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Community composition and diversity of ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in Yaoluoping National Nature Reserve
This study used pitfall trapping to examine community composition and diversity of ground beetles in five different habitats (coniferous, deciduous, mixed coniferous, farmland, and settlements) within Anhui Yaoluoping National Nature Reserve from May to September 2014. In total, 1,352 ground beetles...
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author | Li, Wen-Bo Liu, Nai-Yi Wu, Yun-He Zhang, Yu-Cai Xu, Qin Chu, Jun Wang, Shu-Yan Fang, Jie |
author_facet | Li, Wen-Bo Liu, Nai-Yi Wu, Yun-He Zhang, Yu-Cai Xu, Qin Chu, Jun Wang, Shu-Yan Fang, Jie |
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description | This study used pitfall trapping to examine community composition and diversity of ground beetles in five different habitats (coniferous, deciduous, mixed coniferous, farmland, and settlements) within Anhui Yaoluoping National Nature Reserve from May to September 2014. In total, 1,352 ground beetles were collected, belonging to 16 genera and 44 species. Of these, four dominant species Dolichus halensis, Harpalus pastor, Carabus casaleianus, and Pheropsophus jessoensis were identified, respectively, comprising 370, 177, 131, and 123 individuals. The deciduous forest showed greater diversity (3.78 according to Shannon–Weiner index), equitability (0.80 according to Pielou’s index), and dominance (9.52 according to Simpson’s index) when compared with farmland, but species richness in the deciduous forest (27) was lower than that in farmland (35). One-way analysis of variance showed that ground beetle species composition and abundance among different habitats varied significantly. Cluster analysis and principal coordinate analysis showed that farmland shared low community similarity with other habitat types, and coniferous and mixed coniferous forests shared similar community types. Our results indicate that species composition, abundance, and diversity of ground beetles are affected by different habitat types, with deciduous forest types being critical in maintaining the diversity of rare species. We recommend reducing cultivated farmland area and increasing the area of carefully planned deciduous forest in order to better protect ground beetle diversity in the region. |
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spelling | pubmed-57106522017-12-07 Community composition and diversity of ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in Yaoluoping National Nature Reserve Li, Wen-Bo Liu, Nai-Yi Wu, Yun-He Zhang, Yu-Cai Xu, Qin Chu, Jun Wang, Shu-Yan Fang, Jie J Insect Sci Research This study used pitfall trapping to examine community composition and diversity of ground beetles in five different habitats (coniferous, deciduous, mixed coniferous, farmland, and settlements) within Anhui Yaoluoping National Nature Reserve from May to September 2014. In total, 1,352 ground beetles were collected, belonging to 16 genera and 44 species. Of these, four dominant species Dolichus halensis, Harpalus pastor, Carabus casaleianus, and Pheropsophus jessoensis were identified, respectively, comprising 370, 177, 131, and 123 individuals. The deciduous forest showed greater diversity (3.78 according to Shannon–Weiner index), equitability (0.80 according to Pielou’s index), and dominance (9.52 according to Simpson’s index) when compared with farmland, but species richness in the deciduous forest (27) was lower than that in farmland (35). One-way analysis of variance showed that ground beetle species composition and abundance among different habitats varied significantly. Cluster analysis and principal coordinate analysis showed that farmland shared low community similarity with other habitat types, and coniferous and mixed coniferous forests shared similar community types. Our results indicate that species composition, abundance, and diversity of ground beetles are affected by different habitat types, with deciduous forest types being critical in maintaining the diversity of rare species. We recommend reducing cultivated farmland area and increasing the area of carefully planned deciduous forest in order to better protect ground beetle diversity in the region. Oxford University Press 2017-11-29 /pmc/articles/PMC5710652/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/iex081 Text en © The Author(s) 2017. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Entomological Society of America. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial reproduction and distribution of the work, in any medium, provided the original work is not altered or transformed in any way, and that the work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com |
spellingShingle | Research Li, Wen-Bo Liu, Nai-Yi Wu, Yun-He Zhang, Yu-Cai Xu, Qin Chu, Jun Wang, Shu-Yan Fang, Jie Community composition and diversity of ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in Yaoluoping National Nature Reserve |
title | Community composition and diversity of ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in Yaoluoping National Nature Reserve |
title_full | Community composition and diversity of ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in Yaoluoping National Nature Reserve |
title_fullStr | Community composition and diversity of ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in Yaoluoping National Nature Reserve |
title_full_unstemmed | Community composition and diversity of ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in Yaoluoping National Nature Reserve |
title_short | Community composition and diversity of ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in Yaoluoping National Nature Reserve |
title_sort | community composition and diversity of ground beetles (coleoptera: carabidae) in yaoluoping national nature reserve |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5710652/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/iex081 |
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