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ArticleBiology letters2022

Temperature preferences drive additive biotic homogenization of Orthoptera assemblages.

Simon Thorn, Sebastian König, Othmar Fischer-Leipold, Julia Gombert, Josline Griese, Jürgen Thein

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Article in Biology letters, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Simon ThornField Station Fabrikschleichach, Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology (Zoology III), Julius-Maximilians-University Würzburg, Glashüttenstraße 5, 96181 Rauhenebrach, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-3062-3060
Sebastian KönigDepartment of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology (Zoology III), Biocenter, Julius-Maximilians-University Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-3253-8457
Othmar Fischer-LeipoldBlumenstraße 5, 85395 Wolfersdorf, Germany.
Julia GombertFeodorenstraße 12, 98617 Meiningen, Germany.
Josline GrieseObere Torstraße 12, 97475 Zeil am Main, Germany.
Jürgen TheinBüro für Faunistik und Umweltbildung, Herrleinstr. 2, 97437 Hassfurt, Germany.

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Abstract

The degradation of natural habitats is causing ongoing homogenization of biological communities and declines in terrestrial insect biodiversity, particularly in agricultural landscapes. Orthoptera are focal species of nature conservation and experienced significant diversity losses over the past decades. However, the causes underlying these changes are not yet fully understood. We analysed changes in Orthoptera assemblages surveyed in 1988, 2004 and 2019 on 198 plots distributed across four major grassland types in Central Europe. We demonstrated compositional differences in Orthoptera assemblages found in wet, dry and mesic grasslands, as well as ruderal habitats decreased, indicating biotic homogenization. However, mean α-diversity of Orthoptera assemblages increased over the study period. We detected increasing numbers of species with preferences for higher temperatures in mesic and wet grasslands. By analysing the temperature, moisture and vegetation preferences of Orthoptera, we found that additive homogenization was driven by a loss of species adapted to extremely dry and nitrogen-poor habitats and a parallel spread of species preferring warmer macroclimates.

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GrasslandOrthopteraAnimalsBiodiversityEcosystemTemperatureadditive homogenizationinsect declinetimeseries

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