Spatial Differentiation and Environment-Driven Mechanisms of Locust Community Structure in the Xinjiang Region Along the Sino-Kazakh Border.

Siqi Lin, Yongjun Zhang, Yating Guo, Huixia Liu, Jun Lin, Rong Ji, Roman Jashenko, Lan He

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Siqi LinCollege of Life Sciences, Xinjiang Normal University, International Research Center of Cross-Border Pest Management in Central Asia, Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Special Species Conservation and Regulatory Biology, Urumqi 830017, China.ORCID 0009-0003-9808-7975

Yongjun ZhangCollege of Life Sciences, Xinjiang Normal University, International Research Center of Cross-Border Pest Management in Central Asia, Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Special Species Conservation and Regulatory Biology, Urumqi 830017, China.

Yating GuoCollege of Life Sciences, Xinjiang Normal University, International Research Center of Cross-Border Pest Management in Central Asia, Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Special Species Conservation and Regulatory Biology, Urumqi 830017, China.

Huixia LiuCollege of Life Sciences, Xinjiang Normal University, International Research Center of Cross-Border Pest Management in Central Asia, Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Special Species Conservation and Regulatory Biology, Urumqi 830017, China.

Jun LinXinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Grassland Biological Disaster Prevention and Control Center, Urumqi 830017, China.

Rong JiCollege of Life Sciences, Xinjiang Normal University, International Research Center of Cross-Border Pest Management in Central Asia, Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Special Species Conservation and Regulatory Biology, Urumqi 830017, China.

Roman JashenkoInstitute of Zoology, Ministry of Education and Science of Kazakhstan, Almaty 050038, Kazakhstan.ORCID 0000-0002-3258-7323

Lan HeCollege of Life Sciences, Xinjiang Normal University, International Research Center of Cross-Border Pest Management in Central Asia, Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Special Species Conservation and Regulatory Biology, Urumqi 830017, China.

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Abstract

This study was conducted in the Xinjiang region, China, along the Sino-Kazakh border, an area recognized as high-risk for locust outbreaks and characterized by ongoing shifts in dominant pest species. This study systematically examined the structural characteristics of locust communities across different grassland types and identified the underlying environmental driving mechanisms. Field surveys were conducted to assess the diversity characteristics, density variations, and niche width of the locust communities across the different grassland types. The locust community in the mountain meadows had a significantly lower Shannon diversity index compared with the other grassland types (

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diversityenvironmental driving factorsgrassland typelocust communitySino-Kazakh border

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PMID41899010

DOI10.3390/insects17030348

PMCPMC13026512

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