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ArticleInsects2025

Filling the Spring Gap in Southern Australia: Seasonal Activity of Four Dung Beetle Species Selected to Be Imported from Morocco.

Hasnae Hajji, Abdellatif Janati-Idrissi, Alberto Zamprogna, José Serin, Jean-Pierre Lumaret, Nassera Kadiri, Saleta Pérez Vila, Patrick V Gleeson, Jane Wright, Valérie Caron

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Article in Insects, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Hasnae HajjiLaboratoire de Biotechnologie, Conservation et Valorisation des Ressources Naturelles, Faculté des Sciences de Dhar El Mehraz, Université Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, B.P. 1796 Fès-Atlas, Fez 30000, Morocco.ORCID 0009-0009-5534-6205
Abdellatif Janati-IdrissiLaboratoire de Biotechnologie, Conservation et Valorisation des Ressources Naturelles, Faculté des Sciences de Dhar El Mehraz, Université Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, B.P. 1796 Fès-Atlas, Fez 30000, Morocco.
Alberto ZamprognaCSIRO European Laboratory, 830 Avenue du Campus Agropolis, 34980 Montferrier-sur-Lez, France.ORCID 0009-0007-4476-5805
José SerinCSIRO European Laboratory, 830 Avenue du Campus Agropolis, 34980 Montferrier-sur-Lez, France.
Jean-Pierre LumaretCSIRO European Laboratory, 830 Avenue du Campus Agropolis, 34980 Montferrier-sur-Lez, France.ORCID 0000-0003-2926-3974
Nassera KadiriCEFE, EPHE, IRD, Université de Montpellier Paul Valéry, Route de Mende, 34199 Montpellier, France.ORCID 0009-0001-7207-1196
Saleta Pérez VilaCSIRO Health and Biosecurity, Black Mountain, 2-40 Clunies Ross St., Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.
Patrick V GleesonCSIRO Health and Biosecurity, Black Mountain, 2-40 Clunies Ross St., Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.
Jane WrightCSIRO Health and Biosecurity, Black Mountain, 2-40 Clunies Ross St., Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.
Valérie CaronCSIRO Health and Biosecurity, Black Mountain, 2-40 Clunies Ross St., Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-3462-4607

Funding

Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Rural Research and Development for Profit Program
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dung beetles are important ecosystem engineers, as they utilize the excrement produced by animals. For nearly 60 years, several species of dung beetle have been introduced to Australia to help mitigate the problems caused by the accumulation of livestock dung. The twenty-three successfully established species directly contribute to reducing the environmental impacts from dung accumulation, providing improvements to soil health, pasture productivity and pest fly reduction. Despite this success, there are still geographical and seasonal gaps in dung beetle activity, causing dung to remain on the soil surface. The continued importation of new dung beetle species is warranted to fill these gaps. One of the significant remaining gaps is during spring in southern Australia. Four spring-active dung species from Morocco were selected for a new importation program (2018-2022):

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PMCPMC12111905

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