Inhaltsangabe1 Reproductive competition and its impact on the evolution and ecology of dung beetles (Leigh W Simmons and T James Ridsdill-Smith) 2 The evolutionary history and diversification of dung beetles (T Keith Philips) 3 Male contest competition and the evolution of weapons (Robert Knell) 4 Sexual selection after mating: the evolutionary consequences of sperm competition and cryptic female choice in onthophagines (Leigh W Simmons) 5 Olfactory ecology (GD Tribe and BV Burger) 6 Explaining phenotypic diversity: The conditional strategy and threshold trait expression (Joseph L Tomkins and Wade Hazel) 7 Evolution and development: Onthophagus beetles and the evolutionary development genetics of innovation, allometry, and plasticity (Armin Moczek) 8 The evolution of parental care in the onthophagine dung beetles (John Hunt and Clarissa House) 9 The visual ecology of dung beetles (Marcus Byrne and Marie Dacke) 10 The ecological implications of physiological diversity in dung beetles (Steven L Chown and C Jaco Klok) 11 Dung beetle populations: structure and consequences (Tomas Roslin and Heidi Viljanen) 12 Biological control: ecosystem functions provided by dung beetles (T James Ridsdill-Smith and Penny B Edwards) 13 Dung beetles as a candidate study taxon in applied biodiversity conservation research (Elizabeth S Nichols and Toby A Gardner)

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Leigh Simmons was born and educated in the UK, and is currantly Professor of Evolutionary Biology at the University of Western Australia. His research interests lie in all aspects of reproductive biology, from the evolution of sperm form and function, to mate searching and courtship behaviour. James Ridsdill-Smith was born and educated in the UK but carried out all his research in Australia working for CSIRO Entomology. He has been developing biological and ecological solutions to various pest problems and 15 years involved in the biological control of dung with scarabaeine dung beetles.

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