Communications Biology (May 2024)
Global arthropod beta-diversity is spatially and temporally structured by latitude
- Mathew Seymour,
- Tomas Roslin,
- Jeremy R. deWaard,
- Kate H. J. Perez,
- Michelle L. D’Souza,
- Sujeevan Ratnasingham,
- Muhammad Ashfaq,
- Valerie Levesque-Beaudin,
- Gergin A. Blagoev,
- Belén Bukowski,
- Peter Cale,
- Denise Crosbie,
- Thibaud Decaëns,
- Stephanie L. deWaard,
- Torbjørn Ekrem,
- Hosam O. El-Ansary,
- Fidèle Evouna Ondo,
- David Fraser,
- Matthias F. Geiger,
- Mehrdad Hajibabaei,
- Winnie Hallwachs,
- Priscila E. Hanisch,
- Axel Hausmann,
- Mark Heath,
- Ian D. Hogg,
- Daniel H. Janzen,
- Margaret Kinnaird,
- Joshua R. Kohn,
- Maxim Larrivée,
- David C. Lees,
- Virginia León-Règagnon,
- Michael Liddell,
- Darío A. Lijtmaer,
- Tatsiana Lipinskaya,
- Sean A. Locke,
- Ramya Manjunath,
- Dino J. Martins,
- Marlúcia B. Martins,
- Santosh Mazumdar,
- Jaclyn T. A. McKeown,
- Kristina Anderson-Teixeria,
- Scott E. Miller,
- Megan A. Milton,
- Renee Miskie,
- Jérôme Morinière,
- Marko Mutanen,
- Suresh Naik,
- Becky Nichols,
- Felipe A. Noguera,
- Vojtech Novotny,
- Lyubomir Penev,
- Mikko Pentinsaari,
- Jenna Quinn,
- Leah Ramsay,
- Regina Rochefort,
- Stefan Schmidt,
- M. Alex Smith,
- Crystal N. Sobel,
- Panu Somervuo,
- Jayme E. Sones,
- Hermann S. Staude,
- Brianne St. Jaques,
- Elisabeth Stur,
- Angela C. Telfer,
- Pablo L. Tubaro,
- Tim J. Wardlaw,
- Robyn Worcester,
- Zhaofu Yang,
- Monica R. Young,
- Tyler Zemlak,
- Evgeny V. Zakharov,
- Bradley Zlotnick,
- Otso Ovaskainen,
- Paul D. N. Hebert
Affiliations
- Mathew Seymour
- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong
- Tomas Roslin
- Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)
- Jeremy R. deWaard
- Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph
- Kate H. J. Perez
- Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph
- Michelle L. D’Souza
- Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph
- Sujeevan Ratnasingham
- Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph
- Muhammad Ashfaq
- Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph
- Valerie Levesque-Beaudin
- Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph
- Gergin A. Blagoev
- Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph
- Belén Bukowski
- División Ornitología, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia” (MACN-CONICET)
- Peter Cale
- Australian Landscape Trust
- Denise Crosbie
- The Wetlands Centre
- Thibaud Decaëns
- CEFE, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, EPHE, IRD
- Stephanie L. deWaard
- Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph
- Torbjørn Ekrem
- Department of Natural History, NTNU University Museum, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
- Hosam O. El-Ansary
- Plant Production Department, College of Food & Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University
- Fidèle Evouna Ondo
- Agence Nationale des Parcs Nationaux, Departement de la Recherche Scientifique
- David Fraser
- BC Conservation Data Centre, Ministry of Environment
- Matthias F. Geiger
- Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change, Museum Koenig Bonn
- Mehrdad Hajibabaei
- Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph
- Winnie Hallwachs
- Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania
- Priscila E. Hanisch
- División Ornitología, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia” (MACN-CONICET)
- Axel Hausmann
- SNSB—Zoologische Staatssammlung München
- Mark Heath
- Private collector
- Ian D. Hogg
- Canadian High Arctic Research Station, Polar Knowledge Canada
- Daniel H. Janzen
- Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania
- Margaret Kinnaird
- Worldwide Fund for Nature- International
- Joshua R. Kohn
- Section of Ecology, Behavior and Evolution, School of Biological Sciences, University of California San Diego
- Maxim Larrivée
- Insectarium, Montréal Space for Life
- David C. Lees
- Department of Science, Natural History Museum, South Kensington
- Virginia León-Règagnon
- Estación de Biología Chamela, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
- Michael Liddell
- Centre for Tropical, Environmental, and Sustainability Sciences, James Cook University
- Darío A. Lijtmaer
- División Ornitología, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia” (MACN-CONICET)
- Tatsiana Lipinskaya
- Laboratory of Hydrobiology, Scientific and Practical Center for Bioresources, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus
