Call of nature : the secret life of dung / Richard Jones.

Exeter, UK : Pelagic Publishing, [2017]

x, 292 pages : black and white illustrations ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-283) and index.

1. Introduction: What is dung? -- 2. Cleanliness is next to fastidiousness : the human obsession with sewage -- 3. Waste not : dung as a human resource -- 4. It's worth fighting over : dung as a valuable ecological resource -- 5. Dung communities : interactions and conflicts -- 6. The evolution of dung feeding : where did it all begin? -- 7. A closer look : who lives in dung? -- 8. Cross section of a dung pat : a slice of coprophagous life -- 9. The ageing process : time line of a dung pat -- 10. Dung problems : the end of world ordure as we know it -- 11. Dung types : an identification guide -- 12. Dung inhabitants and dung feeders : a rogues' gallery -- 13. Dung is a four-letter word : a scatological dictionary.