Elevational Patterns in Two Groups of Micromoths (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae, Alucitidae) in Tropical Forests of Mount Cameroon
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60077344%3A_____%2F25%3A00641805" target="_blank" >RIV/60077344:_____/25:00641805 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/00216208:11310/25:10512991
Result on the web
<a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/aje.70122" target="_blank" >https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/aje.70122</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aje.70122" target="_blank" >10.1111/aje.70122</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Elevational Patterns in Two Groups of Micromoths (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae, Alucitidae) in Tropical Forests of Mount Cameroon
Original language description
Tropical elevational gradients offer unique insights into ecological processes shaping biodiversity, although micromoths remain severely understudied, especially in the Afrotropics. We analysed species richness, community composition, elevational range size and wingspan of two micromoth families, many-plumed moths (Alucitidae) and plume moths (Pterophoridae), along a complete forest gradient on Mount Cameroon, an Afrotropical biodiversity hotspot. Alucitidae exhibited a distinct mid-elevation diversity peak, mirroring common patterns in tropical butterflies and moths, whereas Pterophoridae showed an uncommon upslope increase in species richness. Both families demonstrated clear elevational turnover in community composition, indicative of strong environmental filtering. Additionally, community-weighted elevational range size and wingspan increased consistently with elevation, supporting Rapoport's rule and Bergmann's cline, respectively. These patterns likely reflect interactions among climatic factors and environmental complexity, though the underlying mechanisms remain unresolved. Our findings reveal the unique communities of both mid- and high-elevation forests, as well as the distinctiveness of species-poor lowland assemblages. This elevational differentiation underscores the need for conservation across the full gradient and the vulnerability of endemic highland taxa to climate-driven range contractions. Comprehensive research on neglected tropical insect groups is urgently needed to better anticipate biodiversity responses to environmental change.
Czech name
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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
10618 - Ecology
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA20-16499S" target="_blank" >GA20-16499S: Latitudinal patterns in specialisation of plant-pollinator interactions: comparison of tropical and temperate montane grasslands</a><br>
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
African Journal of Ecology
ISSN
0141-6707
e-ISSN
1365-2028
Volume of the periodical
63
Issue of the periodical within the volume
8
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
11
Pages from-to
e70122
UT code for WoS article
001608974300001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105021118801