9. The Visual Ecology of Dung Beetles

  1. Leigh W. Simmons3,
  2. T. James Ridsdill-Smith4
  1. Marcus Byrne1,
  2. Marie Dacke2

Published Online: 20 APR 2011

DOI: 10.1002/9781444342000.ch9

Book Title

Ecology and Evolution of Dung Beetles

Ecology and Evolution of Dung Beetles

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How to Cite

Byrne, M. and Dacke, M. (2011) The Visual Ecology of Dung Beetles, in Ecology and Evolution of Dung Beetles (eds L. W. Simmons and T. J. Ridsdill-Smith), John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK. doi: 10.1002/9781444342000.ch9

Editor Information

  1. 3

    Centre for Evolutionary Biology, School of Animal Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, 6009, Crawley, Western Australia

  2. 4

    School of Animal Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley 6009, Crawley, Western Australia

Author Information

  1. 1

    School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2050, South Africa

  2. 2

    Vision Group, Zoology, Sölvegatan 35, 223 62 Lund, Sweden

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 20 APR 2011
  2. Published Print: 8 APR 2011

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9781444333152

Online ISBN: 9781444342000

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Keywords:

  • Gigantiops destructor;
  • Copris elephenor;
  • Pachysoma striatum;
  • Onitis westermanni;
  • Visual ecology of flight activity;
  • Bombus terrestris;
  • Pachylomerus femoralis

Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

  • Introduction

  • Insect eye structure

  • Eye limitations

  • Dung beetle vision

  • Visual ecology of flight activity

  • Sexual selection and eyes

  • Ball-rolling

  • Conclusions

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