Poleward range expansion without a southern contraction in the ground beetle Agonum viridicupreum (Coleoptera, Carabidae)

  • Claudia Drees
  • , Pietro Brandmayr
  • , Jörn Buse
  • , Petra Dieker
  • , Stephan Gürlich
  • , Jan Christian Habel
  • , Ingmar Harry
  • , Werner Härdtle
  • , Andrea Matern
  • , Hartmut Meyer
  • , Roberto Pizzolotto
  • , Markus Quante
  • , Katharina Schäfer
  • , Andreas Schuldt
  • , Angela Taboada Palomares
  • , Thorsten Aßmann

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Abstract

We investigated the extent of poleward shifts in the distribution range of Agonum viridicupreum due to climate change in the western Palaearctic. Species' records were obtained from extensive literature sources as well as from collections, and consistent amateur entomologists' recordings. Within the general geographic range of the species, we analyzed in detail two parts of both, the northern and southern distribution range boundaries: (1 and 2) north-western Germany (leading or high-latitude edge), (3) Israel and (4) southern Italy (rear or low-latitude edge). Temporal changes in the occurrence data of the species indicated a northward shift of the leading edge of a minimum of 100 km within the last 50 to 100 years. In contrast, according to the data gathered, the rear edge has not changed during the last decades. Further studies are needed in order to fully understand the underlying mechanisms of the different behaviour of leading and rear range edges of A. viridicupreum in the current context of global change. Despite our incomplete understanding, chronosequences of the occurrence of the given species have the potential to optimize climate niche modelling to predict trends in the distribution range in the future.

OriginalspracheEnglisch
ZeitschriftZooKeys
Jahrgang100
AusgabenummerSPEC. ISSUE
Seiten (von - bis)333-352
Seitenumfang20
ISSN1313-2989
DOIs
PublikationsstatusErschienen - 20.05.2011

UN SDGs

Dieser Output leistet einen Beitrag zu folgendem(n) Ziel(en) für nachhaltige Entwicklung

  1. SDG 13 – Klimaschutzmaßnahmen
    SDG 13 – Klimaschutzmaßnahmen

Fachgebiete und Schlagwörter

  • Biologie

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

  • Nutztierwissenschaften und Zoologie
  • Agrar- und Biowissenschaften (sonstige)
  • Ökologie, Evolution, Verhaltenswissenschaften und Systematik
  • Insektenkunde
  • Paläontologie

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