Borges Paulo A V, Gaspar Clara, Crespo Luís Carlos Fonseca, Rigal François, Cardoso Pedro, Pereira Fernando, Rego Carla, Amorim Isabel R, Melo Catarina, Aguiar Carlos, André Genage, Mendonça Enésima P, Ribeiro Sérvio, Hortal Joaquín, Santos Ana M C, Barcelos Luís, Enghoff Henrik, Mahnert Volker, Pita Margarida T, Ribes Jordi, Baz Arturo, Sousa António B, Vieira Virgílio, Wunderlich Jörg, Parmakelis Aristeidis, Whittaker Robert J, Quartau José Alberto, Serrano Artur R M, Triantis Kostas A
cE3c - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes / Azorean Biodiversity Group and Universidade dos Açores - Departamento de Ciências e Engenharia do Ambiente, Rua Capitão João d'Ávila, São Pedro, 9700-042 Angra do Heroísmo, Terceira, Azores, Portugal.
cE3c - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes / Azorean Biodiversity Group and Universidade dos Açores - Departamento de Ciências e Engenharia do Ambiente, Rua Capitão João d'Ávila, São Pedro, 9700-042 Angra do Heroísmo, Terceira, Azores, Portugal; Departament de Biologia Animal and Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat (IRBio), Universitat de Barcelona, Avinguda Diagonal 643, 08071, Barcelona, Spain.
Biodivers Data J. 2016 Dec 22(4):e10948. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.4.e10948. eCollection 2016.
In this contribution we present detailed distribution and abundance data for arthropod species identified during the BALA - (1999-2004) and BALA2 projects (2010-2011) from 18 native forest fragments in seven of the nine Azorean islands (all excluding Graciosa and Corvo islands, which have no native forest left).
Of the total 286 species identified, 81% were captured between 1999 and 2000, a period during which only 39% of all the samples were collected. On average, arthropod richness for each island increased by 10% during the time frame of these projects. The classes Arachnida, Chilopoda and Diplopoda represent the most remarkable cases of new island records, with more than 30% of the records being novelties. This study stresses the need to expand the approaches applied in these projects to other habitats in the Azores, and more importantly to other less surveyed taxonomic groups (e.g. Diptera and Hymenoptera). These steps are fundamental for getting a more accurate assessment of biodiversity in the archipelago.
在本论文中,我们展示了在巴拉(1999 - 2004年)和巴拉2项目(2010 - 2011年)期间,从亚速尔群岛九个岛屿中的七个岛屿的18个原生森林片段中鉴定出的节肢动物物种的详细分布和丰度数据(所有这些岛屿都不包括格拉西奥萨岛和科尔武岛,这两个岛屿已没有原生森林)。
在总共鉴定出的286个物种中,81%是在1999年至2000年期间捕获的,而在此期间仅收集了所有样本的39%。在这些项目的时间范围内,每个岛屿的节肢动物丰富度平均增加了10%。蛛形纲、唇足纲和倍足纲是新岛屿记录中最显著的类别,超过30%的记录是新物种。本研究强调需要将这些项目中应用的方法扩展到亚速尔群岛的其他栖息地,更重要的是扩展到其他较少被调查的分类群(如双翅目和膜翅目)。这些步骤对于更准确地评估该群岛的生物多样性至关重要。