Table 3.

Rodgers index and their scores for experiment type “cafeteria” for the feeding preference of species of dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae) by resource type (feces) of different species of native mammals of different trophic guilds

Species	G	Resource (feces)								Att.
		P. concolor		C. thous		S. nigritus		T. terrestris
		A	R	A	R	A	R	A	R
D. furcatum	Te	0.00	0.00	4.47	1.00	3.78	0.84	0.75	0.17	C S T
E. inflexus	En	0.00	0.00	7.42	1.00	4.58	0.62	0.00	0.00	C S
Dichotomius sericeus	Pa	6.79	0.24	28.57	1.00	9.61	0.33	5.52	0.19	C S P T
Dichotomius fissus	Pa	0.00	0.00	3.04	1.00	2.73	0.90	0.73	0.24	C S T
Co. saphirinus	Pa	1.14	0.16	7.20	1.00	2.36	0.33	1.80	0.25	C S T P
D. morbillosum	Te	0.93	0.19	4.78	1.00	1.29	0.27	0.00	0.00	C S P
Canthi. aff. trinodosum	Pa	5.91	0.52	11.47	1.00	3.97	0.35	3.14	0.27	C P S T
Cantho. rutilans cyanescens	Te	6.30	0.13	48.90	1.00	18.11	0.37	4.17	0.08	C S T P

The last column is the resource type ordered by preference. G, relocation guilds; Te, telecoprids; En, endocoprids; Pa, paracoprids; A, summed area partitioned curve; R, Rodgers index scores; P, P. concolor ; C, C. thous ; S, S. nigritus ; T, T. terrestris ; Att., attractiveness order.