Characterization and comparison of poorly known moth communities through DNA barcoding in two Afrotropical environments in Gabon

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/60076658:12310/19:43899253

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/gen-2018-0063" target="_blank" >https://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/gen-2018-0063</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/gen-2018-0063" target="_blank" >10.1139/gen-2018-0063</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Characterization and comparison of poorly known moth communities through DNA barcoding in two Afrotropical environments in Gabon

Original language description

Biodiversity research in tropical ecosystems-popularized as the most biodiverse habitats on Earth-often neglects invertebrates, yet invertebrates represent the bulk of local species richness. Insect communities in particular remain strongly impeded by both Linnaean and Wallacean shortfalls, and identifying species often remains a formidable challenge inhibiting the use of these organisms as indicators for ecological and conservation studies. Here we use DNA barcoding as an alternative to the traditional taxonomic approach for characterizing and comparing the diversity of moth communities in two different ecosystems in Gabon. Though sampling remains very incomplete, as evidenced by the high proportion (59%) of species represented by singletons, our results reveal an outstanding diversity. With about 3500 specimens sequenced and representing 1385 BINs (Barcode Index Numbers, used as a proxy to species) in 23 families, the diversity of moths in the two sites sampled is higher than the current number of species listed for the entire country, highlighting the huge gap in biodiversity knowledge for this country. Both seasonal and spatial turnovers are strikingly high (18.3% of BINs shared between seasons, and 13.3% between sites) and draw attention to the need to account for these when running regional surveys. Our results also highlight the richness and singularity of savannah environments and emphasize the status of Central African ecosystems as hotspots of biodiversity.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10618 - Ecology

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2019

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Genome

ISSN

0831-2796

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

62

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3

Country of publishing house

CA - CANADA

Number of pages

12

Pages from-to

96-107

UT code for WoS article

000465219400003

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85065020285