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What Factors Govern Orthopteran Community Structure and Species Prevalence?

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Twenty-seven steppe patches were chosen in the forested landscape in the Buda Hills, Hungary (1) to evaluate whether the composition of orthopteran communities is stochastically or deterministically organized, and (2) to estimate landscape factors influencing presence of individual species in small steppe patches. “Nested Temperature Calculator” was applied for calculating nestedness of the communities, and a logistic regression model was used to model the distribution of species over the patches. Significant nestedness of studied communities was found. The logistic regression models revealed that the organization of orthopteran communities seems to be rather deterministic in the dry mountain grasslands. The most important predictors are an area, number of corridors, and grass height, but consistent relationships were failed to be found for the studied years.

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  1. Entomology Section, Department of Renewable Resources, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, USA

    Jeffrey A. Lockwood  & Alexandre V. Latchininsky  & 

  2. Department of General Biology, Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia

    Jeffrey A. Lockwood , Alexandre V. Latchininsky  & Michael G. Sergeev ,  & 

  3. Association for Applied Acridology International, USA

    Michael G. Sergeev

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Kisbenedek, T., Báldi, A. (2000). What Factors Govern Orthopteran Community Structure and Species Prevalence?. In: Lockwood, J.A., Latchininsky, A.V., Sergeev, M.G. (eds) Grasshoppers and Grassland Health. NATO Science Series, vol 73. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4337-0_7

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