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@article{Boyle:2024:10.1016/j.cub.2024.06.059,
author = {Boyle, MJW and Sharp, AC and Barclay, MV and Chung, AYC and Ewers, RM and de, Rougemont G and Bonebrake, TC and Kitching, RL and Stork, NE and Ashton, LA},
doi = {10.1016/j.cub.2024.06.059},
journal = {Current Biology},
pages = {R770--R771},
title = {Tropical beetles more sensitive to impacts are less likely to be known to science},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.06.059},
volume = {34},
year = {2024}
}
TY - JOUR
AB - Insects are posited to be declining globally. This is particularly pertinent in tropical forests, which exhibit both the highest levels of biodiversity and the highest rates of biodiversity loss. However, for the hyper-diverse tropical insects there are scant data available to evidence declines. Understanding tropical insect diversity and its response to environmental change has therefore become a challenge, but it is estimated that 80% of tropical insect species remain undescribed1. Insect biodiversity predictions are based mostly on well-studied taxa and extrapolated to other groups, but no one knows whether resilience to environmental change varies between undescribed and described species. Here, we collected staphylinid beetles from unlogged and logged tropical forests in Borneo and investigated their responses to environmental change. Out of 252 morphospecies collected, 76% were undescribed. Undescribed species showed higher community turnover, reduced abundance and decreased probability of occurrence in logged forests. Thus the unknown components of tropical insect biodiversity are likely more impacted by human-induced environmental change. If these patterns are widespread, how accurate will assessments of insect declines in the tropics be?
AU - Boyle,MJW
AU - Sharp,AC
AU - Barclay,MV
AU - Chung,AYC
AU - Ewers,RM
AU - de,Rougemont G
AU - Bonebrake,TC
AU - Kitching,RL
AU - Stork,NE
AU - Ashton,LA
DO - 10.1016/j.cub.2024.06.059
EP - 771
PY - 2024///
SN - 0960-9822
SP - 770
TI - Tropical beetles more sensitive to impacts are less likely to be known to science
T2 - Current Biology
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.06.059
UR - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39163835
UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982224008431?via%3Dihub
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/114192
VL - 34
ER -
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