Author(s):
Serrano, Artur ; Baptista, Martim ; Carvalho, Rui ; Boieiro, Mário ; Mendes, Sara ; Bartz, M. L. C. ; Timóteo, Sérgio ; Pereira, Henrique ; Aguiar, Carlos ; Alves Da Silva, António ; Alves, Joana ; Briones, Maria ; Borges, Paulo A. V. ; Sousa, José ; Martins da Silva, Pedro
Date: 2023
Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/6853
Origin: Repositório da Universidade dos Açores
Subject(s): Biodiversity Conservation; Diversity Assessment; Habitat Associations; Miombo Forest; Mozambique; New Records
Description
ABSTRACT: The Gorongosa National Park (Mozambique) is one of the most emblematic protected areas in Africa, well known for its vertebrate biodiversity and restoration ecology efforts following the Mozambican civil war in 1992. The invertebrate biodiversity of Gorongosa National Park is still poorly studied, although the scarce information available indicates the existence of a rich number of species, namely in the case of tiger- and ground-beetles (Coleoptera, Caraboidea). Moreover, the study of arthropod assemblages is key for designing conservation practices since they are potentially accurate biodiversity and ecological indicators. Hence, the diversity assessment of Caraboidea beetles using standardised methodologies is likely to provide a new insight for future conservation planning and help to quantify the effects of climate change in areas identified as vulnerable to anthropogenic pressures, such as the Gorongosa National Park.
