Sex pheromones as a tool to overcome the Wallacean shortfall in conservation biology: a case of Elater ferrugineus Linnaeus, 1758 (Coleoptera: Elateridae)

Sex pheromones as a tool to overcome the Wallacean shortfall in conservation biology: a case of Elater ferrugineus Linnaeus, 1758 (Coleoptera: Elateridae)

The “Wallacean shortfall”—lack of distributional information—is one of the main problems when trying to assess the threats to and planning conservation strategies for many invertebrate species. Based on published and unpublished records since 1840, as well as on our own field survey, we attempted to...

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Published in:Journal of insect conservation Vol. 19; no. 1; pp. 25 - 32
Main Authors: Kadej, Marcin, Zając, Krzysztof, Ruta, Rafał, Gutowski, Jerzy M., Tarnawski, Dariusz, Smolis, Adrian, Olbrycht, Tomasz, Malkiewicz, Adam, Myśków, Ewelina, Larsson, Mattias C., Andersson, Fredrik, Hedenström, Erik
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01-02-2015
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:
Animal Ecology
Animal populations
Biodiversity
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Central Europe
Coleoptera
Conservation biology
Conservation Biology/Ecology
Dispersal
Ecology
Ekologi
Elateridae
Entomology
Genetics
Insects
Kairomone
Life Sciences
Local population
New records
Original Paper
Pheromone
Pheromones
Poland
Saproxylic insects
Poland
Pheromone
Saproxylic insects
Kairomone
Central Europe
New records
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Summary:The “Wallacean shortfall”—lack of distributional information—is one of the main problems when trying to assess the threats to and planning conservation strategies for many invertebrate species. Based on published and unpublished records since 1840, as well as on our own field survey, we attempted to estimate if and to what extent the use of pheromone traps increased the detectability of a rare, saproxylic click beetle Elater ferrugineus. The significant increase in the number of records in 2011–2013 shows that the pheromone method made it much easier to detect the occurrence of the species. Advantages of the pheromone method are that it does not disturb the habitat, can be used by non-specialists, is less costly and less time-consuming, and thus providing a useful tool for conservation research (studying biology, ecology and genetics of local populations).
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ISSN:1366-638X
1572-9753
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DOI:10.1007/s10841-014-9735-4