Dung Beetles along a Tropical Altitudinal Gradient: Environmental Filtering on Taxonomic and Functional Diversity

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 11; no. 6; p. e0157442
• Main Authors: Nunes, Cássio Alencar, Braga, Rodrigo Fagundes, Figueira, José Eugênio Cortes, Neves, Frederico de Siqueira, Fernandes, G. Wilson
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 23.06.2016; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Altitude; Animals; Beetles; Biodiversity; Biology and Life Sciences; Brazil; Climate change; Coleoptera; Communities; Community; Computer and Information Sciences; Dung; Earth Sciences; Ecology; Ecology and Environmental Sciences; Ecosystem; Ecosystems; Elevation; Environmental changes; Environmental conditions; Extinct species; Filtration; Functionally gradient materials; Genetic aspects; Geography; Global warming; Hypotheses; Mathematical analysis; Mountain environments; Mountains; Niches; Partitioning; Redundancy; Scarabaeinae; Studies; Taxonomy; Tropical Climate; Vegetation; Brazil

Mountains provide an interesting context in which to study the many facets of biodiversity in response to macroclimate, since environmental conditions change rapidly due to elevation. Although the decrease in biodiversity with increasing elevation is generally accepted, our understanding of the vari...