This book describes the evolutionary and ecological consequences of reproductive competition for scarabaeine dung beetles as well as giving us insight into the private lives of these fascinating creatures this book shows how dung beetles can be used as model systems for improving our general understanding of broad evolutionary and ecological processes and how they generate biological diversity over the last few decades we have begun to see further than ever before with our research . Ecology and evolution of dung beetles wiley this book describes the evolutionary and ecological consequences of reproductive competition for scarabaeine dung beetles as well as giving us insight into the private lives of these fascinating creatures this book shows how dung beetles can be used as model systems for improving our general . Ecology and evolution of dung beetles first edition edited by leigh w simmons and t james. Ecology and evolution of dung beetles ecology and evolution of dung beetles first edition edited by leigh w simmons and t james ridsdill smith c 2011 blackwell publishing ltd published 2011 by blackwell publishing ltd isbn 978 1 444 33315 2. Ecology and evolution of dung beetles simmons leigh w ridsdill smith t james herausgeber 1 auflage april 2011 368 seiten hardcover wiley sons ltd isbn 978 1 4443 3315 2 john wiley sons wiley online library probekapitel kurzbeschreibung this book describes the evolutionary and ecological consequences of reproductive competition for scarabaeine dung beetles as well as