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Diversity Patterns of Dung Beetles along a Mediterranean Elevational Gradient

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dc.contributor.authorMantoni, Cristina
dc.contributor.authorTsafack, Noelline
dc.contributor.authorPalusci, Ettore
dc.contributor.authorDi Pietro, Stefano
dc.contributor.authorFattorini, Simone
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-13T16:31:26Z
dc.date.available2021-11-13T16:31:26Z
dc.date.issued2021-08
dc.description.abstractMost studies of biodiversity–elevational patterns do not take species abundance into consideration. Hill numbers are a unified family of indices that use species abundance and allow a complete characterization of species assemblages through diversity profiles. Studies on dung beetle responses to elevation were essentially based on species richness and produced inconsistent results because of the non-distinction between different habitats and the use of gradients dispersed over wide areas. We analyzed dung beetle diversity in a Mediterranean mountain (central Italy) for different habitats (woodlands vs. grasslands) and taxonomic groups (scarabaeids and aphodiids). Scarabaeids were the most abundant. Since scarabaeids are able to construct subterranean nests, this indicates that the warm and dry summer climatic conditions of high elevations favor species capable of protecting their larvae from desiccation. Dung beetles were more abundant and diversified in grasslands than in woodlands, which is consistent with their preference for open habitats. In the woodlands, diversity increased with increasing elevation because of increasing tree thinning, whereas, in the grasslands, diversity decreased with elevation because of increasingly harsher environmental conditions. These results indicate a trade-off in the beetle response to elevation between the positive effects of increasing the availability of more suitable habitats and the decrease of optimal environmental conditions.en
dc.description.sponsorshipThis research was funded by the department grant Bando Ricerca FFO 2021 ‘Pattern altimetrici della diversità animale, vegetale e microbica’ to Simone Fattorini.en
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dc.identifier.citationMantoni, C., Tsafack, N., Palusci, E., Di Pietro, S. & Fattorini, S. (2021). Diversity patterns of dung beetles along a mediterranean elevational gradient. "Insects", 12(9), 781. DOI:10.3390/insects12090781en
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/insects12090781pt_PT
dc.identifier.eissn2075-4450
dc.identifier.pmcPMC8466803
dc.identifier.pmid34564221
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/6111
dc.identifier.wos000699779900001
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherMDPIpt_PT
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/12/9/781pt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectColeopterapt_PT
dc.subjectHill Numbersen
dc.subjectScarabaeoideapt_PT
dc.subjectGeotrupidaept_PT
dc.subjectScarabaeidaept_PT
dc.subjectAphodiinaept_PT
dc.subjectAltitudept_PT
dc.subjectApenninesen
dc.titleDiversity Patterns of Dung Beetles along a Mediterranean Elevational Gradienten
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.conferencePlaceSwitzerlanden
oaire.citation.issue(9)pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleInsectsen
oaire.citation.volume12pt_PT
person.familyNameTsafack
person.givenNameNoelline
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person.identifier.orcid0000-0003-3154-6295
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