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DOI	10.1002/ece3.10985
	Species richness of Orthoptera declines with elevation while elevational range of individual species peaks at mid elevation
	Thomas, Jen; Segar, Simon T.; Cherrill, Andrew J.
发表日期	2024
ISSN	2045-7758
起始页码	14
结束页码	2
卷号	14 期号:2
英文摘要	Species richness has been shown to decrease, and elevational range increase (the Rapoport effect), with elevation as a consequence of biotic and abiotic factors, but patterns are inconsistent across taxonomic groups. Despite being an important indicator taxon and a component of local communities, Orthoptera distributions at higher elevations in Europe remain unclear. We investigated the relationship of Orthoptera species richness and elevational range with elevation in the Pyrenees mountains, Europe. We conducted sweepnetting surveys supplemented by hand-sampling, at 28 sites stratified by elevation, across three study areas. Using generalised linear models, we found that species richness declined with elevation. Elevation was an important predictor of species richness, but sampling effort and vegetation structure (height and cover) also contributed to estimates of species richness. Using a nonlinear regression to model the elevational range of species over the elevational gradient, we did not observe a Rapoport effect, with elevational range peaking at mid-elevation instead. Smaller elevational ranges of species found at high elevations may be due to a combination of sampling over a restricted elevational range and the presence of specialist high-elevation species. We argue that our findings are useful for understanding species distributions with elevation at the interface between local and regional scales. Clarifying the biotic and abiotic predictors of species distribution is important for informing conservation efforts and predicting consequences of climate change. Understanding the distribution of organisms along elevational gradients across a range of latitudes and geographical areas is important to be able to inform conservation measures. Using Orthoptera in the Pyrenees as a study system, we found a decline in species richness with increasing elevation, but no evidence for Rapoport's elevational rule.image
英文关键词	elevational gradient; elevational range; Orthoptera; Rapoport's Rule; species richness
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Evolutionary Biology
WOS类目	Ecology ; Evolutionary Biology
WOS记录号	WOS:001168968100001
来源期刊	ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/290373
作者单位	Harper Adams University; UK Research & Innovation (UKRI); Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC); Rothamsted Research
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Thomas, Jen,Segar, Simon T.,Cherrill, Andrew J.. Species richness of Orthoptera declines with elevation while elevational range of individual species peaks at mid elevation[J],2024,14(2).
APA	Thomas, Jen,Segar, Simon T.,&Cherrill, Andrew J..(2024).Species richness of Orthoptera declines with elevation while elevational range of individual species peaks at mid elevation.ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION,14(2).
MLA	Thomas, Jen,et al."Species richness of Orthoptera declines with elevation while elevational range of individual species peaks at mid elevation".ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION 14.2(2024).