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2. Spatial and functional structure of an entire ant assemblage in a lowland Panamanian rainforest

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Alain Dejean, Ricardo I. Campos, Ivan Cardoso do Nascimento, Héctor Barrios, Sérvio Pontes Ribeiro, Alexey K. Tishechkin, Jérôme Orivel, Maurice Leponce, Henri Pierre Aberlenc, Arthur Compin, Jacques H. C. Delabie, Yves Roisin, Johannes Bail, Juergen Schmidl, Yves Basset, Bruno Corbara, Enrique Medianero, Andreas Floren, Raphael K. Didham, Neville N. Winchester, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Evolutionary Biology and Ecology, CP 160/12, Universite' Libre de Bruxelles, 1050 Brussels, Belgium, Laboratoire Microorganismes : Génome et Environnement (LMGE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Clermont Auvergne (UCA), Laboratorio de Mirmecologia (Itabuna, Brazil), Universidade Estadual De Santa Cruz [Brazil] (UESC), Departamento de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais, Universidade Estadual Santa Cruz, Ecologie des forêts de Guyane (UMR ECOFOG), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-AgroParisTech-Université de Guyane (UG)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université des Antilles (UA)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Centre de Biologie pour la Gestion des Populations (UMR CBGP), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud])-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro), Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Département Systèmes Biologiques (Cirad-BIOS), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad), Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Maestria de Entomologia, Universidad de Panamá, Departamento de Biologia Geral,Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Laboratório de Zoologiade Invertebrados, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia, Laboratoire Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Environnement (ECOLAB), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut Ecologie et Environnement (INEE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, CSIRO Health and Biosecurity, Centre for Environment and Life Sciences, Universität Würzburg, Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Laboratory of Ecology of Diseases & Forests NUPEB/ICEB, Federal University of Ouro Preto, California State Collection of Arthropods, Department of Biology, University of Victoria, University of South Bohemia, Faculty of Science, Department of Ecology and Conservation Ecology, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud])-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Institut Agro - Montpellier SupAgro, Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro), Laboratoire Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Environnement (LEFE), Institut Ecologie et Environnement (INEE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), and Université de Toulouse (UT)

Subjects
0106 biological sciences, Canopy, Arboreal locomotion, Fauna, Rainforest, Stratification (vegetation), Generalist and specialist species, 010603 evolutionary biology, 01 natural sciences, horizontal beta diversity, functional groups, feeding habits, Structure de la population, Formicidae, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, colony size, canopy, Panama, ant diversity, Ecology, nesting mode, Understory, 15. Life on land, vertical stratification, Geography, Organisation, L20 - Écologie animale, ant sampling 88methods, [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology, Forêt humide, 010606 plant biology & botany
Abstract

International audience; Ants are a major ecological group in tropical rainforests. Few studies in the Neotropics have documented the distribution of ants from the ground to the canopy, and none have included the understorey. A previous analysis of an intensive arthropod study in Panama, involving 11 sampling methods, showed that the factors influencing ant β diversity (i.e., changes in assemblage composition) were, in decreasing order of importance, the vertical (height), temporal (season), and horizontal (geographic distance) dimensions. In the present study, we went one step further and aimed (1) to identify the best sampling methods to study the entire ant assemblage across the three strata, (2) to test if all strata show a similar horizontal β diversity and (3) to analyze the functional structure of the entire ant assemblage. We identified 405 ant species from 11 subfamilies and 68 genera. Slightly more species were sampled in the canopy than on the ground; they belonged to distinct sub-assemblages. The understorey fauna was mainly a mixture of species found in the other two strata. The horizontal β diversity between sites was similar for the three strata. About half of the ant species foraged in two (29%) or three (25%) strata. A single method, aerial flight interception traps placed alongside tree trunks, acting as arboreal pitfall traps, collected half of the species and reflected the vertical stratification. Using the functional traits approach, we observed that generalist species with mid-sized colonies were by far the most numerous (31%), followed by ground- or litter-dwelling species, either specialists (20%), or generalists (16%), and arboreal species, either generalists (19%) or territorially dominant (8%), and finally army ants (5%). Our results reinforce the idea that a proper understanding of the functioning of ant assemblages requires the inclusion of arboreal ants in survey programs.

