Comparative diversity of Alticinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) between Çığlıkara and Dibek nature reserves in Antalya, Turkey

Aslan, Ebru Gül

doi:10.2478/s11756-010-0025-7

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“…2019 52 structure and other physical environmental features might have influenced such high similarity. This agrees with the view ofAslan (2010) who reported that vegetation composition, topography, and human activities are the main influential factors on insect diversity. CONCLUSION It is advisable to move the hiking trails to slopes of Mount Sinai away from the basins (farshs) habitats.…”

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Impact of Hiking Trail Disturbance on Ants` Diversity at Mount Sinai, St. Katherine Protectorate, Egypt

Kamel

Fayez

Mohamed

et al. 2019

Journal of Environmental Science

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Saint Katherine Protectorate (SKP) is one of the most important regions for biodiversity in Egypt. Tourism and its associated activities has become the main economic driver in SKP which might have negative impacts on biodiversity. Ants are effective biological indicators, since ant species diversity correlates with the assembly of other invertebrate fauna of particular habitats. The current study aimed at assessing the impact of some anthropogenic activities along the touristic hiking trail passing through Mount Sinai area on ants` diversity. A total of 583 individuals belonging to nine ant species, three subfamilies, from (Family: Formicidae; Order: Hymenoptera) were recorded within the study localities in Mount Sinai. Our study showed that the hiking trail disturbance had a negative environmental impact on the species richness and abundance of ants within the study localities in Mount Sinai. Based on our results it is advisable to move the hiking trails to slopes of Mount Sinai away from its current location within the basins (farshs). More studies are needed to assess the impact of hiking trails and associated human activities on other biodiversity elements in SKP.

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Impact of Hiking Trail Disturbance on Ants` Diversity at Mount Sinai, St. Katherine Protectorate, Egypt

Kamel

Fayez

Mohamed

et al. 2019

Journal of Environmental Science

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“…In addition to the influence of the geographical location of Sierra de San Carlos, the responses of the chrysomelid community in this study, being elevational, seasonal or both, are suggested to be driven by host plants and vegetational associated variables (Bach 1981, Erelli et al 1998, Řehounek 2002, Aslan and Ayvaz 2009, Sen and Gök 2009). So, although not investigated here, the study of relationships between Chrysomelidae and their associated vegetational communities is very important to understand the distribution patterns of this taxon.…”

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“…However, this factor might not affect species richness and diversity in our study, as fewer species were collected from more extensive sampling areas, such as Site 7 and both sites from the Ejido Carricitos y Tinajas locality; contrarily, intermediate vegetational communities from Cerro El Diente, even with sampling plots distributed randomly within corresponding elevational intervals, covered a smaller area (Figures 2, 3) but presented higher values of species richness and diversity. Considering that chrysomelid communities are directly influenced by plant-associated variables (Bach 1981, Řehounek 2002, Aslan and Ayvaz 2009, Sen and Gök 2009), we attribute these results to the higher quality of the vegetational communities at the Cerro El Diente locality (Arriaga et al 2000, CONABIO 2007). These findings highlight the significance of this locality within Sierra de San Carlos, and constitute support for its designation as an area with extreme priority for conservation.…”

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“…This characteristic also makes them an important component of ecosystems, as they can compete with other herbivores (Gómez and González-Megías 2002). Also, leaf beetles have been used as indicators of regional biodiversity and environmental quality, and for monitoring changes in natural areas (Farrell and Erwin 1988, Flowers and Hanson 2003, Kalaichelvan and Verma 2005, Linzmeier et al 2006, Baselga and Novoa 2007, Aslan and Ayvaz 2009). Because of their importance, numerous and detailed taxonomical works on Chrysomelidae had been conducted in North America north of Mexico, Central America, and South America (Riley et al 2003).…”

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Faunistic patterns of leaf beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) within elevational and temporal gradients in Sierra de San Carlos, Mexico

