Carabidae diversity along an altitudinal gradient in a Peruvian cloud forest (Coleoptera)

Maveety, Sarah A.; Browne, Robert A.; Erwin, Terry L.

doi:10.3897/zookeys.147.2047

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“…This result is in agreement with carabid species richness patterns investigated in other mountain areas (e.g. Maveety, Browne, & Erwin, ; Winkler et al, ; Zou, Sang, Zhou, Huang, & Axmacher, ). Our results highlighted that the studied species traits (i.e.…”

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Trait‐modulated decline of carabid beetle occurrence along elevational gradients across the European Alps

Chamberlain

Gobbi

Negro

et al. 2020

Journal of Biogeography

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Aim: To assess how species traits modulate the responses of carabids to elevational gradients, and how consistent these relationships are across different Alpine regions.Location: Italian Alps. Taxon: Coleoptera, Carabidae (ground beetles).Methods: Carabid communities were sampled using pitfall traps along elevational gradients (697-2,840 m) in 416 study sites comprising a range of habitat types. The probability of carabid occurrence was modelled in relation to elevation and its interaction with two key traits, body size and wing development, using a mixed-modelling framework. The consistency of these associations was then assessed across three geographically separated regions. Results:Carabid occurrence declined with increasing elevation, although this relationship was modulated by both body size and wing development. Smaller species were less likely to occur than larger-bodied species at lower elevations. There was a steep decline in occurrence of larger species from low to high elevation, but a slight increase in smaller species, when considering all regions combined. All wing development types declined with elevation, most notably for brachypterous (reduced wings) species. However, these patterns also varied regionally, especially for wing development, indicating that trait-elevation interactions are not geographically consistent.Habitat could not explain the differences between regions for body size, but was likely an important driver of regional differences in the role of wing development on carabid occurrence. Main conclusions:Species traits are important in explaining the distribution of carabids along elevational gradients in mountains, and they may help to identify the species that are the most vulnerable, and the most resilient, to future environmental change. Increased probability of occurrence of smaller species at higher elevations suggests that they may be particularly vulnerable to environmental change in the future. However, the difference in responses to elevation between regions has important implications for modelling species distributions, as it suggests low model transferability, that is, a trait-based model derived from one region cannot necessarily be used to project relative elevational shifts in a wider area. | 1031 CHAMBERLAIN Et AL.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 91%

Trait‐modulated decline of carabid beetle occurrence along elevational gradients across the European Alps

Chamberlain

Gobbi

Negro

et al. 2020

Journal of Biogeography

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“…Recent evidence suggests that the most common elevational pattern is the increase of diversity and species richness at intermediate elevations (Rahbek 2005, McCain and Grytnes 2010, Sanders and Rahbek 2012, Guo et al 2013), which has been documented for various groups of Coleoptera (Escobar et al 2005, Fernández et al 2010), including Chrysomelidae (Furth 2009, Sánchez-Reyes et al 2014). Other studies have shown a decrease of species richness with increasing elevation for various groups of insects (Wolda 1987, McCoy 1990, Sánchez-Ramos et al 1993, Araújo and Fernandes 2003, Maveety et al 2011, Jones et al 2012). Indeed, it has been observed that species richness, abundance and diversity of Lepidoptera decreases with increasing elevation in Cerro El Diente (Meléndez-Jaramillo et al 2015), which is one of the sampling localities in our study.…”

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Faunistic patterns of leaf beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) within elevational and temporal gradients in Sierra de San Carlos, Mexico

Sánchez-Reyes

Niño-Maldonado

Barrientos-Lozano

et al. 2016

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The study of biodiversity of Chrysomelidae in Mexico and its variation within ecological gradients has increased recently, although important areas in the country remain to be explored. We conducted a faunistic inventory and analyzed the elevational and temporal variation of leaf beetle communities in the Sierra de San Carlos, in the state of Tamaulipas, in northeastern Mexico. This is an area with high to extreme priority for conservation, and due to its insular geographical position and to the vegetational communities present, it must be considered as a sky island. We selected seven sample sites distributed in different elevations within three localities, and comprising different vegetational communities. At each site, we randomly delimited 12 sample plots of 400 m2 where sampling was conducted by entomological sweep netting and collecting directly by hand. Sampling was conducted monthly at each plot, for a total of 1,008 samples between February 2013 and January 2014. By the end of the study, we had obtained a total of 3,081 specimens belonging to six subfamilies, 65 genera, and 113 species, with Trichaltica scabricula (Crotch, 1873) being recorded for first time in Mexico. Species richness was less than the values observed at other studies conducted in the same region, which is attributed to differences in the number of plant species and to the insular location of Sierra de San Carlos; however, the higher diversity values suggest a higher quality of natural resources and vegetational communities. No consistent pattern of leaf beetle communities was correlated with elevation, although higher values of species richness and diversity were obtained at the highest elevation site. The seasonal gradient showed that the rainy season is most favorable for leaf beetle communities. We found that species composition was different between sites and months, and also that there exists a significant association between the abundance obtained at each site and particular months. These results highlight the importance of different microhabitats for species distribution, and suggest that each species of Chrysomelidae has a differential response to environmental factors that vary within the elevational gradient and according to seasons. Also, we confirm and emphasize the important status of Sierra de San Carlos as a key natural area for biological conservation.

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“…Despite the proved ecological relevance of GB, problems in species identification and the lack of systematic natural history studies might originate constraints for their practical use as surrogates in routine ecological studies (Freitas et al, 2006). However, in our study most of the RTU were identified until the level of morphospecies (Maveety et al, 2011). We realize that this is a simplified, preliminary and demonstrative approach, although we believe that RTU classification represents a reasonable trade-off between absolute taxonomic accuracy (which may take many years to achieve) and the ecological functional representativeness, necessary to ensure the applicability of GB diversity estimates for comparative analysis between different ecosystems (Maveety et al, 2014).…”

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How informative is the response of Ground Beetles' (Coleoptera: Carabidae) assemblages to anthropogenic land use changes? Insights for ecological status assessments from a case study in the Neotropics

Cajaíba

Périco

Silva

et al. 2018

Science of The Total Environment

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Ground Beetles (Carabidae) have been suggested to be used as indicators of ecological status under the effects of anthropogenic land use and land cover changes in highly biodiverse regions such as the Neotropics. In this study Ground Beetles' assemblages from a region in the Brazilian Amazon were investigated for evaluating their applicability as disturbance indicators. Differences in assemblages between ecosystems, discriminated by complimentary methodologies, demonstrate a sensitive reaction from the most pristine forests to increasingly disturbed systems. Besides capturing the influence of different prevailing conditions between ecosystems, Ground Beetles are easy to communicate and to link with the other components of the system, being effortless and routinely measurable using standard methodologies. This study represents a step forward in using Ground Beetles for the purposes of planning, management and public reporting on the ecological status of Neotropical ecosystems. Additionally, the methods depicted could support projections for trends of relevant ecosystem attributes under realistic social-ecological change scenarios, which can be used to guide effective conservation planning.

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Carabidae diversity along an altitudinal gradient in a Peruvian cloud forest (Coleoptera)

Cited by 48 publications

References 35 publications

Trait‐modulated decline of carabid beetle occurrence along elevational gradients across the European Alps

Trait‐modulated decline of carabid beetle occurrence along elevational gradients across the European Alps

Faunistic patterns of leaf beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) within elevational and temporal gradients in Sierra de San Carlos, Mexico

How informative is the response of Ground Beetles' (Coleoptera: Carabidae) assemblages to anthropogenic land use changes? Insights for ecological status assessments from a case study in the Neotropics

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