Two high-mountain burnet moth species (Lepidoptera, Zygaenidae) react differently to the global change drivers climate and land-use

Publikation: Beiträge in ZeitschriftenZeitschriftenaufsätzeForschungbegutachtet

Authors

Uphill shifts of alpine species have been associated with climate warming; however, land-use change can act simultaneously. We surveyed two related alpine burnet moth species in the Pyrenees to determine whether there was an uphill shift in the range of these two species and, if so, whether this was driven by climate and/or land-use changes. In 2008/09 we revisited 28 sites at the lower altitudinal range limits at which the species had been recorded between 1958 and 1986 (data were obtained from museum collections, distribution atlas, researchers’ field notes). We also recorded the recent upper range limits. The arctic-alpine Zygaena exulans showed an uphill shift (148 m ± SD 87 m/decade) at all sites; at four sites the species has even become extinct. Changes in the lower altitudinal range limits were attributed to climate change. For the endemic species Zygaena anthyllidis we only ascertained an uphill shift at one third of the sites investigated (60 m ± SD 74 m/decade); these shifts were due to changes in grazing intensities. As both species colonize very high summits, further uphill shifts of the upper limits are no longer possible. The studied con-generic species are affected by different global change drivers. Our data indicate the considerable role of land-use in conservation and suggest that it can even exceed the impact of climate change. Ongoing climate change is likely to jeopardize the long-term survival of Z. exulans in the Pyrenees; Z. anthyllidis, however, may be preserved by appropriate management in the subalpine belt
OriginalspracheEnglisch
ZeitschriftBiological Conservation
Jahrgang144
Ausgabenummer12
Seiten (von - bis)2810–2818
Anzahl der Seiten9
ISSN0006-3207
DOIs
PublikationsstatusErschienen - 12.2011

DOI

Zuletzt angesehen

Publikationen

  1. Genetic diversity and population structure of the endangered insect species Carabus variolosus in its western distribution range
  2. Buchbesprechung: Wolfgang Wildfeuer: Kommunikation - Moderation - Mediation. Ein Trainingsprogramm für Schüler und Lehrer. Juventa 2006
  3. Untersuchungen zur sozialen Organisation einer Herde von Liebenthaler Pferden im Biosphärenreservat Flusslandschaft Elbe-Brandenburg
  4. Biogeography meets conservation: the genetic structure of the endangered lycaenid butterfly Lycaena helle (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
  5. Application of titanium dioxide nanoparticles as a photocatalyst for the removal of micropollutants such as pharmaceuticals from water
  6. Eemian landscape response to climatic shifts and evidence for northerly Neanderthal occupation at a palaeolake margin in northern Germany
  7. Phenotypic Plasticity Explains Response Patterns of European Beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) Saplings to Nitrogen Fertilization and Drought Events
  8. Rezension zu: Understanding the city, contemporary and future perspectives, John Eade and Christopher Mele (eds.), Oxford, UK Blackwell, 2002, 384 pp.
  9. Tree species richness strengthens relationships between ants and the functional composition of spider assemblages in a highly diverse forest
  10. Zum Zusammenhang von sportunterrichtsbezogenem Wissen, sportunterrichtlicher Leistung und sprachlichen Fähigkeiten von Schülerinnen und Schülern
  11. At the interface of historical and present-day ecology: ground beetles in woodlands and open habitats in Upper Galilee (Israel) (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
  12. Wie kann die professionelle Reflexion von angehenden Lehrer*innen digital gefördert werden? – Chancen und Grenzen neuer Tools in der Lehrer*innenbildung
  13. (Wie) Nutzen angehende Lehrpersonen ihr schriftsystematisches Wissen in didaktischen Anforderungssituationen des schriftsprachlichen Anfangsunterrichts?
  14. Long-Term Abandonment of Forest Management Has a Strong Impact on Tree Morphology and Wood Volume Allocation Pattern of European Beech (Fagus Sylvatica L.)
  15. Aquatic and terrestrial proxy evidence for Middle Pleistocene palaeolake and lake-shore development at two Lower Palaeolithic sites of Schöningen, Germany
  16. Non-native tree species (Pseudotsuga menziesii) strongly decreases predator biomass and abundance in mixed-species plantations of a tree diversity experiment
  17. Population genetics and ecological niche modelling reveal high fragmentation and potential future extinction of the endangered relict butterfly Lycaena helle