scholarly journals Patterns of local species richness and their associations with functional traits in a 60‐ha tropical forest dynamics plot

Ecosphere ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. e02617
Author(s):  
Lipeng Zang ◽  
Han Xu ◽  
Mingxian Lin ◽  
Runguo Zang
2009 ◽  
Vol 106 (44) ◽  
pp. 18621-18626 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. J. Kress ◽  
D. L. Erickson ◽  
F. A. Jones ◽  
N. G. Swenson ◽  
R. Perez ◽  
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2017 ◽  
Vol 106 (3) ◽  
pp. 925-935 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wirong Chanthorn ◽  
Thorsten Wiegand ◽  
Stephan Getzin ◽  
Warren Y. Brockelman ◽  
Anuttara Nathalang

Sociobiology ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 65 (2) ◽  
pp. 253 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lazaro Da Silva Carneiro ◽  
Willian Moura Aguiar ◽  
Candida Maria Lima Aguiar ◽  
Gilberto Marcos De Mendonça Santos

Euglossini bees are important Neotropical pollinators, but there is a lack in the knowledge about this fauna in dry tropical environments. The aims of this study were to evaluate the richness and abundance of euglossine bees in two fragments of seasonally dry tropical forest (Caatinga), as well as to assess the distribution of euglossine species richness in the Caatinga environment. Males were collected along 12 consecutive months, using traps with aromatic baits. The species richness (S=5) was lower than in rainforests and savannas. Euglossa cordata (L.) was the dominant species in the assemblage, representing 70% of the individuals. The highest abundance occurred in the rainy season. Euglossini fauna presents low local species richness in Caatinga areas, however the beta diversity is higher, since assemblages in different habitats have differences in species composition.


Oikos ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 79 (1) ◽  
pp. 183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oliver Phillips ◽  
Pamela Hall ◽  
Stanley Sawyer ◽  
Rodolfo Vásquez ◽  
Rodolfo Vasquez

Flora ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 151868
Author(s):  
Karlo G. Guidoni-Martins ◽  
Leandro Maracahipes ◽  
Adriano S. Melo ◽  
Marcus V. Cianciaruso

2004 ◽  
Vol 94 (2) ◽  
pp. 111-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
P.A.V. Borges ◽  
V.K. Brown

AbstractThe arthropod species richness of pastures in three Azorean islands was used to examine the relationship between local and regional species richness over two years. Two groups of arthropods, spiders and sucking insects, representing two functionally different but common groups of pasture invertebrates were investigated. The local–regional species richness relationship was assessed over relatively fine scales: quadrats (= local scale) and within pastures (= regional scale). Mean plot species richness was used as a measure of local species richness (= α diversity) and regional species richness was estimated at the pasture level (= γ diversity) with the ‘first-order-Jackknife’ estimator. Three related issues were addressed: (i) the role of estimated regional species richness and variables operating at the local scale (vegetation structure and diversity) in determining local species richness; (ii) quantification of the relative contributions of α and β diversity to regional diversity using additive partitioning; and (iii) the occurrence of consistent patterns in different years by analysing independently between-year data. Species assemblages of spiders were saturated at the local scale (similar local species richness and increasing β-diversity in richer regions) and were more dependent on vegetational structure than regional species richness. Sucking insect herbivores, by contrast, exhibited a linear relationship between local and regional species richness, consistent with the proportional sampling model. The patterns were consistent between years. These results imply that for spiders local processes are important, with assemblages in a particular patch being constrained by habitat structure. In contrast, for sucking insects, local processes may be insignificant in structuring communities.


2004 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Veith ◽  
S. Wulffraat ◽  
J. Kosuch ◽  
G. Hallmann ◽  
H.-W. Henkel ◽  
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