Published
2021

3. Saproxylic beetles in tropical and temperate forests – A standardized comparison of vertical stratification patterns

Author

Maurice Leponce, Héctor Barrios, Andreas Floren, Alexey Tichechkin, Jiri Prochazka, Henri-Pierre Aberlenc, Gianfranco Curletti, Enrique Medianero, Laura L. Fagan, Matthias Weiss, Frode Ødegaard, Juergen Schmidl, Johannes Bail, Lukas Cizek, Yves Basset, Bruno Corbara, Jiri Schlaghamerský, Raphael K. Didham, MEA, Masaryk University [Brno] (MUNI), Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA), Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (JMU), Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Carmagnola, Centre de Biologie pour la Gestion des Populations (UMR CBGP), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud])-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro), Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique (IRSNB), Universidad de Panamá, Panama City, Republic of Panama., Université Clermont Auvergne [2017-2020] (UCA [2017-2020]), University of South Bohemia, Masaryk University, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama City, Republic of Panama., Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg [Wurtzbourg, Allemagne] (JMU), Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, 10022 Carmagnola, Italy., Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, 10022 Carmagnola, Italy, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, 91058 Erlangen, Germany., Modélisation et Simulation Numérique en Mécanique et Génie des Procédés (MSNMGP), Université de la Méditerranée - Aix-Marseille 2-Université Paul Cézanne - Aix-Marseille 3-Université de Provence - Aix-Marseille 1-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, 1000 Brussels, Belgium., Université Clermont Auvergne (UCA), and Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)

Subjects
0106 biological sciences, Sustainable forest management, Biodiversity, Rainforest, Stratification (vegetation), forêt tropicale, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, 010603 evolutionary biology, 01 natural sciences, Écologie forestière, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, Nature and Landscape Conservation, [SDV.EE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology, environment, Ecology, L60 - Taxonomie et géographie animales, Forestry, Understory, 15. Life on land, biodiversité forestière, Coleoptera, Geography, Guild, Species richness, L20 - Écologie animale, Temperate rainforest, 010606 plant biology & botany, forêt tempérée
Abstract

Forests are complex three-dimensional ecosystems, but little is known about the influence of vertical stratification of forest structure on biodiversity and species turnover. Saproxylic beetles make a substantial contribution to forest biodiversity and ecosystem functions such as nutrient cycling. Management measures aimed at supporting saproxylic biodiversity are becoming an integral part of sustainable forest management practices. Yet, monitoring is carried out under the assumption that saproxylic activity at ground level will be a realistic reflection of saproxylic biodiversity in the forest as a whole. To investigate the validity of this assumption we compare vertical stratification and composition of saproxylic beetle assemblages between three forest types of varying altitude and latitude, including a tropical lowland forest in Panama, a temperate lowland forest and a temperate montane forest, both in the eastern Czech Republic. Beetles were sampled following a standardized sampling protocol using flight intercept traps arranged in vertical transects. Overall, the tropical forest was estimated to harbour two to three times more saproxylic beetle species than the temperate lowland and the montane forest, respectively. However, point richness estimates within vertical strata were remarkably similar between biomes. Species richness was similar in the understorey of all three forests. It peaked in the canopy of the tropical forest but in the understorey of temperate forests. So, while the beetle assemblages were clearly vertically stratified in all three forest types, stratification patterns varied markedly between tropical and temperate forests. This trend is driven primarily by the high richness of saproxylic beetles in the tropical forest canopy. However these richness differences belie the strong similarities in stratification of feeding guild composition observed all three forest types. This would tend to suggest that similar trophic structuring forces might operate across very different forest biomes of the world. Similarities in feeding guild composition suggest that management measures aiming at conserving biodiversity of saproxylic beetles are likely to be effective across different forest types. The differences in vertical stratification, however, suggest that understorey monitoring alone will be insufficient to understand management effects on saproxylic biodiversity. In the tropics, in particular, more emphasis will need to be placed on managing the diverse, three-dimensional structure of forest canopies as habitat for saproxylic beetles.

