Lepidopteran species richness of alpine sites in the High Sudetes Mts.: effect of area and isolation

Bílá, Karolína; Kuras, Tomáš; Šipoš, Ján; Kindlmann, Pavel

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“…In the Jeseník Mts, the situation is locally worsened by non-native Pinus mugo stands, locally expanding after cessation of grazing (Bila et al, 2013;Kasak et al, 2015). The ascending timberline may gradually fragment the currently extensive areas inhabited by E. epiphron in the two mountain ranges, making the resultant fragmented populations more vulnerable to demographic stochasticity (Roland & Matters, 2007).…”

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Has the currently warming climate affected populations of the mountain ringlet butterfly, Erebia epiphron (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae), in low-elevation mountains?

Konvička¹,

Beneš²,

Čížek³

et al. 2016

Eur. J. Entomol.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Has the currently warming climate affected populations of the mountain ringlet butterfly, Erebia epiphron (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae), in low-elevation mountains?

Konvička¹,

Beneš²,

Čížek³

et al. 2016

Eur. J. Entomol.

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“…Kuussaari et al, 2009 The idea of considering tree line altitudinal changes when modelling patterns of species richness in alpine islands is not novel in biogeography (e.g. Bila, Kuras, Sipos, & Kindlmann, 2013;Brown, 1971;Riebesell, 1982;Simpson, 1975;Vuilleumier, 1970). Here, we moved a step further by explicitly accounting for changes in island area and inter-island connectivity through time: we reconstructed island fluctuations at a millennial scale based on a previously published dynamic discrete model of tree line position (Marta et al, 2013).…”

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Effects of Holocene climate changes on alpine ecosystems: Nonequilibrium dynamics drive insect species richness on alpine islands

Marta

Lacasella

Cesaroni

et al. 2019

Journal of Biogeography

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Aim To identify the effect of multiple, temporally close, forcing events (i.e. climate‐driven habitat fragmentations/homogenizations) in shaping current patterns of biodiversity in alpine areas. Given their spatial configuration, alpine areas have been traditionally seen as islands surrounded by an “ocean” of unsuitable lands. A quantitative assessment of the effects of Holocene climate fluctuations on islands area and inter‐island connectivity is crucial to finely reconstruct past biodiversity dynamics and forecast species responses to future changes. Location Italy. Taxa Carabidae (Ground beetles), Chrysomelidae (Leaf beetles), Elateridae (Click beetles), Orthoptera (Grasshoppers and Crickets) and Papilionoidea (Butterflies and Skippers). Methods A total of 1,077 species for 128,093 records were analysed and a classification based on their functional traits allowed identifying groups of good and poor dispersers within each taxon. A dynamic discrete model of ecosystem evolution provided the spatio‐temporal context to test two competing (transient equilibria vs. nonequilibrium) dynamics based on different colonization capabilities. In the transient equilibria dynamic the species are able to respond to island evolution through successful dispersal and colonization events, whereas in the nonequilibrium dynamic ineffective immigration constrains the current species richness to that generated by the strongest island contraction. Results With the exception of Elateridae, good dispersers (Chrysomelidae and Papilionoidea) responded to environmental changes by establishing a series of transient equilibria. In contrast, the nonequilibrium dynamic better described patterns of species richness in poor dispersers (Carabidae and Orthoptera). Main conclusions Our approach could be used as the basis for the development of spatially and temporally explicit models of island evolution and could be a valuable tool for quantifying the sensitivity of single taxa to climate‐driven habitat changes. It also represents a further step towards the forecasting of future responses to climate change and the accompanying development of conservation strategies that more effectively respond to the detrimental impacts of climate change on biodiversity.

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Lepidopteran species richness of alpine sites in the High Sudetes Mts.: effect of area and isolation

Cited by 10 publications

References 32 publications

Has the currently warming climate affected populations of the mountain ringlet butterfly, Erebia epiphron (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae), in low-elevation mountains?

Has the currently warming climate affected populations of the mountain ringlet butterfly, Erebia epiphron (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae), in low-elevation mountains?

Effects of Holocene climate changes on alpine ecosystems: Nonequilibrium dynamics drive insect species richness on alpine islands

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