Dweller and tunneler dung beetles synergistically accelerate decomposition of cattle and horse dung in a semi-arid steppe.

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【作者】Cheng, Jianwei，Li, Frank Yonghong ，Wang, Yadong，Wang, Yanan，Liu, Xinmin，Zhang, Junzhen，Wang, Zhiyi，Li, Yanlong，Wang, Hao，Yang, Zhaoping，Potter, Murray A.
【刊名】Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment
【作者单位】¹Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Ecology and Resource Use of the Mongolian Plateau & Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Grassland Ecology, School of Ecology and Environment, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010021, China ; ²School of Geography Science, Taiyuan Normal University, Jinzhong 030619, China ; ³School of Life Science and Technology, Inner Mongolia Normal University, Hohhot 010022, China ; ⁴School of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China ; ⁵School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science &Technology, Nanjing 210044, China ; ⁶Wildlife and Ecology Group, School of Agriculture and Environment, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
【年份】2022
【卷号】Vol.329
【ISSN】0167-8809
【关键词】Dung beetle Dung decomposition Microbial activity Nutrient release Zoogeochemistry
【摘要】 Aboveground and belowground invertebrates play a key role in decomposition of organic matter in terrestrial ecosystems. Dung beetles are well known for their functions in breaking down and transporting ungulate dung into soils thus promoting dung dec...
【文献类型】期刊