Scale-dependent contribution of host-specificity and environmental factors to wood-boring longhorn beetle community assemblage in SW China.

ABSTRACT: Longhorn beetles are extremely rich wood-boring insects possessing larvae that feed on the xylem of trees and/or lianas, which have detrimental effects on plants; in turn, the hosting plants may play a fundamental role in shaping the longhorn beetle community assemblage. However, factors determining the community assemblage of wood-boring longhorn beetles, particularly along the multiple spatial scales is still in need of further exploration. In this study, we designed an experiment across several spatial scales (from local to macro scales) from tropical to temperate climate gradients in Yunnan province, southwest China to examine to what extend the attributes of host-specificity is shaping the community assemblage along different spatial scales. This study concludes that (1) the wood-bori

SUBMITTER: Luo F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7930174 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature