10.5061/DRYAD.K3J9KD581
Uchida, Kei
0000-0002-5955-6017
University of Tokyo
Ohwaki, Atushi
0000-0002-3695-5269
Mount Fuji Research Institute
Butterfly functional diversity in north west Japan
Dryad
dataset
2021
FOS: Biological sciences
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
https://ror.org/00hhkn466
20K20002
2021-10-04T00:00:00Z
2021-10-04T00:00:00Z
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Anthropogenic activities can negatively impact the major shifts in
butterfly functional diversity in semi-natural ecosystems. However, little
is known about their functional trait diversity, rather than total species
richness, driven by forest fragmentation and urbanization. In the present
study, we evaluated whether forest fragmentation and urbanization affects
the functional diversity and stability of butterfly assemblages. Regarding
the anthropogenic impacts on butterfly biodiversity loss, we predicted
that the functional diversity and temporal stability of butterfly species
would increase with increasing area of fragmented forests, and that they
would be higher in the rural areas than in the urban areas. The present
study demonstrated that butterfly functional diversity and stability of
species composition were maintained in the presence of larger forest
remnant and less urbanized areas. In particular, the uni-voltine species
and species overwintering during the egg-pupa stage were significantly
negatively affected by forest fragmentation. We emphasized that future
studies should use multi-functional traits of insect species to evaluate
the impact of human activities on insect declines, as past studies may
have overlooked this significant key for assessing species vulnerability
and ecological adaptations under human activities.
The dataset was collected during 1999-2005 at Kanazawa City, located in
the temperate region of Japan. This study has been reviewed in Biology
letters.
The readme file contains an explanation of each of the variables in the
dataset (species richness, environmental variables), and its measurement
units (line and site). How to measure these data can be found in the
manuscript.