Rosalia alpina adults (Linnaeus, 1758) (Insecta, Coleoptera) avoid direct sunlight

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Castro, A. - Drag, Lukáš - Čížek, Lukáš - Fernández, J.
Rosalia alpina adults (Linnaeus, 1758) (Insecta, Coleoptera) avoid direct sunlight.
Animal Biodiversity And Conservation. Roč. 42, č. 1 (2019), s. 59-63. ISSN 1578-665X. E-ISSN 2014-928X
Grant CEP: GA ČR(CZ) GA17-21082S
Grant ostatní: MZP(CZ) VaV/SP/2d3/153/08
Institucionální podpora: RVO:60077344
Klíčová slova: beech forest * behavior * Cerambycidae
Obor OECD: Entomology
Impakt faktor: 0.867, rok: 2019
Způsob publikování: Open access
http://abc.museucienciesjournals.cat/files/ABC_42-1_pp_59-63.pdf

Adults of the threatened beetle species Rosalia alpina are usually associated with sun–exposed dead wood. In previous fieldwork, however, we frequently found adult beetles on shaded surfaces of trees. We thus studied whether adults preferred different lightning conditions depending on their behavior on 447 beech trees located in four forests in two distant locations in Europe. From a total of 542 individuals, we observed that 54 % of them occurred in shaded conditions, and 35 % in predominantly shaded conditions. This avoidance of direct sunlight could be widespread in the species because it was independent of the location and behavior.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0298509