Butterfly community composition along a vegetation gradient in the Sierra Chiquita, Mexico

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AudienciaPúblico en generales_ES
CoberturaMéxicoes_ES
Fecha de ingreso2026-10-05T16:32:38Z
Fecha de publicación2024-01-01
ResumenThis study compares the variation of richness, abundance, and diversity of butterfly species for vegetation communities along an elevational gradient and during different seasons in the Priority Region for Conservation of Biodiversity, Sierra Chiquita, located in the northeast of Mexico. We also analyze the influence of environmental variables on the abundance and richness of butterfly species. Seven sampling sites were established based on criteria of vegetation distribution per altitudinal gradient. Sampling was on a monthly basis and carried out in six permanent plots at each site, using an aerial entomological net during November 2015 to October 2016. A total of 38,011 specimens, representing six families and 195 species, were collected. All parameter values showed significant differences across sites, except between thorn forest and gallery forest. Seasonality effect was absent on richness and diversity species; however, for species abundance, the differences between dry season and rainy season were significantly different in each site except for the comparison of thorn forest and gallery forest. The association between the environmental variables and butterfly communities in the elevational gradient was significant, being the dew point, the solar radiation, the canopy leaf area, and the number of flowering plants the most important variables. The present work represents an important contribution of the vegetation communities variation in richness, abundance, and diversity of butterflies in the northeast of Mexico. These results highlight the importance of the conservation of this heterogeneous habitat and establish reference data for the diurnal Lepidoptera fauna of the region.es_ES
Doihttps://doi.org/10.3897/neotropical.19.e136190es_ES
URIhttps://riuat.uat.edu.mx/handle/123456789/4460
Idiomaenes_ES
EditorialPENSOFT PUBLISHERSes_ES
RelaciónNeotropical Biology and Conservationes_ES
URL relacionadohttps://doi.org/10.3897/neotropical.19.e136190es_ES
DerechosAcceso abierto (Metadatos de producción científica)es_ES
Licenciahttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2es_ES
FuenteNeotropical Biology and Conservation
Palabra claveCommunity patternses_ES
Palabra clavePapilionoideaes_ES
Palabra clavepriority land regiones_ES
Palabra claveseasonalityes_ES
Palabra claveTamaulipases_ES
Palabra clavevegetation communitieses_ES
TítuloButterfly community composition along a vegetation gradient in the Sierra Chiquita, Mexicoes_ES
TipoArtículoes_ES
ArbitradoHa sido Arbitradoes_ES
AutorMelendez-Jaramillo, Edmar
AutorSanchez-Castillo, Laura
AutorCoronado-Blanco, Juana Maria
Autorde Jesus Segura-Martinez, Ma. Teresa
AutorCantu-Ayala, Cesar Martin
AutorMelendez-Jaramillo, Edmares_ES
AutorSanchez-Castillo, Lauraes_ES
AutorCoronado-Blanco, Juana Mariaes_ES
Autorde Jesus Segura-Martinez, Ma. Teresaes_ES
AutorCantu-Ayala, Cesar Martines_ES
InstituciónUniversidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas
InstituciónUniversidad Autónoma de Tamaulipases_ES
Número4es_ES
Rango de páginas449-474es_ES
URL relacionadahttps://doi.org/10.3897/neotropical.19.e136190
Tipo de artículoIndexado
Tipo de artículoIndexadoes_ES
Volumen19es_ES

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