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abstract

Studies of diversity and species distributions are crucial in light of a predicted 4-6 degrees C warming by the end of the 21st century, especially in the tropics where many species may be especially sensitive to climate change. Little is known about patterns of insect diversity and richness in Andean montane forest habitats. The main goal of the present research was to investigate the ecology of carabid beetles at different altitudes in southeastern Peru (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Changes in species richness, species assemblages, and wing and body attributes were estimated at different altitude zones along both disturbed and undisturbed gradients.

subject

Altitudinal gradients

Community composition

Diversity

Ground beetles

Morphology

Tropical montane cloud forests

contributor

Maveety, Sarah Anne (author)

Browne, Robert A (committee chair)

Erwin, Terry L (committee member)

Anderson, Todd M (committee member)

Conner, William E (committee member)

Silman, Miles R (committee member)

date

2014-01-15T09:35:20Z (accessioned)

2014-07-15T08:30:08Z (available)

2013 (issued)

degree

Biology (discipline)

embargo

2014-7-15 (terms)

identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/10339/39111 (uri)

language

en (iso)

publisher

Wake Forest University

title

ECOLOGY OF GROUND-DWELLING CARABID BEETLES (COLEOPTERA: CARABIDAE) IN THE PERUVIAN ANDES

type

Dissertation