Mechanisms of diversity maintenance in dung beetle assemblages in a heterogeneous tropical landscape.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Anthropized landscapes play a crucial role in biodiversity conservation, as they encompass about 90% of the remaining tropical forest. Effective conservation strategies require a deep understanding of how anthropic disturbances determine diversity patterns across these landscapes. Here, we evaluated how attributes and assembly mechanisms of dung beetle communities vary across the Selva El Ocote Biosphere Reserve (REBISO) landscape.

Methods

Community attributes (species diversity, abundance, and biomass) were assessed at the landscape scale, using spatial windows and vegetation classes. Windows were categorized as intact, variegated, or fragmented based on their percent cover of tropical forest. The vegetation classes analyzed were tropical forest, second-growth fo

SUBMITTER: Rivera JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7903913 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature