Publications by authors named "Samuel Danflous"
This paper is a contribution to the distribution, taxonomy and phenology of Orthoptera Tettigoniidae of Central African Republic. Thanks to scientific expeditions and entomological missions, 2155 Orthoptera belonging to 118 species of five subfamilies of Tettigoniidae have currently been studied. Examined material is here listed with its known distribution.
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- Macroecologists study how community diversity changes over large areas, but the role of local habitat features in influencing these patterns hasn’t been thoroughly explored.
- Researchers analyzed cave-dwelling spider communities in Europe to determine what factors affect diversity, using a unique dataset.
- The study found that geographical distance, mean annual temperature, and the size of the karst area significantly impact diversity, with local habitat features playing a minor role, suggesting that caves can be useful for understanding broader ecological trends without local complexities.
Background: Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) are widespread in subterranean ecosystems worldwide and represent an important component of subterranean trophic webs. Yet, global-scale diversity patterns of subterranean spiders are still mostly unknown. In the frame of the CAWEB project, a European joint network of cave arachnologists, we collected data on cave-dwelling spider communities across Europe in order to explore their continental diversity patterns.
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