02071naa a2200289 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001902400270006010000140008724501330010126000090023450000250024352012360026865000150150465000150151965000180153465000120155265300220156465300230158665300200160965300200162965300170164970000180166670000170168470000170170177300630171821142362019-11-12       2019    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d7 a10.1111/een.127112DOI1 aRAINE, E.  aInterspecific and intraspecific variation in diet preference in five Atlantic forest dung beetle species.h[electronic resource]  c2019  aShort Communication.  a1. Dung beetles are commonly assumed to be generalist feeders, but there has been limited work in identifying whether there is interspecific variation in feeding preference. Equally, there has been no work exploring whether generalist feeding behaviour in a species is a result of within-species specialisation. 2. This study identified the individual and species-level feeding preferences of five dung beetle species towards human, jaguar and pig dung using a choice experiment. 3. It was found that species varied in their preference for the dung types, but there was no evidence that within a species, individual beetles varied in their dung choice. These findings were similar to results from field experiments that are more typically used to assess feeding preferences in dung beetles. 4. The results suggest that individual specialism in feeding may not be common in dung beetles. However, there is variation in feeding preferences among species, which is often overlooked and can have implications for the ecosystem functions they provide. It is suggested that choice arenas can be used to assess feeding preferences in dung beetle species that are not abundant enough to reliably estimate dietary choice from field studies.  aColeoptera  aCoprophagy  aAlimentação  aBesouro  aChoice experiment  aDietary specialism  aMata Atlântica  aNiche variation  aScarabaeinae1 aMIKICH, S. B.1 aLEWIS, O. T.1 aSLADE, E. M.  tEcological Entomologygv. 44, n. 3, p. 436-439, June 2019.