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Plant Phylogenetic History, Not Diversity, Drives Insect Biodiversity Across South Africa's Biomes

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Ross D. Stewart *
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Kate Perez
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Paul D. N. Hebert
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Mamadi Theresa Sethusa
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Michelle van der Bank
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T. Jonathan Davies
DOI:10.1111/geb.70283delete
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Insects provide essential ecosystem services, but there is a concern that insect abundance is in rapid decline. Identifying trends in insect biodiversity is challenging because we lack baseline data for most biogeographic regions, and most insect species remain undescribed. Here, we aim to report the first nationwide inventory of insect biodiversity in South Africa.
Keywords:
beta diversity
DNA barcoding
malaise traps
phylogenetic turnover
plant-insect interactions
South Africa
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Global Ecology and Biogeography cover
Global Ecology and Biogeography
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university of johannesburg
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South African National Biodiversity Institute
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university of guelph
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