NDLI: Effects of land usage on dung beetle assemblage structure: Kruger National Park versus adjacent farmland in South Africa

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Author	Davis, Adrian L. V. Scholtz, Clarke H. Swemmer, Anthony M.
Copyright Year	2011
Abstract	Little quantitative evidence exists regarding how effective protected areas are for preserving species. We compared dung beetle assemblages (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) inside and outside of the Kruger National Park, which protects indigenous flora and fauna over a large area of savanna in the northeast lowlands of South Africa. Although it is contiguous with other reserves in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Mozambique, parts of its border abut onto farmland. Some effects of differing land usage either side of this border were studied at the South African Wildlife College (24.541° S 31.335° E) and the nearby farming village of Welverdiend using dung beetle assemblage structure (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) as indicators. Samples were taken from gabbro-derived and granite-derived soils in open woody vegetation, both within the reserve and on adjoining farmland, using composite pig, elephant and cattle dung baits in the early rainy season (November 2009) and separate pig and elephant dung baits in the late rainy season (March 2010). Despite much higher large mammal density around Welverdiend, significantly greater species richness, abundance, and biomass of dung beetles were recorded in the reserve where mammal species diversity is greater and elephants produce much larger droppings than any mammal in the farmland. Assemblage structure also differed strongly between dung types, weather conditions on sample days, and season, but weakly between sampled soil types. These differences in assemblage structure were recorded over short distances as the sites in the reserve were only 3–4 km from those in farmland at Welverdiend.
Starting Page	399
Ending Page	411
Page Count	13
File Format	PDF
ISSN	1366638X
Journal	Journal of Insect Conservation
Volume Number	16
Issue Number	3
e-ISSN	15729753
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2011-08-02
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Conservation Dung Elephant Farmland Kruger National Park Land usage South Africa Biodiversity Entomology Conservation Biology/Ecology Life Sciences Animal Ecology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Ecology Animal Science and Zoology Nature and Landscape Conservation Insect Science

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