TY - JOUR A1 - Hemp, Claudia A1 - Voje, Kjetil Lysne A1 - Heller, Klaus-Gerhard A1 - Warchalowska-Sliwa, Elzbieta A1 - Hemp, Andreas T1 - A new genus of African Acrometopini (Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae) based on morphology, chromosomes, acoustics, distribution, and molecular data, and the description of a new species N2 - A new genus, Altihoratosphaga, is erected for species formerly assigned to Horatosphaga Schaum, 1853, and a new species is described. Four species are included in Altihoratosphaga: Altihoratosphaga nomima (Karsch, 1896), Altihoratosphaga montivaga (Sjostedt, 1909), Altihoratosphaga nou (Hemp, 2007) and Altihoratosphaga hanangensis sp. nov. All four species are restricted to Tanzanian localities, and, except for A. nomima, for which no ecological data are available, are confined to montane forest habitats. Data on ecology, acoustics, chromosomes, and molecular relationships are provided, as well as a key to Altihoratosphaga species. The present-day distribution of Altihoratosphaga species suggests former migration events at times when wetter and colder climatic fluctuations favoured connections between montane forest communities, which today are isolated, enabling flightless taxa such as Altihoratosphaga and Monticolaria to spread. Y1 - 2010 UR - http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/issn?DESCRIPTOR=PRINTISSN&VALUE=0024-4082 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00542.x SN - 0024-4082 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hemp, Claudia A1 - Kehl, Siegfried A1 - Heller, Klaus-Gerhard A1 - Waegele, Johann Wolfgang A1 - Hemp, Andreas T1 - A new genus of African Karniellina (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae, Conocephalinae, Conocephalini) : integrating morphological, molecular and bioacoustical data N2 - Melanoscirtes gen.n. is established within Karniellina. The members of this subtribe are small conocephaline bush crickets, confined to Africa. Melanoscirtes is erected on Phlesirtes kibonotensis, a species restricted to forest clearings and forest edge in the submontane and montane zones of Mt. Kilimanjaro. A subspecies, M. kibonotensis uguenoensis, is described from the North Pare mountains, a mountain range of the Eastern Arc adjacent to Mt. Kilimanjaro. Further species of Melanoscirtes occur on other mountain ranges of the northern branch of the Eastern Arc mountains of northern Tanzania and southern Kenya. The South Pare mountains harbour M. shengenae; the West Usambaras, M. usambarensis, and the Taita Hills, M. taitensis. All species and subspecies of Melanoscirtes exhibit a similar morphology and occupy analogous habitats on the respective mountains. The song patterns for all species found within this genus are very similar, and this, together with evidence from molecular data, suggests that allopatric speciation is the reason for the biogeographic pattern found in this genus. A key for the subspecies and species of Melanoscirtes is provided. Y1 - 2010 UR - http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/issn?DESCRIPTOR=PRINTISSN&VALUE=0307-6970 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3113.2010.00528.x SN - 0307-6970 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hemp, Claudia A1 - Heller, Klaus-Gerhard A1 - Warchalowska-Sliwa, Elzbieta A1 - Hemp, Andreas T1 - A new genus and species of African Phaneropterinae (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae), with data on its ecology, bioacoustics and chromosomes N2 - A new genus is proposed for a new East African Phaneropterinae species, Lunidia viridis, occurring on Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. Based on 33 records, notes on distribution and habitat are given, as well as acoustical data provided. Climate and vegetation parameters obtained along several transects on Mt. Kilimanjaro were evaluated describing the ecological niche of the new species. This interdisciplinary approach allows not only a profound characterisation of the ecological demands of the new genus but also predictions of the potential distribution area, which is tested for the first time for an African bush cricket species. Lunidia viridis n. gen. n. sp. occurs within humid and perhumid forests and Chagga home gardens, avoiding subhumid conditions on the mountain. It is found from 1,330 m upwards on the southern slopes, whereas the same ecological conditions are expressed from 1,930 m upwards on the drier northern slopes. Lunidia viridis has an unusually complex and variable song, which is described from field and laboratory recordings. The FISH technique for characterizing chromosomes is applied for the first time for an African species; L. viridis exhibits a karyotype typical for most Tettigoniidae. Y1 - 2010 UR - http://www.springerlink.com/content/1439-6092 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s13127-010-0013-3 SN - 1439-6092 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hemp, Claudia A1 - Heller, Klaus-Gerhard A1 - Kehl, Siegfried A1 - Warchalowska-Sliwa, Elzbieta A1 - Waegele, Johann Wolfgang A1 - Hemp, Andreas T1 - The Phlesirtes complex (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae, Conocephalinae, Conocephalini) reviewed : integrating morphological, molecular, chromosomal and bioacoustic data N2 - The tettigoniid genus Phlesirtes Bolivar and its allies are reviewed. Morphological, ecological and molecular data prompt the erection of the new genus Chortoscirtes gen.n. with type species Xiphidion meruense Sjostedt. The genera Phlesirtes, Chortoscirtes, Karniella and Naskreckiella are characterized by morphological characters supported by molecular, acoustic, ecological and chromosomal data. Four species, Chortoscirtes pseudomeruensis sp.n., C. masaicus sp.n., C. puguensis sp.n. and C. serengeti sp.n., are described from localities in northern and coastal Tanzania