Effects of Grazing and Solar Parks on Tenebrionid Beetles
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Coastal Carolina University**We aren't endorsed by this school
Course
BIOLOGY 370
Subject
Geography
Date
Dec 12, 2024
Pages
3
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Paper Review #31.The study focused on the effects of solar parks and grazing on tenebrionid beetles in central Asia's arid grasslands. Grazing can reduce the diversity and abundance of tenebrionids due to the changes in the soil and vegetation characteristics. Grazing can decrease the biomass of vegetation in grazed areas, which will reduce the tenebrionids' available resources. The larvae of the tenebrionids will also be negatively affected by thecompaction caused by the grazing. The reduction in the plant coverage and height resulting from grazing can negatively affect tenebrionids' development. In arid regions, inadequate water and intolerable temperatures are some of the factors that can severelyaffect their population. The goal of this experiment was to see whether there were effects of grazing on the diversity and abundance of tenebrionids. The results are expected to be negative. There is also an expected change in the species proportions. Some species will be affected more than others. The distribution of the species is also expected to change. It is also expected to be a reduction in the evenness of the sites thatare grazed and those that are ungrazed due to an increase the dominant of most species. Finally, there is an expectance that the installation of solar panels will have a positive effect on tenebrionid populations.2.Compared to the ungrazed sites and grazed areas, the solar park had an increased biomass. The temperature in the solar park was the lowest, while in the grazed areas it was the highest. The plant height of the solar parks was higher than that of the grazed sites. Soil bulky density was also lower in the solar parks. From grazed to ungrazed, the abundance of Microdera kraatziincreased slightly, while the abundance of Blaps femoralisdecreased. The abundance of Microdera kraatzidoubled while solar park and Blaps femoralisdecreased in abundance. Anatolica amoenularemained the same across the sites. There was not much of a difference between the ungrazed and grazed sites for the Anatolica amoenula. The ungrazed solar park site is slightly different from the grazed
sites. There was also no evidence supporting the hypothesis that the grazing disturbanceaffected the plant species portions of the solar parks.3.There was a small difference between the abundance at the ungrazed and the grazed sites. The solar park site had a slightly higher abundance. The results support the hypothesis that grazing reduces the abundance. However, since the difference between the ungrazed sites and the solar parks was not significant, it shows that the installations have no positive effect.4.The results of the studies revealed that the three communities had similar abundance distribution patterns. In addition, they showed that the resourced space was similar to the communities in terms of its distribution. Contrary to expectations, the effects of solar panel installation and grazing on the natural environment did not alter the primary mechanism that regulates the distribution of abundance. The three communities exhibited high dominance and low richness. This suggests that they responded to harsh environmental conditions similar to those encountered in arid ecosystems. Solar parks installation did not have a significant effect on the primary mechanism responsible for regulating the distribution of abundance. Although the species composition of the sites was similar, the abundances varied depending on the environmental characteristics of the sites. For instance, if the sites have different environmental factors, then the abundances of tenebrionids would vary significantly. There are more individuals living in both solar park sites and ungrazed areas than in grazed locations. Although each site hasits share of outliers, the solar park site has the most significant one. The species richnessacross the graph is consistent, and the median for all three sites is also the same. There are more species living in both the solar park sites and grazed locations than in the ungrazed areas. The ungrazed and grazed sites have the same level of diversity when it comes to species in a community and have equal Shannon diversities which supported the hypothesis. On the other hand, the solar park sites have a higher median and a slightly higher diversity.