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Vulinec 2002; Kohlmann et al. 2003; Kohlmann and Moron 2003; Feer and Pincebourde 2005; Scheffler 2005), as well as unpublished contributions from the authors (M.E Favila, S. H. Spector, K. Vulinec, and F. Vaz de Mello).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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