Published
2019

4. Arthropod Distribution in a Tropical Rainforest: Tackling a Four Dimensional Puzzle

Author

Roger L. Kitching, Alexey K. Tishechkin, Line Sørensen, Laura L. Fagan, Yves Basset, Sérvio P. Ribeiro, Héctor Barrios, Jonathan R. Bridle, Jacques H. C. Delabie, Raphael K. Didham, Marc Pollet, Enrique Medianero, Gabriela Castaño-Meneses, Lukas Cizek, Jérôme Orivel, Neville N. Winchester, Yves Roisin, Tomas Roslin, Philippe Cuenoud, Juergen Schmidl, Maurice Leponce, Evandro Gama de Oliveira, Andreas Floren, Jesper B. Schmidt, Vojtech Novotny, Johannes Bail, Domir De Bakker, David W. Roubik, Mathieu Rapp, Gianfranco Curletti, Thomas M. Lewinsohn, Frode Ødegaard, Henri-Pierre Aberlenc, Wesley Duarte da Rocha, Bruno Corbara, Alain Dejean, University of South Bohemia, Universidad de Panamá, Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), University of Victoria [Canada] (UVIC), Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Smithsonian Institution, Centre de Biologie pour la Gestion des Populations (UMR CBGP), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud])-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro), University of Bristol [Bristol], Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Laboratoire Microorganismes : Génome et Environnement - Clermont Auvergne (LMGE), Université Clermont Auvergne (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais [Belo Horizonte] (UFMG), Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Universidade Estadual De Santa Cruz [Brazil] (UESC), Ecologie des forêts de Guyane (UMR ECOFOG), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-AgroParisTech-Université de Guyane (UG)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université des Antilles (UA), Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg [Wurtzbourg, Allemagne] (JMU), Griffith University [Brisbane], Evolution et Diversité Biologique (EDB), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Auteur indépendant, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto (UFOP), Université Libre de Bruxelles [Bruxelles] (ULB), University of Campinas (UNICAMP), ANR-10-LABX-25-01/10-LABX-0025,CEBA,CEnter of the study of Biodiversity in Amazonia(2010), Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro), Laboratoire Microorganismes : Génome et Environnement (LMGE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Clermont Auvergne [2017-2020] (UCA [2017-2020]), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), ANR-10-LABX-0025,CEBA,CEnter of the study of Biodiversity in Amazonia(2010), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México = National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Université Clermont Auvergne [2017-2020] (UCA [2017-2020])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (JMU), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Universidade Estadual de Campinas = University of Campinas (UNICAMP)

Subjects
Psychologie appliquée, Beta diversity, Biodiversity, lcsh:Medicine, Surveys, Forests, Trees, Forêt tropicale humide, lcsh:Science, Phylogeny, Species diversity, Multidisciplinary, Ecology, Sciences bio-médicales et agricoles, Seasons, Tropical rainforests, Biologie, Research Article, Rainforest, Arthropoda, Panama, Biology, Distribution des populations, [SDV.EE.ECO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology, environment/Ecosystems, Animals, ddc:578, Arthropods, Ecosystem, Tropical Climate, lcsh:R, L60 - Taxonomie et géographie animales, Taxonomie, 15. Life on land, biodiversité forestière, 13. Climate action, Guild, lcsh:Q, Species richness, [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology, Animal Distribution, Tropical rainforest, Global biodiversity
Abstract

Quantifying the spatio-temporal distribution of arthropods in tropical rainforests represents a first step towards scrutinizing the global distribution of biodiversity on Earth. To date most studies have focused on narrow taxonomic groups or lack a design that allows partitioning of the components of diversity. Here, we consider an exceptionally large dataset (113,952 individuals representing 5,858 species), obtained from the San Lorenzo forest in Panama, where the phylogenetic breadth of arthropod taxa was surveyed using 14 protocols targeting the soil, litter, understory, lower and upper canopy habitats, replicated across seasons in 2003 and 2004. This dataset is used to explore the relative influence of horizontal, vertical and seasonal drivers of arthropod distribution in this forest. We considered arthropod abundance, observed and estimated species richness, additive decomposition of species richness, multiplicative partitioning of species diversity, variation in species composition, species turnover and guild structure as components of diversity. At the scale of our study (2km of distance, 40m in height and 400 days), the effects related to the vertical and seasonal dimensions were most important. Most adult arthropods were collected from the soil/litter or the upper canopy and species richness was highest in the canopy. We compared the distribution of arthropods and trees within our study system. Effects related to the seasonal dimension were stronger for arthropods than for trees. We conclude that: (1) models of beta diversity developed for tropical trees are unlikely to be applicable to tropical arthropods; (2) it is imperative that estimates of global biodiversity derived from mass collecting of arthropods in tropical rainforests embrace the strong vertical and seasonal partitioning observed here; and (3) given the high species turnover observed between seasons, global climate change may have severe consequences for rainforest arthropods., SCOPUS: ar.j, info:eu-repo/semantics/published

