Beetle mania: Understanding pond aquatic beetles diversity patterns through a multiple-facet approach
- Martínez Román, Nicolás Rafael
- Epele, Luis Beltran
- Manzo, Luz Maria
- Grech, Marta Gladys
- Archangelsky, Miguel
DOIAbstract
Ecological studies searching for drivers of biodiversity variation have frequently focused on taxonomic richness. However, more aspects of biodiversity, namely diversity facets can be considered to properly assess biotic-environment relationships. Here, we explore the environmental factors that could control the four biodiversity facets of aquatic Coleoptera from 93 regionally sampled Patagonian ponds. We also explore which are the ponds with high diversity values of all facets to prioritize them with a high conservation value. We fitted generalized additive models (GAM) to test relationships among environment (i.e., local and climatic variables) and aquatic beetles diversity facets (i.e., richness (SD), functional diversity (FD), phylogene...
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