Unveiling the drivers of local dung beetle species richness in the Neotropics

[Aim]: Nearly 40 different hypotheses have been put forward to explain the latitudinal diversity gradient, implying that geographical variations of biodiversity may be the result of a complex array of factors affecting organisms in different ways. Our main goal was to identify the most important dri...

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Autores: Pessôa, Marcelo Bruno, Alves-Martins, Fernanda, De Marco Jr, Paulo, Hortal, Joaquín
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Recursos:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/256063
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/256063
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Habitat heterogeneity
Neotropics
Resource availability
Scarabaeinae
Species richness
Water–energy dynamics
Descrição
Resumo:[Aim]: Nearly 40 different hypotheses have been put forward to explain the latitudinal diversity gradient, implying that geographical variations of biodiversity may be the result of a complex array of factors affecting organisms in different ways. Our main goal was to identify the most important drivers of local dung beetle species richness in the Neotropics.