A decrease in taxonomic and functional diversity of dung beetles impacts the ecosystem function of manure removal in altered subtropical habitats

Rodrigo Sarmiento-Garcés; Malva Isabel Medina Hernández

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0244783

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A decrease in taxonomic and functional diversity of dung beetles impacts the ecosystem function of manure removal in altered subtropical habitats

Rodrigo Sarmiento-Garcés,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Departamento de Ecologia e Zoologia, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brasil
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Malva Isabel Medina Hernández

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision

* E-mail: malva.medina@ufsc.br

Affiliation Departamento de Ecologia e Zoologia, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brasil

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6820-5980

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A decrease in taxonomic and functional diversity of dung beetles impacts the ecosystem function of manure removal in altered subtropical habitats

Rodrigo Sarmiento-Garcés,
Malva Isabel Medina Hernández

Published: January 6, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0244783

About the Authors

Rodrigo Sarmiento-Garcés

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Departamento de Ecologia e Zoologia, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brasil

Malva Isabel Medina Hernández

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision

* E-mail: malva.medina@ufsc.br

Affiliation Departamento de Ecologia e Zoologia, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brasil

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6820-5980

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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