Dissecting biodiversity: assessing the taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic structure of an insect metacommunity in a river network using morphological and metabarcoding data

• Published in: European zoological journal Vol. 90; no. 1; pp. 320 - 332
• Main Authors: Laini, A., Stubbington, R., Beermann, A. J., Burgazzi, G., Datry, T., Viaroli, P., Wilkes, M., Zizka, V. M. A., Saccò, M., Leese, F.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Taylor & Francis 11.07.2023; Taylor & Francis Ltd; Taylor & Francis Group
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Cytochrome-c oxidase; DNA barcoding; Environmental Sciences; Exact sequence variant; habitat filtering; Haplotypes; IRES; Morphology; Phylogenetics; Phylogeny; River networks; Rivers; taxonomic sufficiency; taxonomic surrogacy; Taxonomy

Most empirical metacommunity studies rely solely on morphological identification of taxa, precluding the species-level identification of several biotic groups, which can influence the characterization of metacommunities. DNA metabarcoding enables inference of species and even intraspecific diversity...