- Sean A. Locke
- Departamento de Biología, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez
- Ramya Manjunath
- Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph
- Dino J. Martins
- Mpala Research Centre and Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University
- Marlúcia B. Martins
- Laboratório de Ecologia de Invertebrados, Coordenação de Zoologia, Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi
- Santosh Mazumdar
- Department of Zoology, University of Chittagong
- Jaclyn T. A. McKeown
- Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph
- Kristina Anderson-Teixeria
- National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
- Scott E. Miller
- National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
- Megan A. Milton
- Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph
- Renee Miskie
- Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph
- Jérôme Morinière
- AIM - Advanced Identification Methods GmbH
- Marko Mutanen
- Ecology and Genetics Research Unit, University of Oulu
- Suresh Naik
- Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph
- Becky Nichols
- US National Park Service, 1316 Cherokee Orchard Road, Great Smoky Mountains National Park
- Felipe A. Noguera
- Estación de Biología Chamela, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
- Vojtech Novotny
- Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Entomology
- Lyubomir Penev
- Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
- Mikko Pentinsaari
- Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph
- Jenna Quinn
- Rare Charitable Research Reserve
- Leah Ramsay
- BC Conservation Data Centre, Ministry of Environment
- Regina Rochefort
- North Cascades National Park Service Complex
- Stefan Schmidt
- SNSB—Zoologische Staatssammlung München
- M. Alex Smith
- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph
- Crystal N. Sobel
- Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph
- Panu Somervuo
- Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki
- Jayme E. Sones
- Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph
- Hermann S. Staude
- Lepsoc Africa
- Brianne St. Jaques
- Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph
- Elisabeth Stur
- Department of Natural History, NTNU University Museum, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
- Angela C. Telfer
- Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph
- Pablo L. Tubaro
- División Ornitología, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia” (MACN-CONICET)
- Tim J. Wardlaw
- ARC Centre for Forest Values, University of Tasmania
- Robyn Worcester
- Stanley Park Ecology Society
- Zhaofu Yang
- Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management, Ministry of Education, Northwest A&F University
- Monica R. Young
- Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph
- Tyler Zemlak
- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph
- Evgeny V. Zakharov
- Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph
- Bradley Zlotnick
- San Diego Barcode of Life
- Otso Ovaskainen
- Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki
- Paul D. N. Hebert
- Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-024-06199-1
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 7,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 11
Abstract
Abstract Global biodiversity gradients are generally expected to reflect greater species replacement closer to the equator. However, empirical validation of global biodiversity gradients largely relies on vertebrates, plants, and other less diverse taxa. Here we assess the temporal and spatial dynamics of global arthropod biodiversity dynamics using a beta-diversity framework. Sampling includes 129 sampling sites whereby malaise traps are deployed to monitor temporal changes in arthropod communities. Overall, we encountered more than 150,000 unique barcode index numbers (BINs) (i.e. species proxies). We assess between site differences in community diversity using beta-diversity and the partitioned components of species replacement and richness difference. Global total beta-diversity (dissimilarity) increases with decreasing latitude, greater spatial distance and greater temporal distance. Species replacement and richness difference patterns vary across biogeographic regions. Our findings support long-standing, general expectations of global biodiversity patterns. However, we also show that the underlying processes driving patterns may be regionally linked.
