CHAPTER 4. Biogeography and Evolution

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Contributors ix
4. Preface xi
5. Acknowledgments xiii
6. PART ONE Introduction
7. CHAPTER 1. The Dung Insect Community 5
8. CHAPTER 2. From Saprophagy to Coprophagy 22
9. CHAPTER 3. Dung Beetle Population Biology 36
10. CHAPTER 4. Biogeography and Evolution 51
11. PART TWO. Regional Dung Beetle Assemblages
12. Introduction 70
13. CHAPTER 5 North Temperate Dung Beetles 75
14. CHAPTER 6. South Temperate Dung Beetles 97
15. CHAPTER 7. Dung Beetles in Subtropical North America 116
16. CHAPTER 8. Dung Beetles of Southern Africa 133
17. CHAPTER 9. Dung Beetles in Tropical Savannas 156
18. CHAPTER 10. Dung Beetles in Tropical Forests in South-East Asia 179
19. CHAPTER 11. Dung Beetles in Tropical Forests in Africa 198
20. CHAPTER 12. Dung Beetles in Tropical American Forests 211
21. CHAPTER 13. Dung Beetles of the Sahel Region 230
22. CHAPTER 14. Montane Dung Beetles 242
23. CHAPTER 15. Native and Introduced Dung Beetles in Australia 255
24. PART THREE. Synthesis
25. Introduction 281
26. CHAPTER 16. Spatial Processes 283
27. CHAPTER 17. Competition in Dung Beetles 305
28. CHAPTER 18. Resource Partitioning 330
29. CHAPTER 19. Species Richness 350
30. CHAPTER 20. Epilogue 366
31. Appendix A 373
32. Appendix B 378
33. References 421
34. Index of the Genera in Scarabaeidae 465
35. Index 475