A sampling optimization analysis of soil-bugs diversity (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea).

ABSTRACT: Biological diversity analysis is among the most informative approaches to describe communities and regional species compositions. Soil ecosystems include large numbers of invertebrates, among which soil bugs (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea) play significant ecological roles. The aim of this study was to provide advices to optimize the sampling effort, to efficiently monitor the diversity of this taxon, to analyze its seasonal patterns of species composition, and ultimately to understand better the coexistence of so many species over a relatively small area. Terrestrial isopods were collected at the Natural Reserve "Saline di Trapani e Paceco" (Italy), using pitfall traps monthly monitored over 2 years. We analyzed parameters of α- and β-diversity and calculated a number of indexes and measu

SUBMITTER: Messina G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4716513 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature