The blowfly Chrysomya latifrons inhabits fragmented rainforests, but shows no population structure.

ABSTRACT: Climate change and deforestation are causing rainforests to become increasingly fragmented, placing them at heightened risk of biodiversity loss. Invertebrates constitute the greatest proportion of this biodiversity, yet we lack basic knowledge of their population structure and ecology. There is a compelling need to develop our understanding of the population dynamics of a wide range of rainforest invertebrates so that we can begin to understand how rainforest fragments are connected, and how they will cope with future habitat fragmentation and climate change. Blowflies are an ideal candidate for such research because they are widespread, abundant, and can be easily collected within rainforests. We genotyped 188 blowflies (Chrysomya latifrons) from 15 isolated rainforests and found high le

SUBMITTER: Butterworth NJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10038970 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature