Elevational Patterns of Generic Diversity in the Tenebrionid Beetles (Coleoptera Tenebrionidae) of Latium (Central Italy)
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area
2.2. Data Sources
2.3. Data Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Tenebrionid Groupings | Response Variable | Model | Slope (b) | Intercept (a) | R2 | t | P |
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Total tenebrionids | Number of species | S = a × log(E) + b | −46.394 ± 1.985 | 159.630 ± 5.916 | 0.961 | −23.369 | <0.0000001 |
Number of genera | G = a × log(E) + b | −31.491 ± 1.820 | 109.420 ± 5.422 | 0.932 | −17.306 | <0.0000001 | |
Generic diversity | GD = a × E + b | −0.032 ± 0.003 | 65.375 ± 3.461 | 0.874 | −11.798 | <0.0000001 | |
Geophilous tenebrionids | Number of species | S = a × log(E) + b | −28.661 ± 1.024 | 98.027 ± 3.052 | 0.973 | −27.982 | <0.0000001 |
Number of genera | G = a × log(E) + b | −19.256 ± 0.920 | 65.638 ± 2.741 | 0.952 | −20.937 | <0.0000001 | |
Generic diversity | GD = a × log(E) + b | −27.15 ± 2.074 | 91.602 ± 6.102 | 0.896 | −13.094 | <0.0000001 | |
Xylophilous tenebrionids | Number of species | S = a × E + b | −0.010 ± 0.001 | 22.220 ± 0.858 | 0.933 | −17.458 | <0.0000001 |
Number of genera | G = a × E + b | −0.008 ± 0.000 | 17.491 ± 0.450 | 0.966 | −25.098 | <0.0000001 |
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Fattorini, S.; Mantoni, C.; Di Biase, L.; Strona, G.; Pace, L.; Biondi, M. Elevational Patterns of Generic Diversity in the Tenebrionid Beetles (Coleoptera Tenebrionidae) of Latium (Central Italy). Diversity 2020, 12, 47. https://doi.org/10.3390/d12020047
Fattorini S, Mantoni C, Di Biase L, Strona G, Pace L, Biondi M. Elevational Patterns of Generic Diversity in the Tenebrionid Beetles (Coleoptera Tenebrionidae) of Latium (Central Italy). Diversity. 2020; 12(2):47. https://doi.org/10.3390/d12020047
Chicago/Turabian StyleFattorini, Simone, Cristina Mantoni, Letizia Di Biase, Giovanni Strona, Loretta Pace, and Maurizio Biondi. 2020. "Elevational Patterns of Generic Diversity in the Tenebrionid Beetles (Coleoptera Tenebrionidae) of Latium (Central Italy)" Diversity 12, no. 2: 47. https://doi.org/10.3390/d12020047