The macroecology of Southeast-Asian hawkmoths (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)

This study investigates the abundance and geographic distribution of the hawkmoth species (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) of Southeast-Asia and analyses the resulting patterns of biodiversity, biogeography and macroecology. Data on the distribution of species were retrieved from published and unpublished faunal lists and museum collections (in close cooperation with the Natural History Museum, London). Over 34,500 records of the global distribution of the 380 species that occur in Southeast-Asia (including New Guinea and the Solomon Islands) were used for a GIS-supported estimate of distributional ranges, which can be accessed at http://www.sphingidae-sea.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de, an Internet site that also provides pictures of the species and checklists for 114 islands of the Malesian region. The abundance of species in local assemblages was assessed from nightly collections at artificial light sources. Using a compilation of own samples as well as published and unpublished data from other sources, local abundance data on 93 sites were used for analysis, covering 159 species or 17,676 specimens.

Level thesis:degree_level

thesis.doctoral

Grantor dc:publisher

Universität Würzburg

Year

2005

Author dc:creator

• Beck, Jan

Contributors dc:contributor

• Linsenmair, K. Eduard

• Biodiversität
• Biogeographie
• Verbreitung
• Häufigkeit
• Gemeinschaftsökologie
• Biodiversity
• Biogeography
• Distribution
• Abundance
• community ecology

Repository record source_url

https://opus.bibliothek.uni-wuerzburg.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/1103

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:opus.bibliothek.uni-wuerzburg.de:1103