Ecological Archives E096-143-A3
Hannah M. Griffiths, Julio Louzada, Richard D. Bardgett, Wallace Beiroz, Filipe Franҫa, Daniel Tregidgo, and Jos Barlow. 2015. Biodiversity and environmental context predict dung beetle-mediated seed dispersal in a tropical forest field experiment. Ecology 96:1607–1619. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/14-1211.1
Appendix C (Table C1). Species abundances, median trait values, and categorical traits.
Species |
Taxonomic authority |
Abundance |
Biomass (g) |
Biomass adjusted front leg area |
Biomass adjusted pronotum volume |
Back leg to front leg ratio |
Nesting strategy |
Activity period |
Diet |
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Ateuchus connexus |
Harold (1986) |
19 |
|
0.026 |
|
76.84 |
|
930.81 |
|
1.24 |
|
Tunneller |
|
Nocturnal |
|
Coprophogus |
Ateuchus murrayi |
Harold (1986) |
103 |
|
0.009 |
|
72.64 |
|
603.64 |
|
1.35 |
|
Tunneller |
|
Nocturnal |
|
Coprophogus |
Ateuchus pauki |
Balthasar (1939) |
12 |
|
0.016 |
|
75.93 |
|
717.58 |
|
1.33 |
|
Tunneller |
|
Nocturnal |
|
Generalist |
Ateuchus sp |
NA |
2 |
|
0.002 |
|
250.00 |
|
1479.27 |
|
1.33 |
|
Tunneller |
|
Nocturnal |
|
Coprophogus |
Ateuchus sp D |
NA |
1 |
|
0.003 |
|
124.00 |
|
609.00 |
|
1.34 |
|
Tunneller |
|
Nocturnal |
|
Coprophogus |
Ateuchus sp F |
NA |
18 |
|
0.005 |
|
110.00 |
|
721.28 |
|
1.26 |
|
Tunneller |
|
Nocturnal |
|
Coprophogus |
Ateuchus sp G |
NA |
3 |
|
0.037 |
|
56.53 |
|
799.94 |
|
1.44 |
|
Tunneller |
|
Nocturnal |
|
Coprophogus |
Canthidium deyrollei |
Harold (1967) |
106 |
|
0.011 |
|
115.88 |
|
920.99 |
|
1.55 |
|
Tunneller |
|
Nocturnal |
|
Coprophogus |
Canthidium lentum |
Erichson (1847) |
179 |
|
0.015 |
|
108.00 |
|
1114.08 |
|
1.55 |
|
Tunneller |
|
Diurnal |
|
Coprophogus |
Canthidium onthochromus |
NA |
11 |
|
0.028 |
|
122.68 |
|
2090.35 |
|
1.32 |
|
Tunneller |
|
Diurnal |
|
Coprophogus |
Canthidium sp 1 |
NA |
7 |
|
0.018 |
|
147.51 |
|
1107.26 |
|
1.50 |
|
Tunneller |
|
Diurnal |
|
Coprophogus |
Canthidium sp 3 |
NA |
1 |
|
0.008 |
|
165.00 |
|
1595.30 |
|
1.53 |
|
Tunneller |
|
Diurnal |
|
Coprophogus |
Canthidium sp B |
NA |
30 |
|
0.044 |
|
73.11 |
|
948.41 |
|
1.53 |
|
Tunneller |
|
Nocturnal |
|
Coprophogus |
Canthidium sp. J |
NA |
5 |
|
0.011 |
|
100.94 |
|
890.24 |
|
1.59 |
|
Tunneller |
|
Diurnal |
|
Coprophogus |
Canthon subhyalinus |
Harold (1867) |
3 |
|
0.005 |
|
172.14 |
|
957.96 |
|
1.63 |
|
Roller |
|
Nocturnal |
|
Generalist |
Canthon triangularis |
Drury |
106 |
|
0.045 |
|
79.80 |
|
1175.81 |
|
1.58 |
|
Roller |
|
Nocturnal |
|
Generalist |
Canthonella sp |
NA |
1 |
|
0.004 |
|
123.81 |
|
585.29 |
|
1.29 |
|
unknown |
|
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Coprophaneus lancifer |
