Nested assemblages of Orthoptera species in the Netherlands: the importance of habitat features and life-history traits

Aim: Species communities often exhibit nestedness, the species found in speciespoor sites representing subsets of richer ones. In the Netherlands, where intensification of land use has led to severe fragmentation of nature, we examined the degree of nestedness in the distribution of Orthoptera species. An assessment was made of how environmental conditions and species life-history traits are related to this pattern, and how variation in sampling intensity across sites may influence the observed degree of nestedness. Location: The analysis includes a total of 178 semi-natural sites in the Pleis... Mehr ...