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<journal-id>1405-888X</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[TIP. Revista especializada en ciencias químico-biológicas]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[TIP]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1405-888X</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1405-888X2018000100024</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1016/j.recqb.2017.08.003</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Interacciones entre semillas y escarabajos del estiércol (Scarabaeinae) en un bosque tropical seco]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Interactions between seeds and dung beetles (Scarabaeinae) in a tropical dry forest]]></article-title>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ocampo-Castillo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Julissa]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Andresen]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ellen]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Morelia Michocán]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>21</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>24</fpage>
<lpage>33</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1405-888X2018000100024&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1405-888X2018000100024&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1405-888X2018000100024&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen Los escarabajos del estiércol (Scarabaeinae) son insectos importantes en muchos ecosistemas terrestres por sus funciones ecológicas, derivadas del comportamiento de remover las heces de vertebrados. Este grupo de insectos es particularmente abundante en los bosques tropicales (BT). Sus funciones ecológicas han sido principalmente estudiadas en los BT húmedos, existiendo poca información para los BT secos. Se realizaron experimentos de campo en la Estación de Biología de Chamela (Jalisco, México) durante la temporada de lluvias para cuantificar la remoción de heces por los escarabajos del estiércol y para evaluar sus interacciones con semillas durante la remoción de heces en un BT seco. A las 48 h la remoción de heces fue total; 71% de las semillas artificiales fueron enterradas entre 0.5 y 30 cm de profundidad, y el 29% quedaron sobre la superficie pero dispersadas horizontalmente entre 1 y 150 cm. El establecimiento de plántulas a partir del banco de semillas se vio favorecido por la presencia de heces y la actividad de los escarabajos del estiércol. Comparando nuestros resultados con aquellos obtenidos en bosques Neotropicales húmedos, concluimos que en el BT seco estudiado las funciones ecológicas de los Scarabaeinae en la época de lluvias son similares a lo registrado en BT húmedos.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract Dung beetles (Scarabaeinae) are important insects in many terrestrial ecosystems due to their ecological functions, which are a consequence of their dung-burying behavior. This insect group is particularly abundant in tropical forests (TF). Yet, their ecological functions have been studied more extensively in humid TF and little information is available for dry TF. We carried out field experiments in the Chamela Biological Station (Jalisco, México) during the rainy season to quantify dung removal by Scarabaeinae as well as the interactions with seeds that occur as a consequence of dung removal in a dry TF. After 48 h dung removal was complete; 71% of artificial seeds were buried between 0.5 and 30 cm of depth, and 29% remained on the surface but dispersed horizontally between 1 and 150 cm. The establishment of seedlings from the soil seed bank was enhanced by the presence of dung and the activity of dung beetles. Comparing our results with those obtained in humid neotropical forests we conclude that in the studied dry forest, during the rainy season, the ecological functions of Scarabaeinae are similar to those registered in humid TF.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[escarabajos coprófagos]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[funciones ecológicas]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[interacciones bióticas]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[biotic interactions]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Chamela]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[ecological functions]]></kwd>
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