Linnaeus (1767) |
2 |
|
3.844 |
|
14.20 |
|
524.53 |
|
1.23 |
|
Tunneller |
|
Crepuscular |
Generalist |
|
Deltochilum icarus |
Olivier (1789) |
3 |
|
0.109 |
|
126.01 |
|
2310.19 |
|
1.69 |
|
Roller |
|
Crepuscular |
Generalist |
|
Deltochilum peruanum |
Paulian (1938) |
8 |
|
0.068 |
|
39.98 |
|
789.63 |
|
1.62 |
|
Roller |
|
Nocturnal |
|
Generalist |
Deltochilum septemstriatum |
Paulian (1938) |
2 |
|
0.013 |
|
130.53 |
|
1624.05 |
|
1.77 |
|
Roller |
|
Crepuscular |
Generalist |
|
Deltochilum sp |
NA |
1 |
|
NA |
|
NA |
|
NA |
|
NA |
|
Roller |
|
Diurnal |
|
Generalist |
Deltochilum sp A |
NA |
13 |
|
0.023 |
|
71.24 |
|
1101.08 |
|
1.61 |
|
Roller |
|
Diurnal |
|
Generalist |
Deltochilum sp B |
NA |
17 |
|
0.069 |
|
54.86 |
|
811.13 |
|
1.66 |
|
Roller |
|
Diurnal |
|
Generalist |
Deltochilum submetallicum |
Castelnau (1840) |
29 |
|
0.112 |
|
44.76 |
|
838.06 |
|
1.67 |
|
Roller |
|
Nocturnal |
|
Generalist |
Dendropaemon sp 1 |
NA |
1 |
|
NA |
|
NA |
|
NA |
|
1.24 |
|
unknown |
|
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Dendropaemon sp 2 |
NA |
1 |
|
0.040 |
|
79.75 |
|
985.08 |
|
1.21 |
|
unknown |
|
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Dichotomius boreus |
Olivier (1789) |
52 |
|
0.847 |
|
27.31 |
|
801.39 |
|
1.22 |
|
Tunneller |
|
Nocturnal |
|
Coprophogus |
Dichotomius imitator |
Felshe (1901) |
1 |
|
0.228 |
|
33.09 |
|
663.36 |
|
1.83 |
|
Tunneller |
|
Diurnal |
|
Coprophogus |
Dichotomius latilobatus |
Luederwaldt (1931) |
2 |
|
0.317 |
|
44.30 |
|
1144.36 |
|
1.36 |
|
Tunneller |
|
Diurnal |
|
Coprophogus |
Dichotomius lucasi |
Harold (1869) |
239 |
|
0.086 |
|
57.15 |
|
842.66 |
|
1.58 |
|
Tunneller |
|
Nocturnal |
|
Generalist |
Dichotomius sp 1 |
NA |
1 |
|
0.141 |
|
67.82 |
|
1246.37 |
|
1.43 |
|
Tunneller |
|
Nocturnal |
|
Coprophogus |
Dichotomius sp 2 |
NA |
2 |
|
0.185 |
|
45.31 |
|
863.92 |
|
1.33 |
|
Tunneller |
|
Nocturnal |
|
Coprophogus |
Dichotomius sp 3 |
NA |
2 |
|
0.235 |
|
37.22 |
|
597.99 |
|
1.03 |
|
Tunneller |
|
Nocturnal |
|
Coprophogus |
Dichotomius sp 4 |
NA |
1 |
|
0.205 |
|
36.78 |
|
668.25 |
|
1.24 |
|
Tunneller |
|
Nocturnal |
|
Coprophogus |
Dichotomius sp 5 |
NA |
1 |
|
0.295 |
|
24.37 |
|
780.34 |
|
1.46 |
|
Tunneller |
|
Nocturnal |
|
Coprophogus |
Dichotomius sp 7 |
NA |
1 |
|
0.057 |
|
126.84 |
|
1559.39 |
|
NA |
|
Tunneller |
|
Nocturnal |
|
Coprophogus |
Dichotomius sp 8 |
NA |
1 |
|
0.262 |
|
43.90 |
|
928.00 |
|
NA |
|
Tunneller |
|
Nocturnal |
|
Coprophogus |
Dichotomius sp 9 |
NA |
1 |
|
0.100 |
|
67.30 |
|
906.34 |
|
1.24 |
|
Tunneller |
|
Nocturnal |
|
Coprophogus |
Dichotomius subaeneus |
Castelnau (1840) |
26 |
|
0.275 |
|
35.47 |
|
926.50 |
|
1.34 |
