PhD scholarships from the German Academic Exchange Service and the University of Würzburg(HSP III)funded field work.The research camp in the CNP was constructed with generous funds from the Volkswagen Foundation.The study was financially supported by the Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre and by the research funding program“Landes-Offensive zur Entwicklung Wissenschaftlich-okonomischer Exzellenz”of Hesse’s Ministry of Higher Education,Research,and the Arts.
The probability and pattern of secondary seed dispersal by dung beetles(Scarabaeinae)depend on their community structure and composition at the site of primary deposition,which,in turn,seem to be strongly determined b...