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Dryad
Published December 14, 2012 | Version v1
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Data from: Arthropod diversity in a tropical forest

Creators

  • 1. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
  • 2. University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice
  • 3. Muséum d'histoire naturelle de la Ville de Genève, 1208 Genève, Switzerland.*
  • 4. University of Western Australia
  • 5. University of Évora
  • 6. University of York
  • 7. Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
  • 8. University of Helsinki
  • 9. University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
  • 10. University of California, Santa Barbara
  • 11. University of Victoria
  • 12. Cirad, 34988 Montferrier-sur-Lez, France.*
  • 13. Universidad De Panama
  • 14. University of Bristol
  • 15. National Autonomous University of Mexico
  • 16. Université Blaise Pascal, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France.*
  • 17. Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, 10022 Carmagnola, Italy.*
  • 18. Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz
  • 19. Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
  • 20. University of Toulouse
  • 21. Universität Würzburg, 97070 Würzburg, Germany.*
  • 22. Griffith University
  • 23. National Museum of Natural History
  • 24. Centro Universitário Una
  • 25. French National Centre for Scientific Research
  • 26. Research Institute for Nature and Forest
  • 27. Muséum d'histoire naturelle, 2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland.*
  • 28. University of the Azores
  • 29. Université Libre de Bruxelles
  • 30. Natural History Museum

Description

Most eukaryotic organisms are arthropods. Yet, their diversity in rich terrestrial ecosystems is still unknown. Here we produce tangible estimates of the total species richness of arthropods in a tropical rainforest. Using a comprehensive range of structured protocols, we sampled the phylogenetic breadth of arthropod taxa from the soil to the forest canopy in the San Lorenzo forest, Panama. We collected 6,144 arthropod species from 0.48 ha and extrapolated total species richness to larger areas based on competing models. The whole 6,000 ha forest reserve most likely sustains 25,000 arthropod species. Remarkably, just 1 ha of rainforest yields > 60% of the arthropod biodiversity held in the wider landscape. Models based on plant diversity fitted the accumulated species richness of both herbivore and non-herbivore taxa exceptionally well. This lends credence to global estimates of arthropod biodiversity developed from plant models.

Notes

DRYADBassetLeponce
Arthropod distribution in 12 sites within San Lorenzo Protected Area in Panama (9°16'N, 79°58'W, elevation ca 130 m). Version: 10 May 2012.

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Is cited by
10.1126/science.1226727 (DOI)