Changes in the body size of carabid beetles along elevational gradients: A multispecies study of between- and within-population variation

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/60460709:41330/19:78136

Result on the web

<a href="https://academic.oup.com/ee/article-abstract/48/3/583/5464727?redirectedFrom=fulltext" target="_blank" >https://academic.oup.com/ee/article-abstract/48/3/583/5464727?redirectedFrom=fulltext</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvz036" target="_blank" >10.1093/ee/nvz036</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Changes in the body size of carabid beetles along elevational gradients: A multispecies study of between- and within-population variation

Original language description

Geographic variation in body size has fascinated biologists since the 19th century as it can provide insight into the evolution of the body size of various organisms. In this study, we investigated body size variation in eight carabid species/subspecies (Coleoptera: Carabidae) along elevational gradients in six Central European mountain ranges. First, we examined elevational variation in body size and whether female and male body sizes differed in their responses to elevation. Second, we examined intrapopulation variation in body size along an elevational gradient, and we compared the degrees of intrapopulation variation between males and females. The investigated species either followed a converse Bergmann's cline (Carabus auronitens auronitens Fabricius 1792, Carabus linnei Panzer 1810, Pterostichus melanarius (Illiger, 1798), Pterostichus pilosus (Host, 1789)) or their size was unaffected by elevation (Carabus auronitens escheri Palliardi, 1825, Carabus sylvestris sylvestris Panzer, 1796, Carabus sylvestris transsylvanicus Dejean, 1826, Pterostichus burmeisteri Heer, 1838). Females were the larger sex in all the investigated species, but the degree of sexual size dimorphism differed between species. In general, the degree of sexual size dimorphism showed no change with elevation. The degree of intrapopulation variation in body size slightly increased with elevation in C. sylvestris sylvestris and P. pilosus. Overall, the intrapopulation variation in body size significantly differed among the investigated carabid species. The existing literature on intrapopulation variation in the body size of insects is limited, but further investigation of this issue could provide a better understanding of the mechanisms that generate geographical clines.

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

<a href="/en/project/GA14-09231S" target="_blank" >GA14-09231S: Disentangling the effects of changing environmental chemistry and climate on biogeochemistry and biodiversity of natural alpine soils and waters</a><br>

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

Environmental Entomology

ISSN

0046-225X

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

48

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

9

Pages from-to

583-591

UT code for WoS article

000478087000013

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85067373208