Response of Leafhopper Community Structure and Diversity to Fragmented Habitat in a Rocky Karst Desertification Area, Guizhou, China
Wenming Xu, Jinqiu Wang, Yuanqi Zhao, Yuehua Song · 2025
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Description
Wenming Xu and co-authors study how broken habitat affects leafhoppers in a rocky karst region of Guizhou, China, where stone desert is spreading. Leafhoppers are plant-feeding insects with thousands of species in China, yet the cost of habitat fragmentation for them had not been mapped in karst country.
The team collected leafhoppers around Bijie City from 2019 to 2022 and modeled genus counts and gene flow against patch traits and surroundings. As fragmentation fell, genus variety rose, and patch area mattered most. Patches with ragged edges showed more gene exchange, and small ragged patches held richer gene pools. Host plants drove the insects far more than soil did. The authors urge curbing fragmentation to protect this diversity.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Wenming Xu, Jinqiu Wang, Yuanqi Zhao, Yuehua Song |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 29 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |