Higher taxa as surrogates of species richness of spiders in insect-resistant transgenic rice

• Published in: Insect science Vol. 19; no. 3; pp. 419 - 425
• Main Authors: Lin, Sheng, You, Min-Sheng, Vasseur, Liette, Yang, Guang, Liu, Feng-Jing, Guo, Feng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Melbourne, Australia Blackwell Publishing Asia 01.06.2012
• Subjects: Araneae; Biodiversity; biodiversity surrogate; Biological diversity; China; ecological risk assessment; field experimentation; higher-taxon surrogacy; indicator species; Insects; Inventories; Oryza sativa; paddies; plant-incorporated protectants; rapid biodiversity assessment; rice; Rice fields; Risk assessment; Samplers; Sampling; species diversity; Species richness; Taxa; taxonomic resolution; transgenic plants; 代理人; 分类单元; 抗虫; 水稻品种; 物种丰富度; 线性相关关系; 蜘蛛; 转基因水稻; China People's Rep., Fujian Prov; China

Biodiversity assessments can often be time- and resource-consuming. Several alternative approaches have been proposed to reduce sampling efforts, including indicator taxa and surrogates. In this study, we examine the reliability of higher taxon surrogates to predict species richness in two experimen...