The role of environment and mid‐domain effect on moth species richness along a tropical elevational gradient

G Brehm, RK Colwell, J Kluge - Global Ecology and …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Aim The biodiversity of geometrid moths (Lepidoptera) along a complete tropical elevational
gradient was studied for the first time. The patterns are described, and the role of geometric …

Undersampling and the measurement of beta diversity

J Beck, JD Holloway… - Methods in Ecology and …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Beta diversity is a conceptual link between diversity at local and regional scales. Various
additional methodologies of quantifying this and related phenomena have been applied …

[書籍][B] Gradients in a tropical mountain ecosystem of Ecuador

E Beck, J Bendix, I Kottke, F Makeschin, R Mosandl - 2008 - books.google.com
A tropical mountain ecosystem in one of the" hottest" biodiversity hotspots worldwide was
investigated by some 30 research teams of numerous disciplines in the natural and social …

Seasonal shifts of biodiversity patterns and species' elevation ranges of butterflies and moths along a complete rainforest elevational gradient on Mount Cameroon

V Maicher, S Sáfián, M Murkwe… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Temporal dynamics of biodiversity along tropical elevational gradients are unknown.
We studied seasonal changes of Lepidoptera biodiversity along the only complete forest …

Unique elevational diversity patterns of geometrid moths in an Andean montane rainforest

G Brehm, D Süssenbach, K Fiedler - Ecography, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Alpha‐diversity of geometrid moths was investigated along an elevational gradient in a
tropical montane rainforest in southern Ecuador. Diversity was measured using 1) species …

Insects and bioindication: theory and progress

MA McGeoch - Insect conservation biology, 2007 - books.google.com
Bioindication has experienced renewed interest over the last decade, precipitated largely by
the 1992 Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)(Glowka et al., 1994) and the 2010 target …

Moth body size increases with elevation along a complete tropical elevational gradient for two hyperdiverse clades

G Brehm, D Zeuss, RK Colwell - Ecography, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The body size of an animal is probably its most important functional trait. For arthropods,
environmental drivers of body size variation are still poorly documented and understood …

Montane Andean rain forests are a global diversity hotspot of geometrid moths

G Brehm, LM Pitkin, N Hilt, K Fiedler - Journal of biogeography, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Andean forests are known to be a major diversity hotspot for vascular plants and
vertebrates, but virtually nothing is known about the diversity of arthropods. We examined …

Beta diversity of geometrid moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) in an Andean montane rainforest

G Brehm, J Homeier, K Fiedler - Diversity and Distributions, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Turnover in species composition of the extremely species‐rich family Geometridae
(Lepidoptera) was investigated along an elevational gradient ranging from 1040 m to 2677 …

Diversity of geometrid moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) along an Afrotropical elevational rainforest transect

JC Axmacher, G Holtmann… - Diversity and …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Geometrid moths were investigated at 26 sites on 9 elevational levels along an elevational
transect at Mt. Kilimanjaro (Tanzania), stretching from the fine‐grained mosaic of small …