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ArticleInsects2020

The Attraction of the Dung Beetle

Sandra Weithmann, Christian von Hoermann, Thomas Schmitt, Sandra Steiger, Manfred Ayasse

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Article in Insects, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
13citing papers in PubMed
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Sandra WeithmannInstitute of Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation Genomics, University of Ulm, 89069 Ulm, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-6393-4308
Christian von HoermannChair of Wildlife Ecology and Management, University of Freiburg, 79106 Freiburg, Germany.
Thomas SchmittDepartment of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-6719-8635
Sandra SteigerDepartment of Evolutionary Animal Ecology, University of Bayreuth, 95447 Bayreuth, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9714-5665
Manfred AyasseInstitute of Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation Genomics, University of Ulm, 89069 Ulm, Germany.
Universität Ulm · DEUniversity of Bayreuth · DEUniversity of Freiburg · DEUniversity of Würzburg · DE

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft AY12/9-1, STE 1874/4-1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

During decomposition, vertebrate carrion emits volatile organic compounds to which insects and other scavengers are attracted. We have previously found that the dung beetle,

Indexed as

GC-EADinsect attractionKeywords: carrion decompositionpiglet cadaversynthetic cadaver volatilesvolatile organic compounds (VOCs)

Identifiers

PMID32727148
PMCPMC7469141
OpenAlexW3045612398

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Registered trials

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