Deliberately introduced dung beetles in Australia: 12 years of occurrence and abundance records from 2001 to 2022

Jacob D Berson; Penelope B Edwards; T James Ridsdill-Smith; Christopher K Taylor; Daniel J Anderson; Nigel R Andrew; Russell A Barrow; David A Cousins; Robert N Emery; Laura L Fagan; Rhiannon M Foster; Lucas G Harwood; Zac Hemmings; Megan J Lewis; Sherralee S Lukehurst; Jake Manger; John N Matthiessen; Marcela D C Vieira; Paul A Weston; Raphael K Didham; Theodore A Evans

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Deliberately introduced dung beetles in Australia: 12 years of occurrence and abundance records from 2001 to 2022

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Deliberately introduced dung beetles in Australia: 12 years of occurrence and abundance records from 2001 to 2022

Jacob D Berson, Penelope B Edwards, T James Ridsdill-Smith, Christopher K Taylor, Daniel J Anderson, Nigel R Andrew, Russell A Barrow, David A Cousins, Robert N Emery, Laura L Fagan, …

Ecology (Durham), Vol.105(7), e4328

2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.4328

PMID: 38782017

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Abstract

insect

dung beetle

biological control

surveillance

species distribution

monitoring

Since 1968, the Australian Dung Beetle Project has carried out field releases of 43 deliberately introduced dung beetle species for the biological control of livestock dung and dung-breeding pests. Of these, 23 species are known to have become established. For most of these species, sufficient time has elapsed for population expansion to fill the extent of their potential geographic range through both natural and human-assisted dispersal. Consequently, over the last 20 years, extensive efforts have been made to quantify the current distribution of these introduced dung beetles, as well as the seasonal and spatial variation in their activity levels. Much of these data and their associated metadata have remained unpublished, and they have not previously been synthesized into a cohesive dataset. Here, we collate and report data from the three largest dung beetle monitoring projects from 2001 to 2022. Together, these projects encompass data collected from across Australia, and include records for all 23 species of established dung beetles introduced for biocontrol purposes. In total, these data include 22,718 presence records and 213,538 absence records collected during 10,272 sampling events at 546 locations. Most presence records (97%) include abundance data. In total, 1,752,807 dung beetles were identified as part of these data. The distributional occurrence and abundance data can be used to explore questions such as factors influencing dung beetle species distributions, dung beetle biocontrol, and insect-mediated ecosystem services. These data are provided under a CC-BY-NC 4.0 license and users are encouraged to cite this data paper when using the data.

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Title: Deliberately introduced dung beetles in Australia: 12 years of occurrence and abundance records from 2001 to 2022
Authors/Creators: Jacob D Berson - The University of Western Australia
Penelope B Edwards - University of the Sunshine Coast
T James Ridsdill-Smith - CSIRO Health and Biosecurity
Christopher K Taylor - The University of Western Australia
Daniel J Anderson - The University of Western Australia
Nigel R Andrew - University of New England
Russell A Barrow - Charles Sturt University
David A Cousins - Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development
Robert N Emery - Murdoch University, Centre for Biosecurity and One Health
Laura L Fagan - Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development
Rhiannon M Foster - The University of Western Australia
Lucas G Harwood - School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Zac Hemmings - University of New England
Megan J Lewis - The University of Western Australia
Sherralee S Lukehurst - The University of Western Australia
Jake Manger - The University of Western Australia
John N Matthiessen - Independent Researcher, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Marcela D C Vieira - School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Paul A Weston - Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
Raphael K Didham - The University of Western Australia
Theodore A Evans - The University of Western Australia
Publication Details: Ecology (Durham), Vol.105(7), e4328
Publisher: Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of The Ecological Society of America.
Grant note: Queensland Department of Primary Industries (DPI) Meat and Livestock Australia Western Australian Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia (DAFWA), currently known as the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) 16-03-016 / Australian Government, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Rural Research and Development for Profit Program Natural Heritage Trust
Identifiers: 991005670268407891
Murdoch Affiliation: College of Environmental and Life Sciences
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article

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