A5037541736- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Plant and animal studies
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- African Botany and Ecology Studies
- Fire effects on ecosystems
- Evolution and Paleontology Studies
- Fish biology, ecology, and behavior
- Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
- Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
- Traditional Chinese Medicine Studies
- Fossil Insects in Amber
- Forest Insect Ecology and Management
- Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Plant Diversity and Evolution
- Viral Infections and Vectors
Institut de Biologie de l'École Normale Supérieure
2016
University of York
2008-2012
Griffith University
2004
Institute of Natural Sciences
2000
Assessing Creepy Crawlies Arthropods are the most diverse group of terrestrial animal species, yet estimates total number arthropod species have varied widely, especially for tropical forests. Basset et al. (p. 1481 , see cover) now provide more reliable richness in a rainforest Panama. Intensive sampling half hectare forest yielded just over 6000 species. Scaling up this result to whole suggests that diversity lies between 17,000 and 40,000
Summary The demise of tropical rain forests will lead to a large‐scale extinction genetic diversity, particularly arthropods. Curtailing these trends might be facilitated by (i) reducing rates habitat loss and degradation, (ii) enhancing systematics (iii) increasing the flow primary information on biodiversity. We emphasize need examine alternative approaches that could generate constant stream data from ecosystems. argue collecting parataxonomists (local assistants trained professional...
Searching for indicator taxa representative of diverse assemblages, such as arthropods, is an important objective many conservation studies. We evaluated the impacts a wide gradient disturbance in Gabon on range arthropod assemblages representing different feeding guilds. examined 4 x 10(5) individuals from which 21 focal were separated into 1534 morphospecies. Replication included understory 3 sites each stages forest succession and land use (i.e., habitats) after logging (old young...
Abstract. The choice of metrics comparing pristine and disturbed habitats may not be straightforward. We examined the results a study in Gabon including 21 arthropod focal taxa representing 16 855 individuals separated into 1534 morphospecies. Replication included understorey 12 sites four stages land use after logging (old young forests, savanna gardens), surveyed for 1 year using three sampling methods. For all taxa, we calculated suite 13 accounting intensity faunal changes between...
We empirically tested the long-standing hypothesis of codivergence New World arenaviruses (NWA) with their hosts. constructed phylogenies for NWA and all known hosts used them in reconciliation analyses. also a phylogenetic tree Sigmodontinae Neotominae rodents whether viral-host associations were phylogenetically clustered. determined host geographical overlap to determine what extent opportunity switch was limited by relatedness or physical proximity. With exception viruses from North...
Theoretical predictions for biodiversity patterns are typically derived under the assumption that ecological systems have reached a dynamic equilibrium. Yet, there is increasing evidence various aspects of systems, including (but not limited to) species richness, at Here, we use simulations to analyse how unfold through time. In particular, focus on relative time required (macroecological or phylogenetic) reach We simulate spatially explicit metacommunities according Neutral Theory...
Summary 1. The overlap in species composition of Cercopoidea (Aphrophoridae, Cercopidae, and Machaerotidae), Flatidae, Ricaniidae between two data sets, an almost exhaustive census from 13 Ficus a sample diverse vegetation the same area, led to estimate for local richness 111 (SE 11.5) (45 Cercopoidea, 36 30 Ricaniidae) at lowland rainforest site New Guinea. 2. Samples restricted contained 66 species, i.e. 59% estimated richness. This high proportion probably results polyphagous tourist...
We examined the results of a study in Gamba, Gabon, focusing on impacts disturbance arthropods, including more than 400 000 individuals, from which 21 focal taxa were separated into 1534 morphospecies by parataxonomists. Replication included understorey three sites each four different stages forest succession and land use (= ‘habitats’) after logging (old young forests, savanna gardens), surveyed over whole year with sampling methods. Generally, there was good correspondence between number...