Abstract
Longhorned beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) are an important component of temperate forest ecosystems. We trapped longhorned beetles in forests in northwest Ohio during 2008 to test the hypothesis that larger forests have greater species diversity than smaller forests. Large forests had a significantly greater cerambycid species richness than small forests (t = 3.16. P = 0.02), and there was a significant relationship between forest size and cerambycid species richness.
Highlights
Longhorned beetles, or cerambycids, are important species in temperate forest ecosystems, due to their feeding impacts on trees
Upon the Recommendation of referee Patrick Tobin we have provided additional data that shows the relationship between log and log
We were interested in testing the hypothesis that larger forests have greater cerambycid species diversity than smaller forests in NW Ohio, a highly fragmented landscape in terms of forest ecosystems
Summary
Longhorned beetles, or cerambycids, are important species in temperate forest ecosystems, due to their feeding impacts on trees. Upon the Recommendation of referee Patrick Tobin we have provided additional data that shows the relationship between log (species richness) and log (forest area). The large R2 value does suggest that larger forests tended to have larger number of cerambycid species.
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