Author(s): Duelli, P., Obrist, M. K. & Flückiger, P. F.
Title: Forest edges are biodiversity hotspots – also for Neuroptera
Year: 2002
Volume: 48
Pages: 75-87.
Abstract: Neuroptera and Raphidioptera showed their highest species numbers in the shrub belt and the forest mantle, while the Mecoptera preferred the herbaceous fringe. Traps located deepest inside the forest yielded the lowest number of species. In the forest interior, species numbers peaked in the canopy. However, the canopy yielded markedly fewer species than the forest edges. Steep forest edges contained 24% more species than the forest interior, sloped, structurally rich forest edges even 60% more.
Keywords: biodiversity, Neuroptera, Raphidioptera, Mecoptera, forest edge, canopy
Journal: Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae
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ISSN: 1217-8837
Publisher: Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest
Editor(s): Matskási, I., Peregovits, L. & Sziráki, Gy.
