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Marios servicing a pitfall trap in the
Australian Wet Tropics.
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I am originally from Alethrico, a village just outside of Larnaca in Cyprus. My passion for entomology has led me to study dung beetles in northeastern Queensland, Australia, where I am currently undertaking a PhD at James Cook University. I am studying the determinant factors influencing native dung beetle spatial patterns of biodiversity along altitudinal and latitudinal gradients within the rainforests of the Australian Wet Tropics. I will also be looking into the effects of climate change on the native tropical Australian dung beetle fauna.
My dung beetle interests are broad and include: patterns of biodiversity, community structure, distribution, species richness, abundance, seasonality, effects of climate change, modelling, altitudinal and latitudinal gradients, reproductive seasonality, and taxonomy.
After the completion of my PhD, I plan to return to my home country of Cyprus to work on the poorly studied Cypriot dung beetle fauna.
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