Seasonal variation in a diverse beetle assemblage along two elevational gradients in the Australian Wet Tropics

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60076658%3A12310%2F18%3A43897492" target="_blank" >RIV/60076658:12310/18:43897492 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-26216-8" target="_blank" >https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-26216-8</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-26216-8" target="_blank" >10.1038/s41598-018-26216-8</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Seasonal variation in a diverse beetle assemblage along two elevational gradients in the Australian Wet Tropics

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Altered abiotic conditions resulting from human-induced climate change are already driving changes in the spatial and temporal distributions of many organisms. For insects, how species are distributed across elevations is relatively well known, but data on their seasonality at different elevations are lacking. Here we show seasonal variation in beetle abundance and species richness along two spatially-distinct elevational transects (350-1000 m and 100-1000 m asl) in the rainforests of northern Australia. Temperature was the best predictor of temporal abundance and species richness patterns, while rainfall had little influence. Elevation had little effect on seasonal changes in abundance or diversity. Adults of most beetle species exhibited long season-lengths (&gt;6 months of the year) with distinct peaks in abundance during the summer wet-season. We found evidence of phenotypic variation among the more widespread species, with seasonal peaks in abundance often not coinciding across elevations or transects. Due to the wide elevational range of most species, and the lack of consistency in the seasonality of wide-spread individual species, we suggest that many beetles inhabiting the low to mid-elevation mountains in the Wet Tropics, and potentially other tropical rainforests, are not as vulnerable to extinction due to climate change as many other organisms.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Seasonal variation in a diverse beetle assemblage along two elevational gradients in the Australian Wet Tropics

Popis výsledku anglicky

Altered abiotic conditions resulting from human-induced climate change are already driving changes in the spatial and temporal distributions of many organisms. For insects, how species are distributed across elevations is relatively well known, but data on their seasonality at different elevations are lacking. Here we show seasonal variation in beetle abundance and species richness along two spatially-distinct elevational transects (350-1000 m and 100-1000 m asl) in the rainforests of northern Australia. Temperature was the best predictor of temporal abundance and species richness patterns, while rainfall had little influence. Elevation had little effect on seasonal changes in abundance or diversity. Adults of most beetle species exhibited long season-lengths (&gt;6 months of the year) with distinct peaks in abundance during the summer wet-season. We found evidence of phenotypic variation among the more widespread species, with seasonal peaks in abundance often not coinciding across elevations or transects. Due to the wide elevational range of most species, and the lack of consistency in the seasonality of wide-spread individual species, we suggest that many beetles inhabiting the low to mid-elevation mountains in the Wet Tropics, and potentially other tropical rainforests, are not as vulnerable to extinction due to climate change as many other organisms.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

10618 - Ecology

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GB14-36098G" target="_blank" >GB14-36098G: Centrum pro tropickou biologii</a><br>

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2018

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název periodika

Scientific Reports

ISSN

2045-2322

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

8

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

JUN 4 2018

Stát vydavatele periodika

GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska

Počet stran výsledku

12

Strana od-do

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Kód UT WoS článku

000434011100046

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85048168186