This experiment compared communities of ground-dwelling insects in gaps and closed canopy forest in the elfin forest of the Estación Biológica Monteverde in Puntarenas, Costa Rica. Insects were trapped with pitfall traps in six gaps and adjacent forest areas in October and November 2000. Shannon-Weiner Diversity indices, Margalef species richness indices, evenness (H’ /(In S)), mean abundance per site, and Morisita Similarity indices were compared. Diversity differed only for Coleopterans, which were more diverse in gaps (H’ = 1.201) than in forest (H’ = 0.8387; modified t-test t= 1.979, p \u3c 0.001). The Margalef index of species richness did not vary between paired gap and forest sites for total insects captured, but was significantly hi...
Terrestrial macroinvertebrates are an important yet understudied group. They are present in all type...
Biodiversity studies of the insect fauna are scarce for high Andean forests in Colombia and absent f...
Many studies of the class Insecta have shown a decrease in species richness with increasing latitude...
This experiment compared communities of ground-dwelling insects in gaps and closed canopy forest in ...
Three microhabitats in La Cruz, Costa Rica were surveyed for Coleopteran species richness, diversity...
This study addresses the effects of abiotic conditions on canopy soil macro-invertebrate diversity b...
Forest fragmentation creates numerous boundaries and microclimates that affect organisms of all taxa...
Several studies have confirmed that higher plant community richness facilitates greater arthropod co...
The International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO 2002) estimated that secondary forest make up 6...
The purpose of this study was to determine whether altitude has a measurable effect on coleopteran c...
Loss of biodiversity is becoming increasingly evident and is receiving much attention. Fragmentation...
Tropical forests, the richest ecosystems on earth, are rapidly disappearing. This is causing the los...
Tropical forest canopies are unique environments with complex interactions, allowing for high levels...
The future of biodiversity depends to a great extent on the conservation value of human-dominated an...
The order Coleoptera is the most diverse among animals, composing 70- 80% of all described animals i...
Terrestrial macroinvertebrates are an important yet understudied group. They are present in all type...
Biodiversity studies of the insect fauna are scarce for high Andean forests in Colombia and absent f...
Many studies of the class Insecta have shown a decrease in species richness with increasing latitude...
This experiment compared communities of ground-dwelling insects in gaps and closed canopy forest in ...
Three microhabitats in La Cruz, Costa Rica were surveyed for Coleopteran species richness, diversity...
This study addresses the effects of abiotic conditions on canopy soil macro-invertebrate diversity b...
Forest fragmentation creates numerous boundaries and microclimates that affect organisms of all taxa...
Several studies have confirmed that higher plant community richness facilitates greater arthropod co...
The International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO 2002) estimated that secondary forest make up 6...
The purpose of this study was to determine whether altitude has a measurable effect on coleopteran c...
Loss of biodiversity is becoming increasingly evident and is receiving much attention. Fragmentation...
Tropical forests, the richest ecosystems on earth, are rapidly disappearing. This is causing the los...
Tropical forest canopies are unique environments with complex interactions, allowing for high levels...
The future of biodiversity depends to a great extent on the conservation value of human-dominated an...
The order Coleoptera is the most diverse among animals, composing 70- 80% of all described animals i...
Terrestrial macroinvertebrates are an important yet understudied group. They are present in all type...
Biodiversity studies of the insect fauna are scarce for high Andean forests in Colombia and absent f...
Many studies of the class Insecta have shown a decrease in species richness with increasing latitude...