Insect Elevational Specialization in a Tropical Biodiversity Hotspot
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This is a repository copy of Insect elevational specialization in a tropical biodiversity hotspot. White Rose Research Online URL for this paper: https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/122465/ Version: Accepted Version Article: Macedo, Margarete V, Monteiro, Ricardo F, Flinte, Vivian et al. (10 more authors) (2017) Insect elevational specialization in a tropical biodiversity hotspot. Insect conservation and diversity. ISSN 1752-458X https://doi.org/10.1111/icad.12267 Reuse Items deposited in White Rose Research Online are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved unless indicated otherwise. They may be downloaded and/or printed for private study, or other acts as permitted by national copyright laws. The publisher or other rights holders may allow further reproduction and re-use of the full text version. This is indicated by the licence information on the White Rose Research Online record for the item. 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[email protected] https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/ Insect Conservation and Diversity Insect eForlevational Review specialization in Onlya tropical biodiversity hotspot Journal: Insect Conservation and Diversity Manuscript ID ICDIV-17-0097.R1 Manuscript Type: Original rticle Date Submitted by the uthor: n/a Complete List of uthors: Macedo, Margarete* Uni,ersidade -ederal do Rio de Janeiro, Departamento de .cologia Monteiro, Ricardo* Uni,ersidade -ederal do Rio de Janeiro, Departamento de .cologia -linte, Vi,ian* Uni,ersidade -ederal do Rio de Janeiro, Departamento de .cologia lmeida-Neto, M0rio* Uni,ersidade -ederal de 1oi0s, Departamento de .cologia 2hattar, 1abriel* Uni,ersidade -ederal do Rio de Janeiro, Departamento de .cologia da Sil,eira, Lui3* Uni,ersidade -ederal do Rio de Janeiro, Departamento de .cologia R UJO, CRISTIN * Uni,ersidade -ederal do Rio de Janeiro, Departamento de .cologia ra45o, Rodrigo* Uni,ersidade -ederal do Rio de Janeiro, Departamento de .cologia Colares, Carolina* Uni,ersidade -ederal do Rio de Janeiro, Departamento de .cologia 1omes, Carlos* Uni,ersidade -ederal do Rio de Janeiro, Departamento de .cologia Mendes, Clarice* Uni,ersidade -ederal do Rio de Janeiro, Departamento de .cologia dos Santos, .duardo* Uni,ersidade -ederal do Rio de Janeiro, Departamento de .cologia Mayhew, 7eter* Uni,ersity of 8or9, Department of :iology altitudinal ranges, climate change, ele,ational speciali3ation, extinction 2eywords: ris9, range shifting, tropical insects, tropical rainforest Page 1 of 41 Insect Conservation and Diversity 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 For Review Only 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 Insect Conservation and Diversity Page 2 of 41 1 2 3 4 1 5 6 7 2 8 9 10 11 3 12 13 14 4 Insect elevational specialization in a 15 16 17 5 tropical biodiversity hotspot 18 For Review Only 19 20 6 21 22 7 Running title: Tropical elevational specialization 23 24 25 8 26 27 9 28 1 1 1 29 10 Margarete V. Macedo , Ricardo F. Monteiro , Vivian Flinte , 30 2 1 1 31 11 Mario Al eida-Neto , Gabriel %hattar , Luiz F. L. da Silveira , 32 1 1 1 12 Cristina de O. Ara*jo , Rodrigo de O. Ara*jo , Carolina Colares , 33 1 1 1 34 13 Carlos V. da S. Go es , Clarice ,. Mendes , Eduardo F. Santos 35 1 36 14 and .eter /. Mayhe0 37 38 15 39 40 1 41 16 2eparta ento de Ecologia, Instituto de ,iologia, 3niversidade Federal do Rio de 42 17 /aneiro, CE. 21451-540, R/, ,razil 43 2. 44 18 2eparta ento de Ecologia, Instituto de Ci8ncias ,iol9gicas, 3niversidade Federal de 45 19 Goi:s, Goi;nia, GO, ,razil. 46 47 20 1 2epart ent of ,iology, 3niversity of York, Heslington, York, YO10 522, 3%. 48 49 21 Correspondence to: 50 51 22 ./M 52 53 Tel: +55 A0) 1405 12CD55 54 23 55 56 24 FaE: +55 A0) 1405 12C505 57 58 25 e- ail: peter. ayhe0Fyork.ac.uk 59 60 1 Page 3 of 41 Insect Conservation and Diversity 1 2 3 26 Abstract 4 5 27 1. Tropical ontane organis s are vulnerable to cli ate change because of elevational 6 7 28 specialization, but little is kno0n of the variability of elevational specialization across 8 29 tropical insects. 9 10 11 30 2. Ge assessed elevational specialization across several insect taEa co prising four 12 13 31 trophic groups C0-22D1 up an elevational transect in ,razilian Atlantic Rainforest, 14 32 using co unity-based and species-based approaches. 