Published
2015

5. Arthropod diversity in a tropical forest

Author

Henri-Pierre Aberlenc, Alexey K. Tishechkin, Line Sørensen, Wesley Duarte da Rocha, Roger L. Kitching, Marc Pollet, Jacques H. C. Delabie, Frode Ødegaard, Olivier Missa, Jérôme Orivel, François Guilhaumon, Tomas Roslin, Raphael K. Didham, Vojtech Novotny, Enrique Medianero, Yves Basset, Maurice Leponce, Philippe Cuenoud, Jon R. Bridle, Evandro Gama de Oliveira, Jesper B. Schmidt, Sérvio P. Ribeiro, David W. Roubik, Alain Dejean, Mathieu Rapp, Gianfranco Curletti, Johannes Bail, Domir De Bakker, Juergen Schmidl, Gabriela Castaño-Meneses, Bruno Corbara, Héctor Barrios, Lukas Cizek, Scott E. Miller, Yves Roisin, Andreas Floren, Laura L. Fagan, Neville N. Winchester, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, University of South Bohemia, Universidad de Panamá, Panama City, Republic of Panama., Czech Academy of Sciences [Prague] (CAS), Muséum d'histoire naturelle de la Ville de Genève, 1208 Genève, Switzerland, The University of Western Australia (UWA), Catedra Rui Nabeiro, Universidade de Évora, 7004-516 Évora, Portugal, Universidade de Évora, University of York [York, UK], Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA), Helsingin yliopisto = Helsingfors universitet = University of Helsinki, Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, CA 93105, USA., Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History [USA, Santa Barbara], University of Victoria [Canada] (UVIC), Centre de Biologie pour la Gestion des Populations (UMR CBGP), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud])-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro), Universidad de Panamá, Panama City, Republic of Panama, University of Bristol [Bristol], Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México = National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Laboratoire de psychologie sociale et de psychologie cognitive (LAPSCO), Université Blaise Pascal - Clermont-Ferrand 2 (UBP)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire Microorganismes : Génome et Environnement (LMGE), Université Blaise Pascal - Clermont-Ferrand 2 (UBP)-Université d'Auvergne - Clermont-Ferrand I (UdA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Carmagnola, Centro de Pesquisas do Cacau, 45600-000, Itabuna, and Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, 45662-900 Ilhéus-Bahia, Brazil., Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique (IRSNB), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT), Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (JMU), Griffith University [Brisbane], National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20008, USA., Centro Universitário UNA, 30350-540 Belo Horizonte-MG, Brazil, Ecologie des forêts de Guyane (ECOFOG), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université des Antilles et de la Guyane (UAG)-AgroParisTech-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO), Muséum d'histoire naturelle, 2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland., Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, 35400-000 Ouro Preto-MG, Brazil and Universidade dos Açores, 9700-851 Terceira, Portugal, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Natural History Museum of Denmark, Faculty of Science [Copenhagen], University of Copenhagen = Københavns Universitet (UCPH)-University of Copenhagen = Københavns Universitet (UCPH), Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama City, Republic of Panama., Czech Academy of Sciences [Prague] (ASCR), University of Helsinki, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, 91058 Erlangen, Germany., Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Université Blaise Pascal - Clermont-Ferrand 2 (UBP)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université d'Auvergne - Clermont-Ferrand I (UdA), Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, 10022 Carmagnola, Italy., Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, 10022 Carmagnola, Italy, Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, 1000 Brussels, Belgium, Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg [Wurtzbourg, Allemagne] (JMU), Research Institute for Nature and Forest, 1070 Brussels, Belgium., Université Libre de Bruxelles [Bruxelles] (ULB), University of Copenhagen = Københavns Universitet (KU)-University of Copenhagen = Københavns Universitet (KU), Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, 1000 Brussels, Belgium., Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Blaise Pascal - Clermont-Ferrand 2 (UBP), and Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)

Subjects
0106 biological sciences, Phylogénie, Arthropoda, Range (biology), Rain, Biodiversity, Rainforest, Biology, 010603 evolutionary biology, 01 natural sciences, Arthropod diversity, Trees, 03 medical and health sciences, K01 - Foresterie - Considérations générales, Animals, Herbivory, Forêt tropicale humide, Arthropods, Modélisation environnementale, 030304 developmental biology, Tropical Climate, 0303 health sciences, Herbivore, Tree canopy, Multidisciplinary, Enquête, Ecology, L60 - Taxonomie et géographie animales, 15. Life on land, Terrestrial ecosystem, Species richness, L20 - Écologie animale, P01 - Conservation de la nature et ressources foncières, Biodiversité, [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology, Tropical rainforest, Écosystème
Abstract

Assessing Creepy Crawlies Arthropods are the most diverse group of terrestrial animal species, yet estimates of the total number of arthropod species have varied widely, especially for tropical forests. Basset et al. (p. 1481 , see the cover) now provide more reliable estimates of total arthropod species richness in a tropical rainforest in Panama. Intensive sampling of a half hectare of forest yielded just over 6000 arthropod species. Scaling up this result to the whole forest suggests that the total species diversity lies between 17,000 and 40,000 species.

Published
2012

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