The relationship between dung beetle species richness and ecosystem functioning

2015 ◽  
Vol 88 ◽  
pp. 21-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu Yoshihara ◽  
Shusuke Sato
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Ecosystem Functioning ◽  
Dung Beetle ◽  
Beetle Species ◽  
The Relationship

Biodiversity, conservation, and hotspot atlas of Costa Rica:  a dung beetle perspective (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1457 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
BERT KOHLMANN ◽  
ÁNGEL SOLÍS ◽  
ORTWIN ELLE ◽  
XINIA SOTO ◽  
RICARDO RUSSO
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Species Richness ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
Gap Analysis ◽  
Dung Beetle ◽  
Costa Rican ◽  
Beetle Species ◽  
Conservation Areas ◽  
High Species Richness ◽  
Different Levels

This paper is an analysis of the distribution of areas of high species richness and endemicity based on dung beetles living in the different Holdridge life-zones of Costa Rica by using a geographic information system (GIS). Endemism was examined in relation to whether the species were shared with Nicaragua and/or Panama, or if they were strictly Costa Rican. The species composition of dung beetle distributions in the sampling areas and life-zones was evaluated. Species distribution was also analyzed in relation to altitudinal levels. The species richness and endemicity maps served as a base for doing a gap analysis and defining four different levels of high priority conservation areas. We also investigated what percentage of these priority areas is under some type of protection or conservation scheme and which of these areas should be enlarged. Also considered is the feasibility that these areas under protection have for enlargement, considering possible problems and interactions with present land-use. We include a list of all the recorded dung beetle species for Costa Rica, as well as their presence in the different Holdridge life-zones and their endemicity status. This study clearly demonstrates the need to include insects in biodiversity-endemicity studies because different and more detailed results are obtained in relation to vertebrate and plant-based studies.

Unveiling the drivers of local dung beetle species richness in the Neotropics

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcelo Bruno Pessôa ◽  
Fernanda Alves‐Martins ◽  
Paulo De Marco Júnior ◽  
Joaquín Hortal
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Dung Beetle ◽  
Beetle Species

scholarly journals Effect of dung beetle species richness and chemical perturbation on multiple ecosystem functions

2017 ◽  
Vol 42 (5) ◽  
pp. 577-586 ◽  
Author(s):  
PAUL MANNING ◽  
ELEANOR M. SLADE ◽  
SARAH A. BEYNON ◽  
OWEN T. LEWIS
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Dung Beetle ◽  
Ecosystem Functions ◽  
Beetle Species ◽  
Chemical Perturbation

scholarly journals Plant structure predicts leaf litter capture in the tropical montane bromeliad Tillandsia turneri

2016 ◽  
Vol 76 (3) ◽  
pp. 686-691
Author(s):  
F. Ospina-Bautista ◽  
J. V. Estévez Varón
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Multiple Regression ◽  
Leaf Litter ◽  
Akaike Information Criterion ◽  
Ecosystem Functioning ◽  
Plant Cover ◽  
Information Criterion ◽  
Plant Structure ◽  
Litter Accumulation ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Leaves intercepted by bromeliads become an important energy and matter resource for invertebrate communities, bacteria, fungi, and the plant itself. The relationship between bromeliad structure, defined as its size and complexity, and accumulated leaf litter was studied in 55 bromeliads of Tillandsia turneri through multiple regression and the Akaike information criterion. Leaf litter accumulation in bromeliads was best explained by size and complexity variables such as plant cover, sheath length, and leaf number. In conclusion, plant structure determines the amount of litter that enters bromeliads, and changes in its structure could affect important processes within ecosystem functioning or species richness.

scholarly journals The function-dominance correlation drives the direction and strength of biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationships

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Crawford ◽  
Kathryn Barry ◽  
Adam Clark ◽  
Caroline Farrior ◽  
Jessica Hines ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Community Composition ◽  
Ecosystem Functioning ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Positive Function ◽  
Primary Determinant ◽  
Local Species ◽  
Biodiversity Change ◽  
The Relationship

Community composition is a primary determinant of how biodiversity change influences ecosystem functioning and, therefore, the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning (BEF). We examine the consequences of community composition across six structurally realistic plant community models. We find that a positive correlation between species’ functioning in monoculture vs. their dominance in mixture with regards to a specific function (the “function-dominance correlation”) generates a positive relationship between realized diversity and ecosystem functioning across species richness treatments. However, because realised diversity declines when few species dominate, a positive function-dominance correlation generates a negative relationship between realized diversity and ecosystem functioning within species richness treatments. Removing seed inflow strengthens the link between the function-dominance correlation and BEF relationships across species richness treatments but weakens it within them. These results suggest that changes in species’ identities in a local species pool may more strongly affect ecosystem functioning than changes in species richness.

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