dung beetle: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Invalidated site: PBS - Dung Beetles: The Poop-Rolling Stargazers of the Serenget. Oct 05, 2026
Add new Web site: IOPscience - Environmental Research Ecology - Dung beetles as bioindicators of environmental change from artisanal small-scale gold mining. Oct 02, 2026
Add new Web site: PBS - Dung Beetles: The Poop-Rolling Stargazers of the Serenget. Jan 08, 2025
Add new Web site: PBS - Dung Beetles: The Poop-Rolling Stargazers of the Serenget. Jan 08, 2025
Add new Web site: Frontiers - Frontiers in Insect Science - Gut microbiota variability in dung beetles: prokaryotes vary according to the phylogeny of the host species while fungi vary according to the diet. Apr 24, 2024
Add new Web site: The Royal Society Publishing - Proceedings B - Dung beetle–mammal associations: methods, research trends and future directions. Feb 01, 2024
Add new Web site: Missouri Department of Conservation - Dung Beetles (Tumblebugs). Dec 14, 2023
Add new Web site: National History Museum - How do dung beetles' diets keep the world clean? Nov 03, 2023
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Lifestyle and Host Defense Mechanisms of the Dung Beetle, Euoniticellus intermedius: The Toll Signaling Pathway. Jun 17, 2023
Add new Web site: Nature - Spatiotemporal effects on dung beetle activities in island forests-home garden matrix in a tropical village landscape. Apr 21, 2023
Add new Web site: A-Z Animals - Dung Beetle. Jan 13, 2023
Add new Web site: San Diego Zoo Kids - Dung beetle. Mar 19, 2019
Add new Web site: Burke's Backyard - Dung Beetles. Jan 27, 2017
Add new Web site: Texas A&M AgriLife Extension - Dung Beetle. Nov 11, 2016
Add new Web site: San Diego Zoo Animals and Plants - Dung Beetle. Aug 29, 2016
Add new Web site: University of Nebraska State Museum - Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles - Scarabaeinae. Aug 29, 2016
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - A Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis of the Scarabaeinae. Aug 29, 2016
Add new Web site: Australian Museum - Dung Beetle. Aug 29, 2016
Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Dung Beetle Facts. Dec 19, 2013
Added mention of Aulacopris maximus, one of the largest dung beetles found in Australia. Jul 23, 2012
Added new Web site: National Geographic Kids - Animals - Dung Beetle. May 12, 2009
Added new Web site: Kendall Bioresearch Services - Dung Beetles. Aug 18, 2008
Added new Web site: The Australian Museum Online - Dung beetles. Aug 18, 2008
Article revised and updated. Mar 09, 2007
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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