Fine-Scale Vegetation Characteristics Drive Insect Ensemble Structures in a Desert Ecosystem: The Tenebrionid Beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) Inhabiting the Ulan Buh Desert (Inner Mongolia, China)

Fine-Scale Vegetation Characteristics Drive Insect Ensemble Structures in a Desert Ecosystem: The Tenebrionid Beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) Inhabiting the Ulan Buh Desert (Inner Mongolia, China)

In community ecology, ensembles are defined as phylogenetically bounded groups of species that use a similar set of resources within a community. Tenebrionids are a conspicuous faunal component of Asian deserts, but little is known about their community ecology. We investigated if tenebrionids assoc...

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Main Authors: Yiping Niu, Guodong Ren, Giulia Lin, Letizia Di Biase, Simone Fattorini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-07-01
Series:Insects
Subjects:
arid ecosystems
Asia
community ecology
diversity
Gobi Desert
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/11/7/410

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