|
Tunneller |
|
Nocturnal |
|
Coprophogus |
Dichotomius worontzowi |
Pereira (1942) |
6 |
|
0.247 |
|
63.28 |
|
1216.25 |
|
1.25 |
|
Tunneller |
|
Nocturnal |
|
Coprophogus |
Eurysternus atrosericus |
Génier (2009) |
124 |
|
0.010 |
|
76.30 |
|
706.78 |
|
2.26 |
|
Dweller |
|
Nocturnal |
|
Coprophogus |
Eurysternus balachowskyi |
Halftter & Halftter (1976) |
24 |
|
0.031 |
|
74.20 |
|
1028.41 |
|
1.83 |
|
Dweller |
|
Diurnal |
|
Coprophogus |
Eurysternus caribaeus |
Herbst (1789) |
153 |
|
0.098 |
|
54.03 |
|
1213.30 |
|
1.75 |
|
Dweller |
|
Diurnal |
|
Coprophogus |
Eurysternus foedus |
Guérin-Ménéville (1830) |
31 |
|
0.114 |
|
44.91 |
|
988.31 |
|
1.82 |
|
Dweller |
|
Nocturnal |
|
Coprophogus |
Eurysternus hamaticollis |
Balthasar 1939) |
20 |
|
0.142 |
|
41.36 |
|
1285.62 |
|
1.76 |
|
Dweller |
|
Nocturnal |
|
Generalist |
Eurysternus howdeni |
Génier (2009) |
6 |
|
0.293 |
|
41.55 |
|
1500.20 |
|
1.78 |
|
Dweller |
|
Generalist |
|
Coprophogus |
Eurysternus hypocrita |
Balthasar (1939) |
29 |
|
0.178 |
|
38.93 |
|
1002.75 |
|
1.66 |
|
Dweller |
|
Generalist |
|
Coprophogus |
Eurysternus ventricosus |
NA |
75 |
|
0.020 |
|
83.00 |
|
1115.03 |
|
1.76 |
|
Dweller |
|
Diurnal |
|
Coprophogus |
Ontherus carinifrons |
Luederwaldt (1930) |
165 |
|
0.069 |
|
68.67 |
|
997.24 |
|
1.26 |
|
Tunneller |
|
Nocturnal |
|
Coprophogus |
Onthophagus bidentatus |
Drapiez (1819) |
34 |
|
0.007 |
|
146.55 |
|
1401.71 |
|
1.33 |
|
Tunneller |
|
Diurnal |
|
Coprophogus |
Onthophagus clypeatus |
Blanchard (1843) |
28 |
|
0.017 |
|
86.57 |
|
1069.22 |
|
1.33 |
|
Tunneller |
|
Diurnal |
|
Generalist |
Onthophagus haemathopus |
Harold (1875) |
68 |
|
0.010 |
|
109.22 |
|
922.92 |
|
1.36 |
|
Tunneller |
|
Generalist |
|
Coprophogus |
Onthophagus sp 3 |
NA |
1 |
|
0.006 |
|
195.00 |
|
1640.60 |
|
1.47 |
|
Tunneller |
|
Diurnal |
|
Coprophogus |
Oxysternon durantoni |
Arnaud (1984) |
8 |
|
0.256 |
|
42.45 |
|
1666.65 |
|
1.31 |
|
Tunneller |
|
Diurnal |
|
Generalist |
Oxysternon festivium |
Linnaeus (1767) |
64 |
|
0.473 |
|
31.20 |
|
1159.15 |
|
1.24 |
|
Tunneller |
|
Diurnal |
|
Generalist |
Oxysternon silenus |
Castelnau (1840) |
1 |
|
0.196 |
|
58.00 |
|
1121.30 |
|
1.20 |
|
Tunneller |
|
Diurnal |
|
Generalist |
Phanaeus chalcomelas |
Perty |
3 |
|
0.129 |
|
58.77 |
|
1457.00 |
|
1.29 |
|
Tunneller |
|
Diurnal |
|
Generalist |
Sulcophaneus faunus |
Fabricius (1775) |
2 |
|
2.103 |
|
22.96 |
|
929.45 |
|
1.23 |
|
Tunneller |
|
Diurnal |
|
Coprophogus |
Trichillum pauliani |
Balthasar (1939) |
69 |
|
0.006 |
|
82.91 |
|
425.01 |
|
1.40 |
|
Dweller |
|
Nocturnal |
|
Coprophogus |
Uroxys sp C |
NA |
37 |
|
0.001 |
|
218.75 |
|
770.45 |
|
1.30 |
|
Tunneller |
|
Nocturnal |
|
Coprophogus |