Thermal stress reduces dung burial, brood production, and the development of dung beetles: A challenge for climate resilience

The effect of increased temperatures on the reproduction, dung burial, and development of two species of dung beetle. The number of broods constructed, the success rate, developmental days, pronotum width, and body weight of F2 progeny were recorded while increasing the nest temperature up to +5°C to add an offset to the average 24-h baseline temperature (control).