Does wing morphology affect recolonization of restored farmland by ground‐dwelling beetles?

摘要: Revegetation of previously cleared land is widely used to increase habitat area and connectivity remnant vegetation for biodiversity conservation. Whether new attracts or supports fauna depends on the dispersal traits those as well structure composition surrounding landscape. Here, we examined wing morphology a key trait beetles in revegetated landscape asked, first, how it was related phylogeny (family), trophic position, body size. Second, asked if recolonizing (or persisting) varied with characteristics at multiple scales, from microhabitat context. Third, common winged wingless species responded scales. We measured ground-dwelling restoration chronosequence, including paddocks, “young” revegetation (8–11 years old), “old” (14–19 fenced vegetation. found that size family membership were significant predictors winglessness, carabids curculionids being larger than their counterparts. no difference number sites occupied by species, relationship between represented different locations Furthermore, most abundant both had relatively little affinity any successional stage. Thus, despite intrinsic differences among beetle, evidence flight-related limitations influenced recolonization persistence) this