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Muhaimin A. M. D., . and Hazmi I. R., . and Yaakop S., . Colonisation of dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of smaller body size in the Bangi Forest Reserve Selangor Malaysia: A model sampling site for a secondary forest area. pp. 519-532. ISSN ISSN:1511-3701
Abstract
The diversity of dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) was measured at the Bangi Forest Reserve in Selangor Malaysia (Hutan Simpan Bangi HSB) as a model sampling site for the secondary forest ecosystem. The diversity analysis gave a value of 2.17 for the Shannon diversity index (H) 1.42 for the richness index (R) and 0.87 for the evenness index (E). A total of 575 individuals belonging to 10 species of dung beetles were collected. They comprised of Catharsius renaudpauliani Catharsius sp. 1 Microcopris aff. hidakai Onthophagus obscurior group� Onthophagus crassicollis O. recticornutus O. rutilans O. trituber Paragymnopleurus maurus and Sisyphus thoracicus. The small dung beetle Onthophagus crassicollis had the highest number of individuals (137/575 23.83) with a body size range of 4.5 2.5 mm in length. A total of 9/10 species collected in HSB were classified as small-bodied species (8 large body 92 small body) and the statistical analysis showed a significant body size difference compared with the large-bodied species C. renaudpauliani. O. crassicollis showed the highest abundance in the secondary forest a model site for studying forest disturbance. The abundance of dung beetles could potentially be used as a good bioindicator of habitat disruption in the tropical forest ecosystem. Our study also highlighted that the abundance of species based on body size was affected by the availability of the food sources also from different sizes of mammal dung.
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Abstract
The diversity of dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) was measured at the Bangi Forest Reserve in Selangor Malaysia (Hutan Simpan Bangi HSB) as a model sampling site for the secondary forest ecosystem. The diversity analysis gave a value of 2.17 for the Shannon diversity index (H) 1.42 for the richness index (R) and 0.87 for the evenness index (E). A total of 575 individuals belonging to 10 species of dung beetles were collected. They comprised of Catharsius renaudpauliani Catharsius sp. 1 Microcopris aff. hidakai Onthophagus obscurior group� Onthophagus crassicollis O. recticornutus O. rutilans O. trituber Paragymnopleurus maurus and Sisyphus thoracicus. The small dung beetle Onthophagus crassicollis had the highest number of individuals (137/575 23.83) with a body size range of 4.5 2.5 mm in length. A total of 9/10 species collected in HSB were classified as small-bodied species (8 large body 92 small body) and the statistical analysis showed a significant body size difference compared with the large-bodied species C. renaudpauliani. O. crassicollis showed the highest abundance in the secondary forest a model site for studying forest disturbance. The abundance of dung beetles could potentially be used as a good bioindicator of habitat disruption in the tropical forest ecosystem. Our study also highlighted that the abundance of species based on body size was affected by the availability of the food sources also from different sizes of mammal dung.
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| Item Type: | Article |
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| AGROVOC Term: | Beetles |
| AGROVOC Term: | Coleoptera |
| AGROVOC Term: | Scarabaeidae |
| AGROVOC Term: | Forest reserves |
| AGROVOC Term: | Species diversity |
| AGROVOC Term: | Secondary forests |
| AGROVOC Term: | Ecosystems |
| AGROVOC Term: | Bioindicators (plants) |
| AGROVOC Term: | Mammals |
| AGROVOC Term: | Biodiversity |
| Geographical Term: | Malaysia |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Suzila Mohamad Kasim |
| Last Modified: | 26 Apr 2025 16:10 |
| URI: | http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22002 |
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