Beetles (pages 200–219): Steven L. Chown and Jaco Klok
Chapter 11 Dung Beetle Populations: Structure and Consequences (pages 220–244): Tomas Roslin and Heidi Viljanen
Chapter 12 Biological Control: Ecosystem Functions Provided by Dung Beetles (pages 245–266): T. James Ridsdill?Smith and Penny B. Edwards
Chapter 13 Dung Beetles as a Candidate Study Taxon in Applied Biodiversity Conservation Research (pages 267–291): Elizabeth S. Nichols and Toby A. Gardner

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