Living in a desert: examining scorpion beta diversity in Egyptian drylands from a macroecological perspective

Abstract

African Zoology is co-published by NISC (Pty) Ltd and Informa UK Limited (trading as Taylor & Francis Group) 2019). These invertebrates play significant roles in many ecosystems by regulating the dispersion of microorganisms, altering population parameters in other organisms (e.g. density, microhabitat use, trophic interactions), water dynamics, decomposition processes, and nutrient cycling (Whitford 1996;Wanner and Dunger 2002;Fitter et al. 2005). Therefore, the changes in arthropod species composition or community structure