Insects of Mount Wilhelm, Papua New Guinea

0467976 - BC 2017 FR eng M - Monography Chapter
Leponce, M. - Novotný, Vojtěch - Pascal, O. - Robillard, T. - Legendre, F. - Villemant, C. - Munzinger, J. - Molino, J.-F. - Drew, R. - Odegaard, F. - Schmidl, J. - Tishechkin, A. - Sam, Kateřina - Bickel, D. - Dahl, Chris - Damas, K. - Fayle, Tom Maurice - Gewa, B. - Jacquemin, J. - Keltim, M. - Klimeš, Petr - Koane, B. - Kua, J. - Mantilleri, A. - Mogia, M. - Molem, K. - Moses, Jimmy - Nowatuo, H. - Orivel, J. - Pintaud, J.-C. - Roisin, Y. - Sam, Legi - Siki, B. - Soldati, L. - Soulier-Perkins, A. - Tulai, S. - Yombai, J. - Wardhaugh, Carl W. - Basset, Yves
Land module of Our Planet Reviewed - Papua New Guinea: aims, methods and first taxonomical results.
Insects of Mount Wilhelm, Papua New Guinea. Vol. 209. Paris: Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, 2016, s. 13-48. ISBN 978-2-85653-784-8
Institutional support: RVO:60077344
Keywords : Papua New Guinea * tropical arthropod diversity * our planet rewiewed
Subject RIV: EG - Zoology

Until now the altitudinal factor has not been taken into account to estimate tropical arthropod diversity. The ultimate aim of the terrestrial bio¬diversity survey “Our Planet Reviewed – Papua New Guinea” was to estimate biological diversity generated by altitudinal turnover of arthropod species. It took place on Mount Wilhelm, Papua New Guinea highest peak (4509 m a.s.l.), and one of the few equatorial mountains outside the Andes left with a continuous undisturbed forest from the sea level all the way to the timber line limit. An unprecedented sampling effort was concentrated over 16 days in 2012 with a semi-simultaneous sampling at eight different elevations (every 500 m from 200 m to 3700 m a.s.l.). Arthropods were collected with various methods: flight interception traps, Malaise traps, Steiner traps, beating of the understorey vegetation, and insecticide spraying on tree barks. A botany survey was conducted at each elevation to characterize vegetation. An additional site, Wanang, was sampled accor¬ding to the same protocol, as replicated lowland site. Our team combined international experts with local postgraduate students, para-ecolo¬gists and villagers. Arthropod samples collected during the biotic survey were pre-sorted in Papua New Guinea and forwarded to taxonomists worldwide. The current book presents the first taxonomic results of the biotic survey. Project outputs included not only species discovery, but also direct financial benefits to landowner communities, raised profile of conservation areas, training of paraecologists and postgraduate students, education programmes and, finally, crucial biodiversity information needed for ecological analyses and conservation management.
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