A rapid assessment of landscape biodiversity using diversity profiles of arthropod morphospecies

Hackman, Kwame Oppong; Gong, Peng; Venevsky, Sergey

doi:10.1007/s10980-016-0440-4

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“…We realize that this is a simplified, preliminary and demonstrative approach, although we believe that RTU classification represents a reasonable trade-off between absolute taxonomic accuracy (which may take many years to achieve) and the ecological functional representativeness, necessary to ensure the applicability of GB diversity estimates for comparative analysis between different ecosystems (Maveety et al, 2014). In fact taxonomic surrogacy approaches have been developed to meet the short-term needs of providing scientific advice for resource managers and policy makers, reducing the time, costs and dependence on specialized taxonomists (Krell, 2004;Cotes et al, 2009;Hackman et al, 2017). Recent attempts to integrate invertebrates into biodiversity assessments utilize the taxonomic minimalism approach (e.g.…”

Section: Perspectives and Challenges On Using Neotropical Ground Beetmentioning

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“…Cotes et al, 2009;Obrist and Duelli, 2010;Schwerk and Dymitryszyn, 2016). This involves the use of species whose identification is based wholly on morphological differences from related species (i.e., morphospecies), or species identified to genus or other higher taxonomic ranks (Hackman et al, 2017). Our work should be complemented by ecological and behavioural studies to understand and assess the ecological status and conservation priorities of the ecosystems considered (Brown, 1997).…”

Section: Perspectives and Challenges On Using Neotropical Ground Beetmentioning

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How informative is the response of Ground Beetles' (Coleoptera: Carabidae) assemblages to anthropogenic land use changes? Insights for ecological status assessments from a case study in the Neotropics

Cajaíba

Périco

Silva

et al. 2018

Science of The Total Environment

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Ground Beetles (Carabidae) have been suggested to be used as indicators of ecological status under the effects of anthropogenic land use and land cover changes in highly biodiverse regions such as the Neotropics. In this study Ground Beetles' assemblages from a region in the Brazilian Amazon were investigated for evaluating their applicability as disturbance indicators. Differences in assemblages between ecosystems, discriminated by complimentary methodologies, demonstrate a sensitive reaction from the most pristine forests to increasingly disturbed systems. Besides capturing the influence of different prevailing conditions between ecosystems, Ground Beetles are easy to communicate and to link with the other components of the system, being effortless and routinely measurable using standard methodologies. This study represents a step forward in using Ground Beetles for the purposes of planning, management and public reporting on the ecological status of Neotropical ecosystems. Additionally, the methods depicted could support projections for trends of relevant ecosystem attributes under realistic social-ecological change scenarios, which can be used to guide effective conservation planning.

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Section: Perspectives and Challenges On Using Neotropical Ground Beetmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Perspectives and Challenges On Using Neotropical Ground Beetmentioning

confidence: 99%

How informative is the response of Ground Beetles' (Coleoptera: Carabidae) assemblages to anthropogenic land use changes? Insights for ecological status assessments from a case study in the Neotropics

Cajaíba

Périco

Silva

et al. 2018

Science of The Total Environment

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“…DNA barcoding and subsequent assignation to molecular OTUs (Morinière et al ., ; Wang et al ., ; deWaard et al ., ) is a workable solution that we will seek to incorporate in future work. That being said, however imperfect, the use of OTUs has been validated and used in a number of modern studies (Obrist & Duelli, ; Hackman et al ., ). We believe it adequate for the present project, documenting the efficacy of the Voegtlin suction trap for measuring and comparing the diversity of insect communities, especially those of Microhymenoptera.…”

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Voegtlin‐style suction traps measure insect diversity and community heterogeneity

Favret

Lessard

Trépanier

et al. 2019

Insect Conserv Diversity

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Comparing ecologically relevant communities of insects in heterogeneous environments requires methods capable of sampling a sufficient number of individuals and diversity of species to measure β diversity. A battery‐operated computer fan powers a 1.5 m high Voegtlin suction trap. These traps are efficient at capturing small, weakly flying insects, and can be used to sample the α and β diversity of Microhymenoptera in discrete habitats within a temperate forest ecosystem. During a preliminary study comparing Voegtlin‐style suction and Townes‐style Malaise traps, we found that the suction traps caught a greater number and a greater diversity of Hymenoptera than the Malaise traps, especially of those OTUs smaller than 1.5 mm. Placed along a transect at 50 m intervals, the suction traps also yielded more heterogeneous samples than the Malaise traps, suggesting they may be particularly useful for quantifying β diversity at small spatial scales. The same analyses with brachyceran Diptera were more nuanced. Malaise traps outperformed suction traps in terms of measuring α diversity, but suction traps resolved a higher degree of brachyceran community heterogeneity using β diversity. Insofar as Hymenoptera are amongst the most diverse of insect orders and the vast majority of species are specialist parasitoids of other insects, suction trapped Hymenoptera diversity may be a useful proxy for measuring α and β insect diversity in general.

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“…For example, pollen type diversity is a reliable index for capturing vegetation structure and landscape diversity (Matthias et al 2015). Some scholars have also used arthropod morphological species diversity profiles to quickly assess landscape biodiversity (Hackman et al 2017). Taxonomic diversity of groups has also been used to predict tropical rural landscape diversity (Smith and Mayfield 2015 ).…”

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Analysis of the effect of landscape component classification on landscape diversity index

Ma,

Li,

Mao

et al. 2024

Environ. Res. Commun.

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The landscape diversity index (LDI) is an important level in biodiversity conservation, and its scale dependence has an important role in regional landscape planning and biological conservation. The aim of this study is to analyze in depth the effects of spatial scale changes in the classification of different landscape components on landscape diversity and to explore the thresholds of landscape diversity. The classification of landscape components was accomplished in the ArcMap environment using fusion and merging tools, and the landscape diversity thresholds and scale changes were quantitatively assessed by LDI values. The results show that there are differences in LDI values for different classifications, and the threshold for landscape diversity without considering scale changes can be interpreted as: 0.4215 ≤ LDI ≤ 1.9754. The grain sizes suitable for landscape diversity analysis are 160m and 1280m, and the effective amplitude range of the Ⅰ, Ⅱ and Ⅲ land type is 9~31km, while the effective amplitude of three land use types is 20~31km, relatively lagging behind. However, when considering amplitude changes, the LDI threshold can be interpreted as 0.3027≤LDI≤2.0947, which is suitable for large-scale regional landscape diversity studies when the grain size is large. In conclusion, the essence of landscape diversity change with scale is caused by changes in the number and area of landscape components, and the threshold analysis should not only take into account the grain size and amplitude, but also consider the landscape background of the study area. Therefore, in-depth analysis of the mechanism of landscape diversity change from the perspective of landscape component classification is of guiding significance for biodiversity conservation.

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A rapid assessment of landscape biodiversity using diversity profiles of arthropod morphospecies

Cited by 17 publications

References 54 publications

How informative is the response of Ground Beetles' (Coleoptera: Carabidae) assemblages to anthropogenic land use changes? Insights for ecological status assessments from a case study in the Neotropics

How informative is the response of Ground Beetles' (Coleoptera: Carabidae) assemblages to anthropogenic land use changes? Insights for ecological status assessments from a case study in the Neotropics

Voegtlin‐style suction traps measure insect diversity and community heterogeneity

Analysis of the effect of landscape component classification on landscape diversity index

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