Taxonomic and Trophic Groups Mediate Latitudinal Variation in Saproxylic Beetle Species Richness and Body Size Across Western Palaearctic Oak Forests.

Ecol Evol · 2025 · PMC12170124 · PMID 40529330

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Quadratic curvature approached significance in sapro‐xylophagous (quadratic = −3.91 ± 2.18, p = 0.0728) and saprophagous beetles (quadratic = −0.80 ± 0.44, p = 0.0680), suggesting possible mid‐latitude maxima, but confidence intervals overlapped zero.

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