Sacha Spector

TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed indirect approaches to derive meaningful environmental parameters from biophysical characteristics that can be used to identify species assemblages or even identifying species of individual trees.

TL;DR: Prediction of the functional consequences of dung beetle decline demands functional studies conducted with naturally assembled beetle communities, which broaden the geographic scope of existing work, assess the spatio-temporal distribution of multiple functions, and link these ecosystem processes more clearly to ecosystem services.

TL;DR: Across both habitat modification and fragmentation studies, geographic location and landscape context appeared to modify dung beetle response by influencing the available pool of colonists, and potential underlying mechanisms are discussed.

TL;DR: Multiple lines of evidence from temperate and tropical systems indicate that the regional-scale decline or extirpation of medium and large bodied mammal faunas can severely disrupt the diversity and abundance of dung beetle communities through alterations in the composition and availability of dunk resources.

TL;DR: The ability of species' traits to explain population trends and suggest several ways to strengthen trait-response models are discussed.