and one Karniella, K. crassicerca sp.n., is described from Uganda. The following comb n. are proposed: Phlesirtes kibonotensis (Sjostedt) and Phlesirtes kilimandjaricus (Sjostedt). Subtribal status is proposed for the four investigated African genera. A key to the Chortoscirtes species is provided. Y1 - 2010 UR - http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/issn?DESCRIPTOR=PRINTISSN&VALUE=0307-6970 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3113.2009.00512.x SN - 0307-6970 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Fischer, Markus A1 - Bossdorf, Oliver A1 - Gockel, Sonja A1 - Haensel, Falk A1 - Hemp, Andreas A1 - Hessenmoeller, Dominik A1 - Korte, Gunnar A1 - Nieschulze, Jens A1 - Pfeiffer, Simone A1 - Prati, Daniel A1 - Renner, Swen A1 - Schoening, Ingo A1 - Schumacher, Uta A1 - Wells, Konstans A1 - Buscot, Francois A1 - Kalko, Elisabeth K. V. A1 - Linsenmair, Karl Eduard A1 - Schulze, Ernst-Detlef A1 - Weisser, Wolfgang W. T1 - Implementing large-scale and long-term functional biodiversity research : the biodiversity exploratories N2 - Functional biodiversity research explores drivers and functional consequences of biodiversity changes Land use change is a major driver of changes of biodiversity and of biogeochemical and biological ecosystem processes and services However, land use effects on genetic and species diversity are well documented only for a few taxa and trophic networks We hardly know how different components of biodiversity and their responses to land use change are interrelated and very little about the simultaneous, and interacting, effects of land use on multiple ecosystem processes and services Moreover, we do not know to what extent land use effects on ecosystem processes and services are mediated by biodiversity change Thus, overall goals are on the one hand to understand the effects of land use on biodiversity and on the other to understand the modifying role of biodiversity change for land-use effects on ecosystem processes, including biogeochemical cycles To comprehensively address these Important questions, we recently established a new large-scale and long-term project for functional biodiversity, the Biodiversity Exploratories (www biodiversity-exploratories de) They comprise a hierarchical set of standardized field plots in three different regions of Germany covering manifold management types and intensities in grasslands and forests They serve as a joint research platform for currently 40 projects involving over 300 people studying various aspects of the relationships between land use biodiversity and ecosystem processes through monitoring, comparative observation and experiments We introduce guiding questions, concept and design of the Biodiversity Exploratories - including main aspects of selection and implementation of field plots and project structure - and we discuss the significance of this approach for further functional biodiversity research This includes the crucial relevance of a common study design encompassing variation in both drivers and outcomes of biodiversity change and ecosystem processes, the interdisciplinary integration of biodiversity and ecosystem researchers, the training of a new generation of integrative biodiversity researchers, and the stimulation of functional biodiversity research in real landscape contexts, in Germany and elsewhere. Y1 - 2010 UR - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/14391791 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2010.07.009 SN - 1439-1791 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ansell, Stephen W. A1 - Stenoien, Hans K. A1 - Grundmann, Michael A1 - Schneider, Harald A1 - Hemp, Andreas A1 - Bauer, N. A1 - Russell, S. J. A1 - Vogel, Johannes C. T1 - Population structure and historical biogeography of European Arabidopsis lyrata N2 - Understanding the natural history of model organisms is important for the effective use of their genomic resourses. Arabidopsis lyrata has emerged as a useful plant for studying ecological and evolutionary genetics, based on its extensive natural variation, sequenced genome and close relationship to A. thaliana. We studied genetic diversity across the entire range of European Arabidopsis lyrata ssp. petraea, in order to explore how population history has influenced population structure. We sampled multiple populations from each region, using nuclear and chloroplast genome markers, and combined population genetic and phylogeographic approaches. Within-population diversity is substantial for nuclear allozyme markers (mean P = 0.610, A(e) = 1.580, H-e = 0.277) and significantly partitioned among populations (F- ST = 0.271). The Northern populations have modestly increased inbreeding (F-IS = 0.163 verses F-IS = 0.093), but retain comparable diversity to central European populations. Bottlenecks are common among central and northern Europe populations, indicating recent demographic history as a dominant factor in structuring the European diversity. Although the genetic structure was detected at all geographic scales, two clear differentiated units covering northern and central European areas (F-CT = 0.155) were identified by Bayesian analysis and supported by regional pairwise F-CT calculations. A highly similar geographic pattern was observed from the distribution of chloroplast haplotypes, with the dominant northern haplotypes absent from central Europe. We conclude A. l. petraea's cold-tolerance and preference for disturbed habitats enabled glacial survival between the alpine and Nordic glaciers in central Europe and an additional cryptic refugium. While German populations are probable peri-glacial leftovers, Eastern Austrian populations have diversity patterns possibly compatible with longer-term survival. Y1 - 2010 UR - http://www.nature.com/hdy/archive/index.html U6 - https://doi.org/10.1038/Hdy.2010.10 SN - 0018-067X ER -