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DOI	10.1007/s10531-024-02853-6
	The role of sheltered habitats in biodiversity conservation of species sensitive to drought: a case study using ground beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) in the Gorongosa National Park
	Baptista, Martim; Carvalho, Rui; Boieiro, Mario; Bartz, Marie; Mendes, Sara; Timoteo, Sergio; Azevedo-Pereira, Henrique M. V. S.; Alves, Joana; da Silva, Antonio Alves; Briones, Maria J. I.; Serrano, Artur R. M.; Sousa, Jose Paulo; da Silva, Pedro Martins
发表日期	2024
ISSN	0960-3115
EISSN	1572-9710
英文摘要	In the aftermath of 2019' tropical cyclones Idai and Kenneth, we assessed ground beetle communities of the Gorongosa National Park (GNP) in Mozambique. The influence of habitat shelters, namely the buffering role of closed microhabitat conditions on Alpha diversity and community trait values during a long period of drought, was evaluated across the main habitat types of the park: miombo forests, mixed forests, transitional forests, and grasslands (open savannas). These habitat types comprised a distance gradient in relation to lake Urema, in the center of GNP. Miombo forests were farther from the lake while grasslands and transitional forests were in the floodplain area. Ground beetle communities were sampled using pitfall traps set up at 25 sites of each habitat type along an environmental gradient of tree canopy cover during the last twenty days of the dry season. Higher species richness of ground beetles was found in closed habitat shelters along the distance gradient to lake Urema. A higher functional diversity was also found along the canopy gradient, with larger sized and wingless species being more abundant in closed habitats than in open areas. This result highlights the crucial role of habitat closedness in the protection of sensitive ground beetles. In particular, the buffer effect of tree canopy and the protection of the understory plants and the litter layer was critical for the survival of hygrophilous species and will be key in conservation strategies to face climate aridification and habitat fragmentation.
英文关键词	Aridification; Body size; Caraboidea; Functional diversity; Gorongosa; Groundcovers
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Biodiversity & Conservation ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
WOS类目	Biodiversity Conservation ; Ecology ; Environmental Sciences
WOS记录号	WOS:001220417900001
来源期刊	BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/301316
作者单位	Universidade de Lisboa; Universidade dos Acores; Universidade de Coimbra; Universidade de Vigo
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Baptista, Martim,Carvalho, Rui,Boieiro, Mario,et al. The role of sheltered habitats in biodiversity conservation of species sensitive to drought: a case study using ground beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) in the Gorongosa National Park[J],2024.
APA	Baptista, Martim.,Carvalho, Rui.,Boieiro, Mario.,Bartz, Marie.,Mendes, Sara.,...&da Silva, Pedro Martins.(2024).The role of sheltered habitats in biodiversity conservation of species sensitive to drought: a case study using ground beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) in the Gorongosa National Park.BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION.
MLA	Baptista, Martim,et al."The role of sheltered habitats in biodiversity conservation of species sensitive to drought: a case study using ground beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) in the Gorongosa National Park".BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION (2024).