Dung Beetles of the Western Palaearctic


Description :

 The dataset aggregates the results from a pan-European multi-site experiment, financially supported by the ALTER-Net consortium, Europe’s Ecosystem Research Network. In this multi-site experiment, the impact of dung beetle assemblages on dung decomposition and secondary seed dispersal was studied.
Working at a multi-site level allowed us to study the link between ecosystem functions of dung removal and secondary seed dispersal, and dung beetle diversity and abundance in a broad range of bioclimatic zones. Therefore, grazed grasslands throughout the Western Palaearctic zone were included in the experiment. By experimentally manipulating the access of certain dung beetle functional groups to the experimental units, we were able to estimate the value of each functional group for ecosystem functioning and assess the impact of predicted climate change on these processes through the changes it induces in dung beetle assemblage composition.
During the experiments, the removal of different types of dung and seeds were measured and the dung beetle assemblage composition was determined using different types of dung as bait. The experiments took place between 2013 and 2016, at 17 study sites in 10 countries within the Western Palaearctic realm. The dung beetle occurrence data set contains all dung beetle specimens sampled during the 4-week experimental periods at each sampling site.
To allow anyone to use this dataset, we have released the data to the public domain under a Creative Commons Zero waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). We would appreciate however, if you read and follow these norms for data use (http://www.inbo.be/en/norms-for-data-use) and provide a link to the original dataset (https://doi.org/10.15468/zbazdy) whenever possible. If you use these data for a scientific paper, please cite the dataset following the applicable citation norms and/or consider us for co-authorship. We are always interested to know how you have used or visualized the data, or to provide more information, so please contact us via the contact information provided in the metadata, opendata@inbo.be or https://twitter.com/LifeWatchINBO.

Link GBIF portal : https://www.gbif.org/dataset/bcbfd319-8813-4b6d-b529-07dc5a6ccf56

Project :
Title : MSE-III The impact of dung beetle assemblages on dung and seed dispersal
Abstract : In this multi-site experiment we investigate whether the functional composition of dung beetle assemblages has an impact on dung decomposition and secondary seed dispersal processes. The added value of working at the multi-site level is the wide bioclimatic range of sites; for this reason, sites throughout the entire Western Palaearctic zone are included. This allows us to investigate whether predicted climate change could have an impact on these processes through the changes it induces in dung beetle assemblage composition. From 2013 untill 2016, the experiment was run at 17 study sites covering 10 countries in the Western Palaearctic realm.
Funding : The project was financially supported by the ALTER-Net consortium, Europe’s Ecosystem Research Network within their multi-site research programme (MSE III call).
Contact : Milotic Tanja (AUTHOR)
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Contacts

Type Organisme Nom
Fournisseur Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO) MILOTIC Tanja
Fournisseur Bavarian Forest National Park MÜLLER Jörg
Fournisseur MTA Centre for Ecological Research ÁDÁM Réka
Fournisseur Universidad de Alcalá CALATAYUD Joaquin
Fournisseur MTA Centre for Ecological Research BOROS Gergely
Fournisseur Estonian University of Life Sciences MERIVEE Enno
Fournisseur University of Bucharest PREDA Elena
Fournisseur IRSTEA BALTZINGER Christophe
Fournisseur Universität Trier EICHBERG Carsten
Fournisseur University of Bergen EYCOTT Amy
Fournisseur Bavarian Forest National Park HEURICH Marco
Fournisseur CSIC NORIEGA Jorge
Fournisseur Lancaster University MENENDEZ Rosa
Fournisseur UFZ STADLER Jutta
Fournisseur University of Bergen BARGMANN Tessa
Fournisseur IRSTEA BILGER Isabelle
Fournisseur University Koblenz-Landau BUSE Jörn
Fournisseur University of Bucharest CIUBUC Constantin
Fournisseur University of Montpellier JAY-ROBERT Pierre
Fournisseur Estonian University of Life Sciences KRUUS Märt
Fournisseur MIESSEN Geoffrey
Fournisseur Estonian University of Life Sciences MUST Anne
Fournisseur Ghent University ARDALI Elham
Fournisseur Shahrekord University RAHIMI Iraj
Fournisseur Zoological research museum Alexander Koenig ROHWEDDER Dirk
Fournisseur University of Oxford SLADE Eleanor
Fournisseur MTA centre for ecological research SOMAY László
Fournisseur Shahrekord University TAHMASEBI Pejman
Fournisseur GEOLAB ZIANI Stefano
Fournisseur Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO) BROSENS Dimitri
Fournisseur Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO) DESMET Peter
Fournisseur Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO) HOFFMANN Maurice
Producteur Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO) MILOTIC Tanja

Dates publication :

Premiere diffusion : 22/07/2019 
Dernière mise à jour : 30/11/2023  

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Chiffres clés :

 434 données 
 31 espèces 
 31 taxons 

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