This study was funded by the Instituto de Ecologıa,A.C.(project INECOL 20030-11189 to F.E).J.B received a PhD scholarship(No 589280)from the Mexican National Council for Science and Technology(CONACYT).
While theory suggests that at conception the sex ratio should be balanced(1:1),this can be variable across space and time in wild populations.Currently,studies of the environmental factors that regulate adult sex rati...
undertaken by the KLZSE was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31172143,31672345);the National Science Fund for Fostering Talents in Basic Research(Special Subjects in Animal Taxonomy,NSFC-J0630964/J0109,J1210002);the Humboldt Fellowship(M.B.)from Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Scarabaeinae is a globally distributed coprophagous coleopteran group with southeast Asia and Africa as the key areas of distribution. Located in the southern part of China, Hong Kong has subtropical climate and diver...
The invasion process involves overcoming certain barriers with negative effects on the biodiversity and ecosystem function. This is the case of the African dung beetle Digitonthophagus gazella, which was introduced in...
supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) (2011CB302102);by a Humboldt Fellowship (M.B.) from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
This study investigates the dung beetle fauna in northern Pakistan, including Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Gilgit-Baltistan(formerly known as the Northern Areas of Pakistan), and Federally Administered Tribal Areas,...