Variation in a Darwin wasp (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) community along an elevation gradient in a tropical biodiversity hotspot: Implications for ecology and conservation

dc.creatorFlinte, Vivian
dc.creatorPádua, Diego G.
dc.creatorDurand, Emily M.
dc.creatorHodgin, Caitlin
dc.creatorKhattar, Gabriel
dc.creatorda Silveira, Luiz Felipe L.
dc.creatorFernandes, Daniell R. R
dc.creatorEerikki Sääksjärvi, Ilari
dc.creatorMonteiro, Ricardo F.
dc.creatorMacedo, Margarete V.
dc.creatorMayhew, Peter J.
dc.date2024-01-11T14:45:00Z
dc.date2024-01-11T14:45:00Z
dc.date2023
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-02T20:32:02Z
dc.date.available2024-05-02T20:32:02Z
dc.identifierhttp://repositorio.ucm.cl/handle/ucm/5170
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/9275355
dc.descriptionUnderstanding how biodiversity varies from place to place is a fundamental goal of ecology and an important tool for halting biodiversity loss. Parasitic wasps (Hymenoptera) are a diverse and functionally important animal group, but spatial variation in their diversity is poorly understood. We survey a community of parasitic wasps (Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae) using Malaise traps up a mountain in the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest, and relate the catch to biotic and abiotic habitat characteristics. We find high species richness compared with previous similar studies, with abundance, richness, and diversity peaking at low to intermediate elevation. There is a marked change in community composition with elevation. Habitat factors strongly correlated with elevation also strongly predict changes in the pimpline community, including temperature as well as the density of bamboo, lianas, epiphytes, small trees, and herbs. These results identify several possible surrogates of pimpline communities in tropical forests, which could be used as a tool in conservation. They also contribute to the growing evidence for a typical latitudinal gradient in ichneumonid species richness, and suggest that low to medium elevations in tropical regions will sometimes conserve the greatest number of species locally, but to conserve maximal biodiversity, a wider range of elevations should also be targeted.
dc.languageen
dc.rightsAtribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 Chile
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/cl/
dc.sourceInsects, 14(11), 861
dc.subjectAltitudinal richness gradient
dc.subjectBrazilian Atlantic Rainforest
dc.subjectConservation strategy
dc.subjectLatitudinal richness gradient
dc.subjectParasitoid wasp community
dc.subjectTropical insect diversity
dc.subjectBiodiversity loss
dc.titleVariation in a Darwin wasp (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) community along an elevation gradient in a tropical biodiversity hotspot: Implications for ecology and conservation
dc.typeArticle


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