The use of percentile-percentile plots to compare differences in seasonal dynamics, illustrated by the case of ground beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) reacting to urbanisation

Gabor L. Lövei; Zoltan Elek; Andy G Howe; M. Engaard

doi:10.1556/168.2018.19.1.1

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The use of percentile-percentile plots to compare differences in seasonal dynamics, illustrated by the case of ground beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) reacting to urbanisation

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The use of percentile-percentile plots to compare differences in seasonal dynamics, illustrated by the case of ground beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) reacting to urbanisation

Gabor L. Lövei, Zoltan Elek, Andy G Howe and M. Engaard

Community Ecology, Vol.19(1), pp.1-8

2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1556/168.2018.19.1.1

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Abstract

Community ecology (excl. invasive species ecology)

Ecology

carabids

globenet

graphical description

rural-urban gradient

seasonality

We suggest the use of a graphical method, involving a standardisation of the seasonal activity curves and their subsequent comparison by a percentile-percentile graph as an easy way to compare seasonal activities in arthropods. To test the suitability of the suggested method, the seasonal dynamics of three common carabid beetles, Pterostichus melanarius, Nebria brevicollis and Carabus nemoralis were compared in three habitats (rural forest, suburban and urban forest fragments) along an urbanisation gradient near Soro, Denmark, in 2004 and 2005. Activity in urban habitats often started earlier, possibly caused by the warmer microclimate in the city centre. The comparative graphs indicated the unsuitability of the suburban habitat for N. brevicollis, and the differential suitability as overwintering habitat of the three urbanisation stages for C. nemoralis. The method seems suitable to analyse differences in seasonal activity while being more sensitive than traditional seasonal-activity graphs.

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Title: The use of percentile-percentile plots to compare differences in seasonal dynamics, illustrated by the case of ground beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) reacting to urbanisation
Authors: Gabor L. Lövei (Corresponding Author) - Aarhus University
Zoltan Elek (Author) - Eötvös Loránd University
Andy G Howe (Author) - University of Copenhagen
M. Engaard (Author)
Publication details: Community Ecology, Vol.19(1), pp.1-8
Publisher: Springer
DOI: 10.1556/168.2018.19.1.1
ISSN: 1588-2756
Organisation Unit: Forest Research Institute; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Forest Industries Research Centre
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99659595202621
Output Type: Journal article

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