Ecological Archives E094-015-A3

Elizabeth Nichols, María Uriarte, Daniel E. Bunker, Mario E. Favila, Eleanor M. Slade, Kevina Vulinec, Trond Larsen, Fernando Z. Vaz-de-Mello, Julio Louzada, Shahid Naeem, Sacha H. Spector. 2013. Trait-dependent response of dung beetle populations to tropical forest conversion at local and regional scales. Ecology 94:180–189. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/12-0251.1

Appendix C. Table of trait values for 265 species of Scarabaeine dung beetles incorporated into phylogenetically corrected comparative analyses to understand the trait correlates of population response to tropical forest degradation.

Table C1. Identity and trait values for 265 species of Scarabaeine dung beetles incorporated into phylogenetically corrected comparative analyses to understand the trait-correlates of population response to tropical forest degradation (see Methods). Trait values were taken from both published sources (Halffter and Edmonds 1982; Hanski and Cambefort 1991; Halffter et al. 1992; Kirk 1992; Halffter et al. 1995; Montes de Oca and Halffter 1995; Favila and Diaz 1996; Favila 1997; Villalobos et al. 1998; Escobar and Chacón de Ulloa 2000; Andresen 2002; Vulinec 2002; Kohlmann et al. 2003; Kohlmann and Moron 2003; Feer and Pincebourde 2005; Scheffler 2005), as well as unpublished contributions from the authors (M.E Favila, S. H. Spector, K. Vulinec, and F. Vaz de Mello). Biogeographic region abbreviations are as follows: NT (Neotropical), AET (Afro-Eurasian tropical).

Species Activity
period
Food relocation
strategy
Region Mean body
mass (mg)
1 Anachalcos cupreus N R AET 253.02
2 Ateuchus sp1 N B NT 1.10
3 Ateuchus aff. irinus N B NT 14.77
4 Ateuchus aff. murrayi N B NT 6.52
5 Ateuchus candezei N B NT 24.48
6 Ateuchus cereus N B NT 25.65
7 Ateuchus connexus N B NT 25.65
8 Ateuchus frontalis N B NT 24.60
9 Ateuchus illaesum N B NT 9.94
10 Ateuchus laevicollis N B NT 11.18
11 Ateuchus murrayi N B NT 8.66
12 Ateuchus pauki N B NT 24.60
13 Ateuchus sp2 prox. connexus N B NT 19.81
14 Ateuchus setulosus N B NT 28.79
15 Ateuchus solisi N B NT 13.49
16 Ateuchus sp nr pygidialis N B NT 7.80
17 Ateuchus sp1 N B NT 8.48
18 Ateuchus sp2 N B NT 10.00
19 Ateuchus sp3 N B NT 24.75
20 Ateuchus sp4 N B NT 36.00
21 Ateuchus sp5 N B NT 2.36
22 Ateuchus sp6 N B NT 28.00
23 Ateuchus sp7 N B NT 16.00
24 Ateuchus sp8 N B NT 3.00
25 Bdelyropsis newtoni N B NT 8.75
26 Caccobius binodulus D B AET 20.00
27 Caccobius unicornis D B AET 20.00
28 Canthidium sp1 D B NT 1.10
29 Canthidium sp2 D B NT 1.10
30 Canthidium sp3 D B NT 10.05
31 Canthidium sp4 aff. deyrollei D B NT 6.10
32 Canthidium sp5 aff. gerstaeckeri D B NT 16.40
33 Canthidium annagabrielae D B NT 1.10
34 Canthidium ardens D B NT 3.04
35 Canthidium atricolle D B NT 16.23
36 Canthidium aurifex D B NT 2.19
37 Canthidium bicolor D B NT 3.20
