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Global arthropod beta-diversity is spatially and temporally structured by latitude.
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Mathew SeymourSchool of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong SAR, China. matsey@hku.hk.ORCID 0000-0002-3654-4857
Tomas RoslinDepartment of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Ulls väg 18B, Uppsala, 75651, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-2957-4791
Jeremy R deWaardCentre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.
Kate H J PerezCentre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.
Michelle L D'SouzaCentre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.
Sujeevan RatnasinghamCentre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.
Muhammad AshfaqCentre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-1351-4126
Valerie Levesque-BeaudinCentre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-6053-0949
Gergin A BlagoevCentre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.
Belén BukowskiDivisión Ornitología, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" (MACN-CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina.ORCID 0000-0002-5227-4797
Peter CaleAustralian Landscape Trust, Renmark, SA, SA5341, Australia.
Denise CrosbieThe Wetlands Centre, Cockburn, WA, WA6163, Australia.
Thibaud DecaënsCEFE, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, EPHE, IRD, Montpellier, France.
Stephanie L deWaardCentre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.
Torbjørn EkremDepartment of Natural History, NTNU University Museum, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, NO-7491, Norway.ORCID 0000-0003-3469-9211
Hosam O El-AnsaryPlant Production Department, College of Food & Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Fidèle Evouna OndoAgence Nationale des Parcs Nationaux, Departement de la Recherche Scientifique, Libreville, Gabon.
David FraserBC Conservation Data Centre, Ministry of Environment, Box 9338, Station Prov Govt, Victoria, BC, V8W 9M1, Canada.
Matthias F GeigerLeibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change, Museum Koenig Bonn, Adenauerallee 160, 53113, Bonn, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-2403-0805
Mehrdad HajibabaeiCentre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.
Winnie HallwachsDepartment of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Priscila E HanischDivisión Ornitología, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" (MACN-CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Axel HausmannSNSB-Zoologische Staatssammlung München, Munich, Germany.
Mark HeathPrivate collector, Perth, Australia.
Ian D HoggCanadian High Arctic Research Station, Polar Knowledge Canada, Cambridge Bay, NU, Canada.
Daniel H JanzenDepartment of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Margaret KinnairdWorldwide Fund for Nature- International, Nairobi, Kenya.
Joshua R KohnSection of Ecology, Behavior and Evolution, School of Biological Sciences, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA, 92093-0116, USA.
Maxim LarrivéeInsectarium, Montréal Space for Life, Montréal, QC, Canada.
David C LeesDepartment of Science, Natural History Museum, South Kensington, London, United Kingdom.
Virginia León-RègagnonEstación de Biología Chamela, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, A. P. 21, C.P, 48980, San Patricio, Jalisco, Mexico.
Michael LiddellCentre for Tropical, Environmental, and Sustainability Sciences, James Cook University, Cairns, Queensland, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-9754-8184
Darío A LijtmaerDivisión Ornitología, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" (MACN-CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Tatsiana LipinskayaLaboratory of Hydrobiology, Scientific and Practical Center for Bioresources, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Minsk, Belarus.ORCID 0000-0001-5088-8114
Sean A LockeDepartamento de Biología, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, Mayagüez, 00680, Puerto Rico.
Ramya ManjunathCentre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.
Dino J MartinsMpala Research Centre and Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA.
Marlúcia B MartinsLaboratório de Ecologia de Invertebrados, Coordenação de Zoologia, Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi, Avenida Perimetral 1901, Terra Firma, CEP, 66077 530, Belém, Pará, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-4171-909X
Santosh MazumdarDepartment of Zoology, University of Chittagong, 4331, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
Jaclyn T A McKeownCentre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.
Kristina Anderson-TeixeriaNational Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8461-9713
Scott E MillerNational Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4138-1378
Megan A MiltonCentre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.ORCID 0009-0000-9621-5775
Renee MiskieCentre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.
Jérôme MorinièreAIM - Advanced Identification Methods GmbH, Leipzig, Germany.
Marko MutanenEcology and Genetics Research Unit, University of Oulu, PO Box 3000, 90014, Oulu, Finland.
Suresh NaikCentre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.
Becky NicholsUS National Park Service, 1316 Cherokee Orchard Road, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Gatlinburg, TN, USA.
Felipe A NogueraEstación de Biología Chamela, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, A. P. 21, C.P, 48980, San Patricio, Jalisco, Mexico.
Vojtech NovotnyBiology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Entomology, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0001-7918-8023
Lyubomir PenevInstitute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2 Gagarin Street, 1113, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Mikko PentinsaariCentre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.
Jenna QuinnRare Charitable Research Reserve, Cambridge, ON, Canada.
Leah RamsayBC Conservation Data Centre, Ministry of Environment, Box 9338, Station Prov Govt, Victoria, BC, V8W 9M1, Canada.
Regina RochefortNorth Cascades National Park Service Complex, 810 State Route 20, Sedro-Woolley, WA, 98284, USA.
Stefan SchmidtSNSB-Zoologische Staatssammlung München, Munich, Germany.
M Alex SmithDepartment of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.
Crystal N SobelCentre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-1860-3523
Panu SomervuoOrganismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 65, Helsinki, 00014, Finland.
Jayme E SonesCentre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.
Hermann S StaudeLepsoc Africa, Magaliesburg, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-2549-4372
Brianne St JaquesCentre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.
Elisabeth SturDepartment of Natural History, NTNU University Museum, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, NO-7491, Norway.ORCID 0000-0001-7796-8026
Angela C TelferCentre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-1846-6362
Pablo L TubaroDivisión Ornitología, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" (MACN-CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Tim J WardlawARC Centre for Forest Values, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia.
Robyn WorcesterStanley Park Ecology Society, P.O. Box 5167, Vancouver, BC, V6B 4B2, Canada.
Zhaofu YangKey Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management, Ministry of Education, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China.
Monica R YoungCentre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-7388-8202
Tyler ZemlakDepartment of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.
Evgeny V ZakharovCentre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.
Bradley ZlotnickSan Diego Barcode of Life, San Diego, CA, 92130, USA.
Otso OvaskainenOrganismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 65, Helsinki, 00014, Finland.
Paul D N HebertCentre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.
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Research Grants Council, University Grants Committee (RGC, UGC) 27108123
Abstract
Global biodiversity gradients are generally expected to reflect greater species replacement closer to the equator. However, empirical validation of global biodiversity gradients largely relies on vertebrates, plants, and other less diverse taxa. Here we assess the temporal and spatial dynamics of global arthropod biodiversity dynamics using a beta-diversity framework. Sampling includes 129 sampling sites whereby malaise traps are deployed to monitor temporal changes in arthropod communities. Overall, we encountered more than 150,000 unique barcode index numbers (BINs) (i.e. species proxies). We assess between site differences in community diversity using beta-diversity and the partitioned components of species replacement and richness difference. Global total beta-diversity (dissimilarity) increases with decreasing latitude, greater spatial distance and greater temporal distance. Species replacement and richness difference patterns vary across biogeographic regions. Our findings support long-standing, general expectations of global biodiversity patterns. However, we also show that the underlying processes driving patterns may be regionally linked.
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