Taxonomic and Trophic Groups Mediate Latitudinal Variation in Saproxylic Beetle Species Richness and Body Size Across Western Palaearctic Oak Forests
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Result code in IS VaVaI
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Alternative codes found
RIV/00216224:14310/25:00141593
Result on the web
<a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ece3.71574" target="_blank" >https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ece3.71574</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.71574" target="_blank" >10.1002/ece3.71574</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Taxonomic and Trophic Groups Mediate Latitudinal Variation in Saproxylic Beetle Species Richness and Body Size Across Western Palaearctic Oak Forests
Original language description
We examined latitudinal gradients in species richness and body size of saproxylic beetles across 28 veteran oak forest sites spanning from Israel to Norway. Focusing on 425 species from 11 taxonomic families and five trophic groups, we tested three hypotheses to elucidate: (i) family-specific richness responses to latitude, (ii) trophic mediation of richness patterns, (iii) whether body size follows Bergmann-like clines. We found significant family-level variations in richness-latitude relationships. These non-uniform patterns highlight the importance of taxonomic resolution in capturing macroecological diversity gradients. Body size analyses revealed significant latitude associations, indicating that both phylogenetic constraints and trophic group modulate latitudinal size patterns among saproxylic beetles. Taken together, our findings emphasize that macroecological patterns in saproxylic beetles are shaped by a synthesis of phylogenetic history and functional traits. Conservation strategies should, therefore, account for family-level and trophic-group heterogeneity, particularly as climate warming and shifting resource distributions may differentially affect lineages with distinct thermoregulatory and life-history constraints. These results underscore the need for taxon-specific approaches when predicting and managing biodiversity in changing oak forest ecosystems.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10619 - Biodiversity conservation
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Ecology and Evolution
ISSN
2045-7758
e-ISSN
2045-7758
Volume of the periodical
15
Issue of the periodical within the volume
6
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
12
Pages from-to
e71574
UT code for WoS article
001509310100001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105008438812