38 Canthidium centrale D B NT 17.86
39 Canthidium cupreum D B NT 13.20
40 Canthidium deyrollei D B NT 6.10
41 Canthidium dorhrini D B NT 43.62
42 Canthidium gerstaeckeri D B NT 33.10
43 Canthidium haroldi D B NT 15.90
44 Canthidium lentum D B NT 27.65
45 Canthidium pinotoides D B NT 3.19
46 Canthidium sp6 nr bicolor D B NT 3.20
47 Canthidium sp7 nr deyrollei D B NT 11.40
48 Canthidium sp7 D B NT 25.71
49 Canthidium sp8 D B NT 5.20
50 Canthidium sp9 D B NT 2.06
51 Canthidium sp10 D B NT 18.60
52 Canthidium sp11 D B NT 27.79
53 Canthidium sp12 D B NT 30.00
54 Canthidium sp13 D B NT 25.00
55 Canthidium sp14 D B NT 25.00
56 Canthidium sp15 D B NT 7.90
57 Canthidium sp16 D B NT 6.00
58 Canthidium sp17 D B NT 4.65
59 Canthidium sp18 D B NT 2.30
60 Canthidium sp19 D B NT 5.00
61 Canthidium sp20 D B NT 3.00
62 Canthidium splendidum D B NT 12.80
63 Canthidium vespertinum D B NT 1.39
64 Canthon sp1 D R NT 1.10
65 Canthon sp2 D R NT 3.33
66 Canthon sp3 D R NT 10.05
67 Canthon sp4 D R NT 10.05
68 Canthon aequinoctialis D R NT 50.00
69 Canthon angustatus D R NT 8.73
70 Canthon bicolor D R NT 4.11
71 Canthon cyanellus D R NT 26.77
72 Canthon cyanellus cyanellus D R NT 25.00
73 Canthon euryscelis D R NT 8.67
74 Canthon femoralis D R NT 15.68
75 Canthon femoralis bimaculatus D R NT 15.68
76 Canthon fulgidus D R NT 103.34
77 Canthon laesum D R NT 27.00
78 Canthon leechi D R NT 5.03
79 Canthon lituratus D R NT 9.00
80 Canthon luteicollis D R NT 57.64
81 Canthon moniliatus D R NT 12.00
82 Canthon morsei D R NT 8.40
83 Canthon sp5 prox. femoralis D R NT 17.30
84 Canthon sp6 prox. sericatus D R NT 9.20
85 Canthon quadrigattatus D R NT 9.35
86 Canthon semiopacus D R NT 43.52
87 Canthon septemmaculatus histrio D R NT 42.00
88 Canthon shiny black tibia D R NT 8.60
89 Canthon shiny brown D R NT 8.60
90 Canthon silvaticus D R NT 1.96
91 Canthon smaragdulus D R NT 280.00
92 Canthon sp1 nr angustatus D R NT 8.73
93 Canthon sp7 D R NT 4.00
94 Canthon sp8 D R NT 12.00
95 Canthon sp9 D R NT 14.00
96 Canthon sp10 grp sericatus D R NT 4.20
97 Canthon sp11 D R NT 15.00
98 Canthon subhyalinus D R NT 8.40
99 Canthon triangularis D R NT 25.51
100 Canthon sp12 D R NT 12.85
101 Canthon sp13 D R NT 12.85
102 Canthon virens chalybaeus D R NT 19.00
103 Canthon viridis vazquezae D R NT 12.85
104 Catharsius dayacus N B AET 725.00
105 Catharsius molossus N B AET 1881.46
106 Catharsius ninus N B AET 250.00
107 Catharsius renaud pauliani N B AET 735.00
108 Copris agnus N B AET 297.69
109 Copris incertus N B NT 9.17
110 Copris laeviceps N B NT 24.72
111 Copris lugubris N B NT 112.24
112 Copris ramosiceps N B AET 67.42
113 Copris sinicus N B AET 322.14
114 Coprophanaeus callegarii D B NT 153.52
115 Coprophanaeus dardanus D B NT 346.61
116 Coprophanaeus jasius D B NT 405.36
117 Coprophanaeus lancifer D B NT 1920.75
118 Coprophanaeus parvulus D B NT 618.00
