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Understanding global and regional patterns of termite diversity and regional functional traits
Liu, Shengjie Xia, Shangwen Wu, Donghao Behm, Jocelyn E. Meng, Yuanyuan Yuan, Hao Wen, Ping Hughes, Alice C. Yang, Xiaodong
Liu, Shengjie
Xia, Shangwen
Wu, Donghao
Behm, Jocelyn E.
Meng, Yuanyuan
Yuan, Hao
Wen, Ping
Hughes, Alice C.
Yang, Xiaodong
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2022-11-19
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2022.105538
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Our understanding of broad-scale biodiversity and functional trait patterns is largely based on plants, and relatively little information is available on soil arthropods. Here, we investigated the distribution of termite diversity globally and morphological traits and diversity across China. Our analyses showed increasing termite species richness with decreasing latitude at both the globally, and within-China. In addition, we detected obvious latitudinal trends in the mean community value of termite morphological traits on average, with body size and leg length decreasing with increasing latitude. Furthermore, temperature, NDVI and water variables were the most important drivers controlling the variation in termite richness, and temperature and soil properties were key drivers of the geographic distribution of termite morphological traits. Our global termite richness map is one of the first high resolution maps for any arthropod group and especially given the functional importance of termites, our work provides a useful baseline for further ecological analysis.
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Shengjie Liu, Shangwen Xia, Donghao Wu, Jocelyn E. Behm, Yuanyuan Meng, Hao Yuan, Ping Wen, Alice C. Hughes, Xiaodong Yang, Understanding global and regional patterns of termite diversity and regional functional traits, iScience, Volume 25, Issue 12, 2022, 105538, ISSN 2589-0042, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2022.105538.
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