Different land-use types equally impoverish but differentially preserve grassland species and functional traits of spider assemblages.

ABSTRACT: Land-use change is one of the major drivers of biodiversity loss by introducing environmental modifications, which excludes native species unable to adapt to the novel conditions. Grasslands are among the most threatened biomes; understanding the influence of different land-use types on native species is crucial to achieving sustainable management policies. We hypothesized that land-use types that partially conserve the original vegetation cover would show higher taxonomic and functional diversity and similarity with native assemblages than land-use types that replace the original vegetation cover. We compared the taxonomic and functional alpha and beta diversity of spider assemblages between soybean crops, eucalypt plantations, and cattle fields with seminatural grasslands. Through null m

SUBMITTER: Pinto CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8119495 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature