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One taxon does not fit all: Herb-layer diversity and stand structural complexity are weak predictors of biodiversity in Fagus sylvatica forests

2016

Abstract Since adequate information on the distribution of biodiversity is hardly achievable, biodiversity indicators are necessary to support the management of ecosystems. These surrogates assume that either some habitat features, or the biodiversity patterns observed in a well-known taxon, can be used as a proxy of the diversity of one or more target taxa. Nevertheless, at least for certain taxa, the validity of this assumption has not yet been sufficiently demonstrated. We investigated the effectiveness of both a habitat- and a taxa-based surrogate in six European beech forests in the Apennines. Particularly, we tested: (1) whether the stand structural complexity and the herb-layer speci…

0106 biological sciencesApennineApennines010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciencesBiodiversityGeneral Decision SciencesComplementarity010603 evolutionary biology01 natural sciencesEuropean beech forestsHabitat-based surrogatesLichenBeechEcology Evolution Behavior and Systematics0105 earth and related environmental sciencesDecision Sciences(all)EcologybiologyEcologySpecies diversityBody size and species richnessCross-taxonbiology.organism_classificationEuropean beech forestTaxonHabitatHabitat-based surrogateSpecies richnessSpecies-based surrogatesApennines; Cross-taxon; Complementarity; European beech forests; Habitat-based surrogates; Species-based surrogatesEcological Indicators
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On the non-malacostracan crustaceans (Crustacea: Branchiopoda, Copepoda, Ostracoda) from the inland waters of Fthiotida (Greece)

2019

In the frame of the activities of the LIFE11 NAT/GR/1014 ForOpenForests, some water bodies occurring in the "Ethnikos Drymos Oitis" (GR2440004) and "Oros Kallidromo" (GR2440006) (Sterea Ellada) were investigated with the aim of providing a first census of the composition and diversity of their crustacean fauna. Overall, the sampling of 15 water bodies (7 of them listed as "Mediterranean temporary ponds" sensu EU "Habitats Directive") led to the finding of 13 branchiopod, 11 copepod, and 7 ostracod taxa, including 4 species new for mainland Greece, i.e. the copepods Arctodiaptomus alpinus (Imhoff, 1885) and Diaptomus cf. serbicus, and the branchiopods Leptestheria dahalacensis (Rüppel, 1837)…

Global and Planetary ChangeArctodiaptomus alpinus Cross-taxon congruence Diaptomuscf.serbicus Leptestheria dahalacensisTemporary pondsWlassicsia pannonica.EcologybiologyEcologyFaunaWlassicsia pannonicaCross-taxon congruenceSettore BIO/05 - ZoologiaBranchiopodaLeptestheria dahalacensisGénéralitésTemporary pondsArctodiaptomus alpinusbiology.organism_classificationCrustaceanDiaptomusGeographyOstracodDiaptomus cf. serbicusHabitats DirectiveSpecies richnessEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsCopepod
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