Vegetation Height as the Primary Driver of Functional Changes in Orthopteran Assemblages in a Roadside Habitat

• Published in: Insects (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 13; no. 7; p. 572
• Main Authors: Rebrina, Fran, Reinhold, Klaus, Tvrtković, Nikola, Gulin, Vesna, Brigić, Andreja
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 24.06.2022; MDPI
• Subjects: anthropogenic disturbance; Biota; cricket; Crickets; Croatia; Ecological function; Ecological research; Ecology; Environmental changes; environmental factor; Environmental factors; functional diversity; grasshopper; Grasshoppers; Grasslands; Habitats; highways; Insects; lifestyle; Microclimate; Mobility; Moisture effects; Orthoptera; Proximity; Roads & highways; Roadsides; Sampling; Sampling methods; spatial dynamics; Vegetation; Vegetation cover; Croatia

Exhibiting manifold ecological impacts on terrestrial biota, roads have become a major driver of environmental change nowadays. However, many insect groups with high indication potential, such as grasshoppers and crickets (Orthoptera), have been largely neglected in road ecology research from a func...