Abstract
The cutoff used to determine sites of high biological diversity has the potential to influence which species are identified as relevant biological indicators. I␣used data on longhorned beetles and the IndVal program to conduct a sensitivity analysis by varying the definition of high diversity sites from the upper 50% of sites to the upper 5% of sites. The analysis was carried out at all levels of a site typology based on the tree species present at the forested sites. Three species emerged as strong indicators of high diversity sites. Although the indicator values for these species were almost always statistically significant within the upper level of the site typology (all forested sites) the definition of high diversity had a large impact on these values. All three species showed an increase in their indicator values with higher cutoffs for high diversity sites suggesting a relatively nested set of species.
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The author thanks Marc Dufrêne for help with implementing the IndVal program, and Amanda North and Jacob Rowland for assistance summarizing the results. The manuscript was improved by reviews by Pat McCafferty and Yssa DeWoody. This is Purdue Agricultural Research Programs manuscript number 2005-17731.
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Holland, J.D. Sensitivity of Cerambycid Biodiversity Indicators to Definition of High Diversity. Biodivers Conserv 16, 2599–2609 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-006-9066-1
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