Dung Down Under - dung beetles for Australia

Authors: Dr Bernard Doube and Tim Marshall Softcover, 116 pages. ISBN 9780992432904

WORLD dung beetle expert Dr Bernard Doube has teamed up with organic agriculturalist Tim Marshall to produce the first farmer-friendly book on the ecology and management of dung beetles in Australia, possibly the world. Dung Down Under: Dung Beetles for Australia is an essential reference for farmers, Landcare groups and environmental organisations concerned with sustainable land management.

The book explains how a few dozen dung beetle species, distributed across Australia according to soil type and climate, can improve pasture production, nutrient cycling, water infiltration and carbon capture and storage.

These small insects can dramatically change soil structure - and the resulting agricultural performance of soil - by breaking through hard pans and mixing surface and subsurface soil. They can also provide many secondary benefits for tourism and the general population, such as reduction in pest flies and dung-borne parasites and pathogens, and better water quality in dams and rivers.

Dung Down Under: Dung Beetles for Australia is a significant contribution to the literature of sustainable agriculture.

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