Predicting the dung manipulation behaviour of dung beetles (Coleoptera:Scarabaeidae:Scarabaeinae) in Singapore based on hind leg morphology

• Main Author: Goh, Elijah Seng Chuen
• Other Authors: Eleanor Slade
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2025
• Subjects: Earth and Environmental Sciences; Dung beetles; Onthophagus; Functional group; Hind leg morphology; Rollers; Tunnellers; Facultative rollers; Behaviour; Dung manipulation; Principal component analysis; Behavioural experiments; Singapore; Sabah; Southeast Asia; Tropical
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/183519
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Improving our ability to predict the dung manipulation behaviour of dung beetles is key to better understanding how they contribute to ecosystem functioning in Southeast Asia. Dung manipulation behaviour is traditionally classified into two functional groups (rollers or tunnellers) based on the spec...