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In #TropicalForests, dung beetles💩 are fundamental for ecosystem functioning, as shown by our research. Want to know why? Check this 🧵. 1/11
🎥: @FilipeEco
🎥: @FilipeEco
The #DungBeetle name refers to the habit that some species of these beetles have in rolling feces from different animals. 2/11
🎥: @Erika_Berenguer
🎥: @Erika_Berenguer
Dung beetles use #poop for feeding and nesting, with their larvae already hatching in a nutrient-rich environment. Some species roll using their front legs, such as this Oxysternon festivum rolling dung from a howler monkey in the Maracá Island, Roraima. 3/11
📸’s: @JosBarlow
📸’s: @JosBarlow
Happy to finally see these results out! Project started 4 yrs ago from discussions with @noellebeckman at @sesync, study made possible with data from @stri_panama and resources from @UQAT & @ComputeCanada.
I would like to mention how technical challenges could be solved with the tools made available by the @mcmc_stan team, and @betanalpha's case studies illustrating best practices for Bayesian analysis: betanalpha.github.io/assets/case_st… . That story is mostly in Appendix 2 of our paper.
The main challenge in estimating #seeddispersal kernels is that they are often very leptokurtic, i.e. many seeds falling either very close or quite far from the parent plant. Seed sampling data has both an upper bound in terms of observed distances from parents...
