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Arthropod diversity in two Historic Gardens in the Azores, Portugal

The aim of our study was to characterise and compare the richness and composition of endemic, native (non-endemic) and introduced arthropod assemblages of two Azorean Historic Gardens with contrasting plant species composition. We hypothesised that Faial Botanic Garden would hold higher arthropod di...

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Autores principales: Arteaga, Alba, Malumbres-Olarte, Jagoba, Gabriel, Rosalina, Ros-Prieto, Alejandra, Casimiro, Pedro, Sanchez, Ana Fuentes, Albergaria, Isabel S., Borges, Paulo A.V.
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7426280/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32855602
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.8.e54749
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author Arteaga, Alba
Malumbres-Olarte, Jagoba
Gabriel, Rosalina
Ros-Prieto, Alejandra
Casimiro, Pedro
Sanchez, Ana Fuentes
Albergaria, Isabel S.
Borges, Paulo A.V.
author_facet Arteaga, Alba
Malumbres-Olarte, Jagoba
Gabriel, Rosalina
Ros-Prieto, Alejandra
Casimiro, Pedro
Sanchez, Ana Fuentes
Albergaria, Isabel S.
Borges, Paulo A.V.
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description The aim of our study was to characterise and compare the richness and composition of endemic, native (non-endemic) and introduced arthropod assemblages of two Azorean Historic Gardens with contrasting plant species composition. We hypothesised that Faial Botanic Garden would hold higher arthropod diversity and abundance of native and endemic arthropod species due to its larger native plant community. Species were collected using several arthropod standardised techniques between April 2017 and June 2018. We used the alpha diversity metrics (Hill series) and the partitioning of total beta diversity (β(total)) into its replacement (β(repl)) and richness (β(rich)) components, to analyse the adult and total arthropod community. The orders Araneae, Coleoptera and Hemiptera were also studied separately. Our results show that the number of exotic arthropod species exceeds the number of native and/or the endemic species in both gardens, but the arthropod community of Faial Botanic Garden exhibited a higher density of endemic and native species. Despite some minor exceptions, the geographic origins of plant communities largely influenced the arthropod species sampled in each garden. This study improves our knowledge about urban arthropod diversity in the Azores and shows how well-designed urban garden management and planning contribute to the conservation of native and endemic Azorean species.
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spelling pubmed-74262802020-08-26 Arthropod diversity in two Historic Gardens in the Azores, Portugal Arteaga, Alba Malumbres-Olarte, Jagoba Gabriel, Rosalina Ros-Prieto, Alejandra Casimiro, Pedro Sanchez, Ana Fuentes Albergaria, Isabel S. Borges, Paulo A.V. Biodivers Data J Research Article The aim of our study was to characterise and compare the richness and composition of endemic, native (non-endemic) and introduced arthropod assemblages of two Azorean Historic Gardens with contrasting plant species composition. We hypothesised that Faial Botanic Garden would hold higher arthropod diversity and abundance of native and endemic arthropod species due to its larger native plant community. Species were collected using several arthropod standardised techniques between April 2017 and June 2018. We used the alpha diversity metrics (Hill series) and the partitioning of total beta diversity (β(total)) into its replacement (β(repl)) and richness (β(rich)) components, to analyse the adult and total arthropod community. The orders Araneae, Coleoptera and Hemiptera were also studied separately. Our results show that the number of exotic arthropod species exceeds the number of native and/or the endemic species in both gardens, but the arthropod community of Faial Botanic Garden exhibited a higher density of endemic and native species. Despite some minor exceptions, the geographic origins of plant communities largely influenced the arthropod species sampled in each garden. This study improves our knowledge about urban arthropod diversity in the Azores and shows how well-designed urban garden management and planning contribute to the conservation of native and endemic Azorean species. Pensoft Publishers 2020-08-06 /pmc/articles/PMC7426280/ /pubmed/32855602 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.8.e54749 Text en Alba Arteaga, Jagoba Malumbres-Olarte, Rosalina Gabriel, Alejandra Ros-Prieto, Pedro Casimiro, Ana Fuentes Sanchez, Isabel S. Albergaria, Paulo A.V. Borges http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Arteaga, Alba
Malumbres-Olarte, Jagoba
Gabriel, Rosalina
Ros-Prieto, Alejandra
Casimiro, Pedro
Sanchez, Ana Fuentes
Albergaria, Isabel S.
Borges, Paulo A.V.
Arthropod diversity in two Historic Gardens in the Azores, Portugal
title Arthropod diversity in two Historic Gardens in the Azores, Portugal
title_full Arthropod diversity in two Historic Gardens in the Azores, Portugal
title_fullStr Arthropod diversity in two Historic Gardens in the Azores, Portugal
title_full_unstemmed Arthropod diversity in two Historic Gardens in the Azores, Portugal
title_short Arthropod diversity in two Historic Gardens in the Azores, Portugal
title_sort arthropod diversity in two historic gardens in the azores, portugal
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7426280/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32855602
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.8.e54749
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