The identity of Sphinx hrunnus Cramer is established and Acharia Huebner is found to be a senior ... more The identity of Sphinx hrunnus Cramer is established and Acharia Huebner is found to be a senior synonym of Sibine Herrich- Schaeffer. Teixa previously included in Sibine are listed. A lectotjrpe for Acharia brunna is designated and illustrated. Sibine zellans Dyar and S. berthans Dyar are recognized as new junior synonyms of Acharia brunna.
To discuss the challenge of monitoring multi-species responses of tropical arthropods to disturba... more To discuss the challenge of monitoring multi-species responses of tropical arthropods to disturbance, we considered a large dataset (4× 10 5 individuals; 1,682 morphospecies representing 22 focal taxa) based on the work of parataxonomists to examine the effects of anthropogenic disturbance on arthropods at Gamba, Gabon. Replication included three sites in each of four different stages of forest succession and land use after logging, surveyed during a whole year with four sampling methods: pitfall, ...
Summary 1. The demise of tropical rain forests will lead to a large-scale extinction of genetic d... more Summary 1. The demise of tropical rain forests will lead to a large-scale extinction of genetic diversity, particularly of arthropods. Curtailing these trends might be facilitated by (i) reducing rates of habitat loss and degradation,(ii) enhancing systematics and (iii) increasing the flow of primary information on tropical biodiversity. 2. We emphasize the need to examine alternative approaches that could generate a constant stream of data from tropical ecosystems. We argue that data collecting by parataxonomists (local assistants trained by ...
... must be aware that there is a panoply of statistical methods that may help to interpret bette... more ... must be aware that there is a panoply of statistical methods that may help to interpret better speciesabundance plots and, ultimately, to comprehend the changes in invertebrate density/ diversity that result from forest disturbance. ... Since the impact on community structure of a ...
The identity of Sphinx hrunnus Cramer is established and Acharia Huebner is found to be a senior ... more The identity of Sphinx hrunnus Cramer is established and Acharia Huebner is found to be a senior synonym of Sibine Herrich- Schaeffer. Teixa previously included in Sibine are listed. A lectotjrpe for Acharia brunna is designated and illustrated. Sibine zellans Dyar and S. berthans Dyar are recognized as new junior synonyms of Acharia brunna.
To discuss the challenge of monitoring multi-species responses of tropical arthropods to disturba... more To discuss the challenge of monitoring multi-species responses of tropical arthropods to disturbance, we considered a large dataset (4× 10 5 individuals; 1,682 morphospecies representing 22 focal taxa) based on the work of parataxonomists to examine the effects of anthropogenic disturbance on arthropods at Gamba, Gabon. Replication included three sites in each of four different stages of forest succession and land use after logging, surveyed during a whole year with four sampling methods: pitfall, ...
Summary 1. The demise of tropical rain forests will lead to a large-scale extinction of genetic d... more Summary 1. The demise of tropical rain forests will lead to a large-scale extinction of genetic diversity, particularly of arthropods. Curtailing these trends might be facilitated by (i) reducing rates of habitat loss and degradation,(ii) enhancing systematics and (iii) increasing the flow of primary information on tropical biodiversity. 2. We emphasize the need to examine alternative approaches that could generate a constant stream of data from tropical ecosystems. We argue that data collecting by parataxonomists (local assistants trained by ...
... must be aware that there is a panoply of statistical methods that may help to interpret bette... more ... must be aware that there is a panoply of statistical methods that may help to interpret better speciesabundance plots and, ultimately, to comprehend the changes in invertebrate density/ diversity that result from forest disturbance. ... Since the impact on community structure of a ...
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