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Jones, Richard, 1958 July 14-
Subjects
Feces.
Feces -- Environmental aspects.
Feces -- Folklore.
Animal droppings.
Farm manure.
Excretion.
Eliminative behavior.
Coprophilous organisms.
Soil ecology.
Microbiology.
Insects -- Ecology.
Invertebrates -- Ecology.
Invertebrates -- Behavior.
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Jones, Richard, 1958 July 14-
Feces.
Feces -- Environmental aspects.
Feces -- Folklore.
Animal droppings.
Farm manure.
Excretion.
Eliminative behavior.
Coprophilous organisms.
Soil ecology.
Microbiology.
Insects -- Ecology.
Invertebrates -- Ecology.
Invertebrates -- Behavior.
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Call of nature : the secret life of dung / Richard Jones.
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Jones, Richard, 1958 July 14-
Pelagic Publishing, 2017.
Call #:
573.49 J78c
Subjects
Feces.
Feces -- Environmental aspects.
Feces -- Folklore.
Animal droppings.
Farm manure.
Excretion.
Eliminative behavior.
Coprophilous organisms.
Soil ecology.
Microbiology.
Insects -- Ecology.
Invertebrates -- Ecology.
Invertebrates -- Behavior.
ISBN:
9781784271053 (hc.)
Alternate title:
Secret life of dung
Description:
x, 292 pages : black and white illustrations ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [275]-283) and index.
Contents:
Introduction : What is dung? -- Cleanliness is next to fastidiousness : the human obsession with sewage -- Waste not : dung as a human resource -- It's worth fighting over : dung as a valuable ecological resource -- Dung communities : interactions and conflicts -- The evolution of dung feeding : where did it all begin? -- A closer look : who lives in dung? -- Cross section of a dung pat : a slice of coprophagous life -- The ageing process : time line of a dung pat -- Dung problems : the end of world ordure as we know it -- Dung types : an identification guide -- Dung inhabitants and dung feeders : a rogues' gallery -- Dung is a four-letter word : a scatological dictionary.
Summary:
Journey through the digestive systems of humans, farm and wild animals, and meet some of nature's ultimate recyclers as they eat, breed in and compete for dung. The fall of bodily waste onto the ground is the start of a race against the clock as a multitude of dung-feeders and scavengers consume this rich food source. From the enigmatic dung-rolling beetles to bat guano and giant elephant droppings, dung creates a miniature ecosystem to be explored by the aspiring dung watcher. Includes an identification guide to dung, so that you can identify the animal that left it behind. Pellets or pats? Scats, spraints, frass, guano, spoor learn your way around different species droppings. There's also a dung-feeder's identification guide that includes the species you're most likely to encounter on an exploration of the dung heap. Richard Jones is an entomologist and past president of the British Entomological Society.
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