Pattern of plant communities’ influence to grasshopper abundance distribution in heterogeneous landscapes at the upper reaches of Heihe River, Qilian Mountains, China

• Published in: Environmental science and pollution research international Vol. 29; no. 9; pp. 13177 - 13187
• Main Authors: Li, Lili, Zhao, Chengzhang, Zhao, Xiawei, Wang, Dawei, Li, Yu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.02.2022; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Abundance; Altitude; Animals; Aquatic Pollution; Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution; Biodiversity; China; Correlation; Coverage; Distribution patterns; Earth and Environmental Science; Ecosystem; Ecotoxicology; Environment; Environmental Chemistry; Environmental Health; Environmental science; Foraging habitats; geostatistics; Grasshoppers; Grasslands; habitats; Heterogeneity; Horizontal distribution; Microenvironments; Mountains; Orthoptera; Plant communities; plant height; Plants; Research Article; Rivers; Spatial distribution; species; Waste Water Technology; Water Management; Water Pollution Control; China; Heihe River; Spatial pattern; Qilian Mountains; Grasshopper; Spatial correlation; Vegetation; Geostatistics

Understanding the impact of the heterogeneity of the ecological environment on biodiversity is a key issue in ecology. Topographical heterogeneity was potentially important in grassland systems to create or change habitats for grasshopper settlement and foraging. Yet, there was little knowledge of h...