119 Coprophanaeus telamon D B NT 453.84
120 Coprophanaeus telamon corythus D B NT 453.84
121 Deltochilum amazonicum N R NT 496.39
122 Deltochilum burmeisteri N R NT 298.00
123 Deltochilum carinatum N R NT 189.47
124 Deltochilum enceladum N R NT 313.00
125 Deltochilum gibbosum N R NT 180.00
126 Deltochilum gibbosum sublaeve N R NT 405.88
127 Deltochilum granulatum N R NT 46.40
128 Deltochilum sp1 nr granulatum N R NT 46.40
129 Deltochilum guyanensis N R NT 65.60
130 Deltochilum icarus N R NT 476.98
131 Deltochilum laevigatum N R NT 65.40
132 Deltochilum lobipes N R NT 426.00
133 Deltochilum orbiculare N R NT 358.41
134 Deltochilum pseudoicarus N R NT 617.27
135 Deltochilum pseudoparile N R NT 67.35
136 Deltochilum scabriusculum N R NT 332.25
137 Deltochilum septemstriatum N R NT 44.27
138 Deltochilum sp1 N R NT 68.33
139 Deltochilum sp2 N R NT 52.28
140 Deltochilum sp3 N R NT 28.49
141 Dichotomius sp4 grp lucasi N B NT 132.40
142 Dichotomius sp5 N B NT 76.59
143 Dichotomius annae N B NT 526.03
144 Dichotomius apicalis N B NT 136.42
145 Dichotomius batesi N B NT 73.00
146 Dichotomius boreus N B NT 564.40
147 Dichotomius carbonarius N B NT 99.60
148 Dichotomius carinatus N B NT 508.00
149 Dichotomius carolinus colonicus N B NT 791.95
150 Dichotomius favi N B NT 30.14
151 Dichotomius globulus N B NT 56.00
152 Dichotomius imitator N B NT 364.00
153 Dichotomius inachus N B NT 58.91
154 Dichotomius latilobatus N B NT 256.78
155 Dichotomius lucasi N B NT 105.11
156 Dichotomius mamillatus N B NT 434.14
157 Dichotomius melzeri N B NT 513.00
158 Dichotomius sp6 nr cuprinus N B NT 277.00
159 Dichotomius ohausi N B NT 162.90
160 Dichotomius podalirius N B NT 656.00
161 Dichotomius prietoi N B NT 531.36
162 Dichotomius sp7 prox. lucasi N B NT 50.74
163 Dichotomius robustus N B NT 114.01
164 Dichotomius satanas N B NT 190.70
165 Dichotomius subaeneus N B NT 121.51
166 Dichotomius worontzowi N B NT 147.08
167 Hansreia affinis D R NT 43.62
168 Megathoposoma candezei D B NT 369.26
169 Neosisyphus angulicolis D R AET 6.06
170 Oniticellus tessellatus D B AET 8.92
171 Ontherus sp1 N B NT 32.39
172 Ontherus alexis N B NT 64.00
173 Ontherus appendiculatus N B NT 65.00
174 Ontherus azteca N B NT 89.50
175 Ontherus carinifrons N B NT 49.06
176 Ontherus laminifer N B NT 57.99
177 Ontherus mexicanus N B NT 76.59
178 Ontherus pubens N B NT 76.97
179 Ontherus sulcator N B NT 112.23
180 Onthophagus sp1 D B AET 11.03
181 Onthophagus sp2 D B AET 88.81
182 Onthophagus sp3 D B AET 7.12
183 Onthophagus sp4 D B AET 3.79
184 Onthophagus sp5 D B AET 21.30
185 Onthophagus sp6 D B AET 26.44
186 Onthophagus sp7 D B AET 6.75
187 Onthophagus sp8 D B AET 44.28
188 Onthophagus sp9 D B AET 40.00
189 Onthophagus acuminatus D B NT 8.00
190 Onthophagus angustantus D B AET 30.00
191 Onthophagus aphodioides D B AET 47.14
192 Onthophagus batesi N B NT 8.69