Sánchez-Reyes

Niño-Maldonado

Barrientos-Lozano

et al. 2016

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The study of biodiversity of Chrysomelidae in Mexico and its variation within ecological gradients has increased recently, although important areas in the country remain to be explored. We conducted a faunistic inventory and analyzed the elevational and temporal variation of leaf beetle communities in the Sierra de San Carlos, in the state of Tamaulipas, in northeastern Mexico. This is an area with high to extreme priority for conservation, and due to its insular geographical position and to the vegetational communities present, it must be considered as a sky island. We selected seven sample sites distributed in different elevations within three localities, and comprising different vegetational communities. At each site, we randomly delimited 12 sample plots of 400 m2 where sampling was conducted by entomological sweep netting and collecting directly by hand. Sampling was conducted monthly at each plot, for a total of 1,008 samples between February 2013 and January 2014. By the end of the study, we had obtained a total of 3,081 specimens belonging to six subfamilies, 65 genera, and 113 species, with Trichaltica scabricula (Crotch, 1873) being recorded for first time in Mexico. Species richness was less than the values observed at other studies conducted in the same region, which is attributed to differences in the number of plant species and to the insular location of Sierra de San Carlos; however, the higher diversity values suggest a higher quality of natural resources and vegetational communities. No consistent pattern of leaf beetle communities was correlated with elevation, although higher values of species richness and diversity were obtained at the highest elevation site. The seasonal gradient showed that the rainy season is most favorable for leaf beetle communities. We found that species composition was different between sites and months, and also that there exists a significant association between the abundance obtained at each site and particular months. These results highlight the importance of different microhabitats for species distribution, and suggest that each species of Chrysomelidae has a differential response to environmental factors that vary within the elevational gradient and according to seasons. Also, we confirm and emphasize the important status of Sierra de San Carlos as a key natural area for biological conservation.

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“…The importance of evaluating changes in leaf beetle communities during secondary succession arises from their potential as indicator taxa. Chrysomelidae is cited as a useful family for monitoring local biodiversity (Farrell and Erwin 1988, Kalaichelvan and Verma 2005, Baselga and Novoa 2007, Aslan and Ayvaz 2009) and quality of the environment (Linzmeier et al 2006), as well as assessing changes in natural areas (Staines and Staines 2001, Flowers and Hanson 2003). Since leaf beetles are sensitive to environmental modifications in the microhabitat (Sandoval-Becerra et al 2017), the changes in their community parameters and the presence of certain species could be useful to evaluate ecosystem integrity.…”

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Successional and seasonal changes of leaf beetles and their indicator value in a fragmented low thorn forest of northeastern Mexico (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae)

Sánchez-Reyes¹,

Niño-Maldonado²,

Clark³

et al. 2019

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Leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae: Coleoptera) constitute a highly diverse family of phytophagous insects with high ecological relevance, due to their host plant specificity and their close association to vegetation variables. Therefore, secondary succession and seasonal changes after loss of vegetal cover will have a significant influence on their community patterns. Accordingly, responses of leaf beetles to such environmental heterogeneity make them a suitable taxon for monitoring disturbance, which is more important for endangered habitats such as the low thorn forests (LTF) in northeastern Mexico. We conducted a study in a LTF fragment in order to assess the effects of secondary succession and seasonality on leaf beetle communities, as well as to quantify the importance of Chrysomelidae as an indicator taxon. Landsat scenes were used for delimiting a successional gradient, in which four succession categories were selected: four years, 17 years, and 31 years since loss of vegetal cover, and conserved areas. Eight plots of 100 m2were randomly delimited in each category; plots were sampled monthly, using an entomological sweep net, from May 2016 to April 2017. In total, 384 samples were collected by the end of study, from which 6978 specimens, six subfamilies, 57 genera, and 85 species were obtained. Species richness was higher in early succession areas. Abundance declined significantly from early successional to conserved areas, but the conserved areas had the higher diversity. Furthermore, differences in abundance were significant between rainy and dry seasons in areas of four, 17, and 31 years of succession, but not in conserved areas; also, all categories had a similar abundance during the dry season. Intermediate (17 and 31 years) and conserved areas differed in the season of higher diversity. Regarding inventory completeness, it was close to or above 70 % for all comparisons, although it was very low for the 17-year category during the rainy season. Faunistic similarity was higher between intermediate categories. A total of 24 species had a significant indicator value. Effects of succession time and seasonality on leaf beetle communities are here quantified for first time in LTF forests. Influences of environmental heterogeneity and intermediate disturbance are discussed as main drivers of the results obtained. Several leaf beetle species are proposed that could be useful for monitoring succession time and secondary LTF vegetation in northeastern Mexico. However, studies must be replicated at other regions, in order to obtain a better characterization of disturbance influence on leaf beetles.

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Comparative diversity of Alticinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) between Çığlıkara and Dibek nature reserves in Antalya, Turkey

Cited by 11 publications

References 30 publications

Impact of Hiking Trail Disturbance on Ants` Diversity at Mount Sinai, St. Katherine Protectorate, Egypt

Impact of Hiking Trail Disturbance on Ants` Diversity at Mount Sinai, St. Katherine Protectorate, Egypt

Faunistic patterns of leaf beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) within elevational and temporal gradients in Sierra de San Carlos, Mexico

Successional and seasonal changes of leaf beetles and their indicator value in a fragmented low thorn forest of northeastern Mexico (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae)

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