Intraspecific trait variation of carrion beetle species and communities across elevations

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/icad.12772" target="_blank" >10.1111/icad.12772</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Intraspecific trait variation of carrion beetle species and communities across elevations

Original language description

Filtering processes across environmental gradients can structure patterns of trait variation within communities. The community-weighted mean (CWM) is a metric that is commonly used to indicate the directionality of such filtering processes and the optimal adaptive strategy of taxa within community. Proximity to the CWM indicates higher fitness, and deviations from this optimal value result in changes in the relative abundances of coexisting species. We investigated patterns of intraspecific trait variation in four coexisting carrion beetle species (Coleoptera: Silphidae) across elevational gradients. The study was conducted in temperate forest ecosystems with distinct natural vegetation zones ranging from 950 m to 1700 m above sea level. Of the 12 traits measured, we found that intraspecific variation ranged from 34% (body length) to 100% (ratio of elytra length, head length and head width to body length) and accounted for a larger proportion of variation than interspecific variation in 7 traits. For most traits, trait range, which indicates the niche breadth of species at a given elevation, was positively correlated with relative abundance. The CWMs of traits associated with long-distance dispersal decreased with elevation, whereas those associated with microhabitat use showed the opposite trend. Soil temperature influenced tibia length after controlling for the effects of species identity, but soil water content had no effect on trait variation. Patterns of variation in body width and thorax width of two beetle species supported the CWM-optimality hypothesis, however, patterns of trait variation in body width and thorax length of another species showed an opposite trend. Our study identifies several traits that can be highly variable within carrion beetle species. Such high levels of intraspecific trait variation may enable populations to adapt across a wide range of elevations and vegetation types.

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

2024

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

Insect Conservation and Diversity

ISSN

1752-458X

e-ISSN

1752-4598

Volume of the periodical

17

Issue of the periodical within the volume

6

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

14

Pages from-to

1113-1126

UT code for WoS article

001285649300001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85200508134