15 16 17 33 1. Ge sa pled D47 species, of 0hich 12I 0ere found only in the top and 55I only in 18 34 the botto halfFor of the transect Review. Considering only theOnly 1C2 species 0ith at least five 19 20 35 individuals recorded, the percentage of species found eEclusively in the top or botto 21 22 36 half drops to 1DI and 25I. 23 24 37 5. Across four vegetation belts Alo0er ontane forest, ontane forest, upper ontane 25 26 38 forest and Ca pos de Altitude) the Eu olpinae Aherbivores) 0ere ore specialized than 27 28 39 Scarabaeinae Asaprotrophs), or La pyridae Apredators). This result 0as robust to the 29 40 treat ent of rare species, and the difference 0as ost arked at higher elevations. 30 31 41 La pyridae lacked upper ontane forest specialists. 32 33 42 5. 3sing all species sa pled, specialization to the upper or lo0er half of the transect 34 35 43 0as greatest a ongst Chryso elidae, Curculionidae Aboth herbivores) and La pyridae, 36 37 44 and lo0est a ongst Tiphiidae Aparasitoids) and Coccinellidae Apredators). Ho0ever, 38 45 considering only better sa pled species, La pyridae 0ere the ost specialized and 39 40 46 ,raconidae the least specialized. Trophic groups also varied in line 0ith these findings. 41 42 43 47 D. Our findings suggest high elevational specialization and conco itant eEtinction risk 44 48 in ,razilian Atlantic Rainforest insects. 2ifferences in elevational specialization 45 46 49 bet0een taEono ic groups ay alter the functioning of insect co unities under 47 48 50 cli ate change. 49 50 51 51 52 52 %ey 0ords: altitudinal ranges, cli ate change, elevational specialization, eEtinction 53 54 53 risk, range shifting, tropical insects, tropical rainforest 55 56 57 54 58 59 60 2 Insect Conservation and Diversity Page 4 of 41 1 2 3 55 Introduction 4 5 56 Cli ate change is no0 0idely recognized to be a ajor cause of eEtinction risk globally 6 7 57 ATho as et al., 2005J .ar esan, 200DJ ,rierley K %ingsford, 2004J Hannah, 2012J 8 58 3rban, 2015). One of the echanis s by 0hich changing cli ates ight cause 9 10 59 eEtinction is 0hen rising te peratures eEceed critical physiological thresholds, forcing 11 12 60 species to shift their ranges to suitable habitats or leading the to eEtinction A.ar esan 13 61 K Yohe, 2001J Tho as et al., 2005J 3rban, 2015). The ability of a species to persist in 14 15 62 a 0ide range of ther al conditions is therefore likely to ake it ore resistant to 16 17 63 cli ate change, 0hilst species that can only persist in a narro0 range of ther al 18 64 conditions 0ill beFor ore vulnerable Review A2eutsch et al., 200CJOnly Huey et al., 2012). 19 20 21 65 Tropical species are generally regarded to have lo0 ther al tolerance due to the 22 66 lo0 seasonal te perature variability eEperienced, aking the potentially vulnerable to 23 24 67 eEtinction fro cli ate change AAddo-,ediako et al., 2000, 2eutsch et al., 200C, 25 26 68 ,onebrake K 2eutsch, 2012). The elevational ranges displayed by species ay, at least 27 69 partially, indicate their ther al tolerances AMcCain, 2004J Laurance et al., 2011J 28 29 70 Garcia-Robledo et al., 201D), and have been used to infer eEtinction risk fro cli ate 30 31 71 change across taEa and geographic locations ASekercioglu et al., 2007J Col0ell et al., 32 200CJ Feeley K Sil an, 2010J La Sorte K /etz, 2010J Mekasha et al., 2011J La Sorte et 33 72 34 73 al., 2015), but little is kno0n about ho0 elevational ranges vary in tropical insects. Here 35 36 74 0e assess the variation in elevational specialization across several insect taEa along an 37 elevational transect in ,razilian Atlantic Forest, and the likely i plications for 38 75 39 76 conservation under cli ate change. 40 41 42 77 One of the reasons for the eEpected high i pact of global 0ar ing on tropical 43 78 ontane organis s is their ther al specialization Ae.g. Garcia-Robledo et al., 201D). 44 45 79 /anzen A14D7) proposed that organis s on tropical ountains Aas opposed to te perate 46 47 80 ountains) eEperience lo0 seasonal variation in te perature but high variation along 48 81 elevational gradients. He suggested that this selected organis s for narro0 ther al 49 50 82 tolerance co pared to those on te perate ountains, because organis s 0ould not 51 52 83 need tolerance to a broad range of ther al regi es at any altitude, and could reduce the 53 84 cost of ther al tolerance by beco ing ore ther ally specialized. /anzenLs A14D7) 54 55 85 assu ptions and predictions have been tested by any authors and general support has 56 57 86 been found Ae.g.