Soil ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in a coffee agroforestry landscape during a severe-drought period

Arenas-Clavijo, Anderson; Armbrecht, Inge

doi:10.1007/s10457-018-0283-x

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“…In terms of climate change, many species within these three Coleoptera families are adapted to relatively narrow ranges of temperature, humidity and rainfall (Andresen, 2005; Lobo et al, 2018; Rodríguez et al, 2019; Zajicek et al, 2021), tropical Andean ecosystems (e.g., páramos) may be especially vulnerable to climate change (Herzog et al, 2011; Mason, 2001). This highlights the need to evaluate how climate change, especially drought, rising temperatures, and reduced cloud cover, could affect the diversity and functions of beetles (Arenas‐Clavijo & Armbrecht, 2018; Gobbi et al, 2018).…”

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Knowledge of ground‐dwelling beetle communities in the tropical Andes: Gaps and trends

López‐Bedoya,

Magura,

Méndez‐Rojas

et al. 2023

Austral Ecology

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The tropical Andes is one of the most biodiverse ecoregions on Earth, exhibiting high levels of species endemism. The tropical Andes is also one of the most vulnerable ecoregions worldwide due to a long history of anthropogenic transformations. One of the major obstacles for generating conservation plans is gaps in knowledge about the status and threats to many groups of Andean biodiversity, especially invertebrates. Focusing on three important beetle groups (i.e., Coleoptera: ground beetles, rove beetles and dung beetles) in the tropical Andes, we performed a systematic review of scientific literature retrieving 50 studies that allowed us to assess the degree of knowledge across the region, disturbance types, and biodiversity metrics used. We found a high representation of studies in Colombia, compared with other Andean countries. We also found a marked bias among taxonomic groups, topics or metrics evaluated, with dung beetles the most represented group, particularly in studies addressing forest conversion using metrics such as species richness or abundance. We reveal large gaps in information on the diversity of ground and rove beetles, and in the use of other diversity metrics. The lack of information across countries makes it difficult to generalize results and points to the need for more research, especially in under‐represented countries such as Bolivia and Venezuela. Including complementary response metrics, such as biomass, functional diversity or ecological functions, will improve the assessment of human impacts on tropical Andean beetle communities and wider ecosystems.

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Knowledge of ground‐dwelling beetle communities in the tropical Andes: Gaps and trends

López‐Bedoya,

Magura,

Méndez‐Rojas

et al. 2023

Austral Ecology

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“…Native forest patches are immersed in the coffee matrix and have played an important role in the maintenance dynamics of exclusive species in the Andean agricultural landscapes (Arenas‐Clavijo, & Armbrecht, 2018; García‐Cárdenas et al, 2018; Urrutia‐Escobar, & Armbrecht, 2013; Zabala et al, 2013). In the study area, the native forest patches were small fragments highly interspersed with secondary vegetation.…”

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“…Therefore, the local and landscape heterogeneity of Colombian Andes may be an advantage for staphylinids in sun coffee crops (unpublished data). Some Colombian Andes studies have reported that ant species typically collected in the native forest have also been captured in sun coffee plantations in Cauca (Arenas‐Clavijo, & Armbrecht, 2018; García‐Cárdenas et al, 2018) and Risaralda department (Zabala et al, 2013). For dung beetles, sun coffee plantations also showed a high species richness and representativeness of 50% of the forest species (Cultid‐Medina, & Escobar, 2016).…”

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Rove beetle diversity and coffee agroecosystems in the Colombian Andes

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The intensification of coffee plantations has driven biodiversity loss worldwide, but little is known about how it affects the ecological structure of Andean rove beetle communities. The rove beetle diversity was estimated in a coffee‐intensification gradient located on the western slope of Central Andes (1300–1800 m elevation). Sixteen sampling sites in four land uses were selected: four native forest patches and twelve coffee production systems (four polygeneric shade coffee plantations, four monogeneric shade coffee plantations, and four sun‐grown coffee plantations). We used unbaited pitfall traps and leaf litter extraction and recorded environmental and vegetation variables in each land use. 101 staphylinid species were collected in 12 subfamilies and 45 genera (N = 522 individuals). We recorded for the first time the subfamily Leptotyphlinae in Colombia. Anotylus sp. 1 was the most abundant species with about 16% of the total individuals, while 60% of the remaining species showed <2 individuals. Native forest and polygeneric shade coffee plantations were more diverse than monogeneric shade and sun‐grown coffee plantations (for all qD measures). Monogeneric shade coffee plantations were the least diverse in all studies. Species composition was different between forests and coffee plantations, and the sun‐grown coffee had a low number of exclusive species. The rove beetle diversity did not show a linear reduction with the intensification levels of the coffee plantation, and the sun‐grown coffee did not represent an absolutely hostile environment. We discuss the role of staphylinid as model group for comparative ecological studies in the tropical agricultural landscape.

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“…Arenas-Clavijo, 2017;Forero et al, 2019;Moret, 2019;Sarmiento-Roa et al, 2020) and ecological studies (e.g. Arenas & Armbrecht, 2019; based on this group during the last decade. An update of the current taxonomic and faunistic knowledge was therefore necessary, as a starting point for future systematic revisions of the tribes or genera which might deserve special attention from a biogeographical or ecological point of view.…”

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Diversity of Geadephaga (Coleoptera: Carabidae and Cicindelidae) in Colombia: an approach from existing literature

Arenas

Montoya-Lerma

Moret

2021

Biota

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The beetle families Carabidae and Cicindelidae, with about 40 000 species worldwide, play an increasing role in biodiversity conservation and ecological studies in Colombia, which makes a faunistic update all the more necessary. We present and analyze a checklist of the species so far described or registered from Colombia until 2020, based on published studies, and their distribution data at the department level. Carabidae are represented by 625 species and Cicindelidae by 100. Magdalena, Cundinamarca and Valle del Cauca are the departments with the highest record numbers of Carabidae, while Cicindelidae are most frequently cited from Valle del Cauca, Antioquia and Meta. The greater sampling effort in these regions is likely due to the accessibility of their natural areas from the main towns. The geographical distribution of Cicindelidae is better documented, with only 17 % of the species without mention of specific localities within the country, against 40 % in Carabidae. Hyper-diverse regions, such as the Chocó and the Amazon, are underrepresented. The number of species currently recorded is therefore estimated to be much lower than true diversity for both families.

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Soil ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in a coffee agroforestry landscape during a severe-drought period

Cited by 14 publications

References 41 publications

Knowledge of ground‐dwelling beetle communities in the tropical Andes: Gaps and trends

Knowledge of ground‐dwelling beetle communities in the tropical Andes: Gaps and trends

Rove beetle diversity and coffee agroecosystems in the Colombian Andes

Diversity of Geadephaga (Coleoptera: Carabidae and Cicindelidae) in Colombia: an approach from existing literature

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