193 Onthophagus bidentatus D B NT 8.85
194 Onthophagus borneensis D B AET 8.57
195 Onthophagus cervicapra D B AET 53.42
196 Onthophagus cervicapra complex D B AET 53.42
197 Onthophagus clypeatus D B NT 23.35
198 Onthophagus coscineus D B NT 1.10
199 Onthophagus crinitus D B NT 32.00
200 Onthophagus deplanatus N B AET 9.14
201 Onthophagus fuscidorsis D B AET 6.06
202 Onthophagus gazella N B NT 21.52
203 Onthophagus sp10 gr. clypeatus D B NT 11.07
204 Onthophagus haematopus D B NT 11.79
205 Onthophagus hanksins D B AET 10.05
206 Onthophagus hirculus D B NT 21.20
207 Onthophagus incisus N B AET 16.20
208 Onthophagus laeviceps D B AET 2.92
209 Onthophagus laevis D B AET 30.00
210 Onthophagus marginicollis D B NT 6.79
211 Onthophagus mulleri D B AET 13.33
212 Onthophagus ochromerus D B AET 11.67
213 Onthophagus onthochromus D B NT 21.20
214 Onthophagus pacificus D B AET 16.00
215 Onthophagus pavidus D B AET 10.00
216 Onthophagus poenicoerus D B AET 97.67
217 Onthophagus praecellens D B NT 6.40
218 Onthophagus rhinolophus N B NT 9.08
219 Onthophagus rorarius  D B AET 10.00
220 Onthophagus rubrescens D B NT 7.18
221 Onthophagus rugicollis  D B AET 53.06
222 Onthophagus sarawacus D B AET 17.14
223 Onthophagus semiaureus D B AET 9.00
224 Onthophagus sharpi N B NT 13.45
225 Onthophagus sp11 D B AET 62.00
226 Onthophagus sp12 grp D B AET 18.00
227 Onthophagus sp13 cf babirussa D B AET 10.65
228 Onthophagus stockwelli D B NT 11.18
229 Onthophagus sumatranus D B AET 32.39
230 Onthophagus taeniatus D B AET 12.50
231 Onthophagus tiniatus D B AET 12.50
232 Onthophagus vulpes  D B AET 15.64
233 Onthophagus waterstradti D B AET 10.00
234 Oxysternon conspicillatum D B NT 789.62
235 Oxysternon durantoni D B NT 189.11
236 Oxysternon festivum D B NT 326.58
237 Oxysternon macleayi D B NT 222.51
238 Oxysternon silenus D B NT 172.58
239 Oxysternon smaragdinum D B NT 177.00
240 Oxysternon spiniferum D B NT 48.20
241 Oxysternon striatopunctatum D B NT 98.00
242 Paragymnopleurus maurus D R AET 130.90
243 Paragymnopleurus sparsus D R AET 80.00
244 Paragymnopleurus striatus N R AET 150.57
245 Phanaeus alvarengai D B NT 78.00
246 Phanaeus bispinus D B NT 156.00
247 Phanaeus cambeforti D B NT 136.00
248 Phanaeus chalcomelas D B NT 230.81
249 Phanaeus endymion D B NT 136.57
250 Phanaeus meleagris D B NT 250.00
251 Phanaeus pyrois D B NT 192.00
252 Phanaeus sallei D B NT 163.52
253 Phaneus endymion D B NT 136.57
254 Proagoderus multicornis D B AET 163.52
255 Proagoderus wantanabei D B AET 154.04
256 Sisyphus eburneaus D R AET 10.70
257 Sisyphus thoracicus D R AET 9.04
258 Tiniocellus sarawacus D B AET 108.33
259 Uroxys boneti N B NT 1.30
260 Uroxys sp1 N B NT 6.10
261 Uroxys sp2 N B NT 1.27
262 Uroxys sp3 N B NT 2.45
263 Uroxys sp4 N B NT 10.00
264 Uroxys sp5 N B NT 2.45
265 Uroxys sp6 N B NT 10.00

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