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Integrative ecological and molecular analysis indicate high diversity and strict elevational separation of canopy beetles in tropical mountain forests

Tropical mountain forests contribute disproportionately to terrestrial biodiversity but little is known about insect diversity in the canopy and how it is distributed between tree species. We sampled tree-specific arthropod communities from 28 trees by canopy fogging and analysed beetle communities...

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Autores principales: Floren, Andreas, von Rintelen, Thomas, Hebert, Paul D. N., de Araujo, Bruno Cancian, Schmidt, Stefan, Balke, Michael, Narakusumo, Raden Pramesa, Peggie, Djunijanti, Ubaidillah, Rosichon, von Rintelen, Kristina, Müller, Tobias
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7541450/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33028881
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-73519-w
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author Floren, Andreas
von Rintelen, Thomas
Hebert, Paul D. N.
de Araujo, Bruno Cancian
Schmidt, Stefan
Balke, Michael
Narakusumo, Raden Pramesa
Peggie, Djunijanti
Ubaidillah, Rosichon
von Rintelen, Kristina
Müller, Tobias
author_facet Floren, Andreas
von Rintelen, Thomas
Hebert, Paul D. N.
de Araujo, Bruno Cancian
Schmidt, Stefan
Balke, Michael
Narakusumo, Raden Pramesa
Peggie, Djunijanti
Ubaidillah, Rosichon
von Rintelen, Kristina
Müller, Tobias
author_sort Floren, Andreas
collection PubMed
description Tropical mountain forests contribute disproportionately to terrestrial biodiversity but little is known about insect diversity in the canopy and how it is distributed between tree species. We sampled tree-specific arthropod communities from 28 trees by canopy fogging and analysed beetle communities which were first morphotyped and then identified by their DNA barcodes. Our results show that communities from forests at 1100 and 1700 m a.s.l. are almost completely distinct. Diversity was much lower in the upper forest while community structure changed from many rare, less abundant species to communities with a pronounced dominance structure. We also found significantly higher beta-diversity between trees at the lower than higher elevation forest where community similarity was high. Comparisons on tree species found at both elevations reinforced these results. There was little species overlap between sites indicating limited elevational ranges. Furthermore, we exploited the advantage of DNA barcodes to patterns of haplotype diversity in some of the commoner species. Our results support the advantage of fogging and DNA barcodes for community studies and underline the need for comprehensive research aimed at the preservation of these last remaining pristine forests.
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spelling pubmed-75414502020-10-08 Integrative ecological and molecular analysis indicate high diversity and strict elevational separation of canopy beetles in tropical mountain forests Floren, Andreas von Rintelen, Thomas Hebert, Paul D. N. de Araujo, Bruno Cancian Schmidt, Stefan Balke, Michael Narakusumo, Raden Pramesa Peggie, Djunijanti Ubaidillah, Rosichon von Rintelen, Kristina Müller, Tobias Sci Rep Article Tropical mountain forests contribute disproportionately to terrestrial biodiversity but little is known about insect diversity in the canopy and how it is distributed between tree species. We sampled tree-specific arthropod communities from 28 trees by canopy fogging and analysed beetle communities which were first morphotyped and then identified by their DNA barcodes. Our results show that communities from forests at 1100 and 1700 m a.s.l. are almost completely distinct. Diversity was much lower in the upper forest while community structure changed from many rare, less abundant species to communities with a pronounced dominance structure. We also found significantly higher beta-diversity between trees at the lower than higher elevation forest where community similarity was high. Comparisons on tree species found at both elevations reinforced these results. There was little species overlap between sites indicating limited elevational ranges. Furthermore, we exploited the advantage of DNA barcodes to patterns of haplotype diversity in some of the commoner species. Our results support the advantage of fogging and DNA barcodes for community studies and underline the need for comprehensive research aimed at the preservation of these last remaining pristine forests. Nature Publishing Group UK 2020-10-07 /pmc/articles/PMC7541450/ /pubmed/33028881 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-73519-w Text en © The Author(s) 2020 Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
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Floren, Andreas
von Rintelen, Thomas
Hebert, Paul D. N.
de Araujo, Bruno Cancian
Schmidt, Stefan
Balke, Michael
Narakusumo, Raden Pramesa
Peggie, Djunijanti
Ubaidillah, Rosichon
von Rintelen, Kristina
Müller, Tobias
Integrative ecological and molecular analysis indicate high diversity and strict elevational separation of canopy beetles in tropical mountain forests
title Integrative ecological and molecular analysis indicate high diversity and strict elevational separation of canopy beetles in tropical mountain forests
title_full Integrative ecological and molecular analysis indicate high diversity and strict elevational separation of canopy beetles in tropical mountain forests
title_fullStr Integrative ecological and molecular analysis indicate high diversity and strict elevational separation of canopy beetles in tropical mountain forests
title_full_unstemmed Integrative ecological and molecular analysis indicate high diversity and strict elevational separation of canopy beetles in tropical mountain forests
title_short Integrative ecological and molecular analysis indicate high diversity and strict elevational separation of canopy beetles in tropical mountain forests
title_sort integrative ecological and molecular analysis indicate high diversity and strict elevational separation of canopy beetles in tropical mountain forests
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7541450/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33028881
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-73519-w
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