Aridity drives the loss of dung beetle taxonomic and functional diversity in three contrasting deserts

[Aim]: Aridity gradients are of great interest for understanding the responses of biodi-versity to water availability and water stress. However, little is known about the re-sponses of many animal groups, which are crucial for assessing the effects of climate change. Here, we study the effects of ar...

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Autores: Sánchez-Bermejo, Pablo Castro, deCastro-Arrazola, Indradatta, Cuesta Moreno, Eva María, Davis, Adrian L.V., Moreno, Claudia E., Sánchez-Piñeiro, Francisco, Hortal, Joaquín
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/282621
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/282621
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Aridity
Biotic interactions
Community assembly
Dung beetles
Functional diversity
Scarabaeidae
Species richness
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Sumario:[Aim]: Aridity gradients are of great interest for understanding the responses of biodi-versity to water availability and water stress. However, little is known about the re-sponses of many animal groups, which are crucial for assessing the effects of climate change. Here, we study the effects of aridity on dung beetle communities, a group with well- known responses to large-scale environmental gradients.