植物物种多样性的垂直分布格局

生物多样性沿环境梯度的变化趋势是生物多样性研究的一个重要议题,而海拔梯度包含了多种环境因子的梯度效应,因此研究生物多样性的海拔梯度格局对于揭示生物多样性的环境梯度变化规律具有重要意义。在不同的研究尺度,植物多样性沿海拔梯度具有不同的分布格局,而形成这种格局的因素有很大差异。本文从α多样性,β多样性和γ多样性三个尺度总结了植物物种多样性沿海拔梯度分布格局及其环境解释。α多样性沿海拔梯度的分布格局在不同生活型的物种之间差异很大,但对于木本植物来说,虽然也存在其他格局,但α多样性随海拔升高而降低是被广泛接受的一种格局。在一般情况下,β多样性随着海拔的升高而降低,并且对于不同生活型的物种,β多样性沿海拔梯度具有相似的分布格局。γ多样性沿海拔梯度具有两种分布格局：偏峰分布格局和显著的负相关格局;特有物种数往往随着海拔的升高而减少,而特有度则随着海拔的升高而增加。     

喜马拉雅山脉种子植物多样性特征及分布格局

喜马拉雅山脉是全球著名的生物多样性热点地区之一。该研究对以往收集的喜马拉雅山脉南、北坡植物物种名录及其分布数据进行整合,借助在线数据库对分布数据进行补充与修订,最后整理并汇总了喜马拉雅山脉位于中国、印度、尼泊尔、不丹4国境内的种子植物分布情况,并在此基础上对科属特征、物种组成相似性、区系成分以及海拔梯度上物种分布格局进行分析,为该区域的生物多样性研究以及保护提供数据支撑。结果表明：(1)喜马拉雅山脉共分布有种子植物11 875种,隶属223科2 086属,其中包含7 906种草本植物(66.6%),2 583种灌木(21.8%)和1 386种乔木(11.7%)。(2)研究区涵盖物种数量位于前20的科有菊科(Asteraceae)、兰科(Orchidaceae)、禾本科(Poaceae)、豆科(Fabaceae)、杜鹃花科(Ericaceae)等科,共包含物种7 456种,约占喜马拉雅山脉植物种的62.8%;涵盖物种数量位于前20的属有杜鹃花属(Rhododendron)、报春花属(Primula)、马先蒿属(Pedicularis)、虎耳草属(Saxifraga)、薹草属(Carex)...     

库车种子植物区系垂直分布格局分析

该研究通过野外植被调查及相关文献资料查阅,探讨了库车山区种子植物区系的垂直分布格局特征及其对海拔变化的响应。结果表明:该区种子植物约有78科376属960种。其中,裸子植物3科3属9种,被子植物75科373属951种。植物科、属、种总数随着海拔的升高呈现先增加后降低的单峰分布结构。其中科总数在海拔1 600~1 800 m处为最高峰,属总数在海拔1 800~1 900 m处呈现最高峰;物种总数在海拔1 900~2 000 m处呈现最高峰,有478种(隶属59科,230属)。种子植物区系地理成分分析中,库车山区植物区系垂直海拔梯度上不管是科级水平还是属级水平种类成分都以温带分布型占优势。在垂直分布梯度上,温带分布科最高点出现在海拔1 800~1 900 m(含20科),从海拔2 800~2 900 m开始,随着海拔梯度升高呈现下降趋势,到海拔3 600~3 700 m时为最低点(含6科);温带分布属峰值出现在海拔1 900~2 000 m,随着海拔的升高呈现下降趋势。该研究结果对该区植物种质资源和生态系统多样性,植物资源的引种驯化、栽培和合理利用具有重要意义。     

贡嘎山东坡植被垂直带谱的物种多样性格局分析

为了探讨贡嘎山东坡海拔梯度上植物多样性的结构物征及格局变化,基于植被垂直带谱的样带和样方调查,分析了物种丰度与种－面积关系的垂直变化,物种多样性生态和地理成分的海拔梯度格局,去势对应分析（DCA）和典范对应分析（CCA）被用于分析17种环境因子之间的相关性,和环境因子对27个多样性结构成分和67个样方空间格局的影响,并定量分离不同尺度的环境变量对多样性格局分异的贡献。结果表明：1）贡嘎山东坡的植物物种多样性总体上表现了自下而上降低的梯度,但从河谷干旱灌草丛带到常绿阔叶林带和高山灌丛带到草甸带显示了相反的梯度变化;2）10种分布区类型的物种有各不相同的垂直丰度格局,9种生活型的物种多样性垂直格局则反映了草本与木本类型的明显差异;3）从河谷干旱草丛到山地针阔混交林的生物多样性结构变化主要反映水分梯度的影响;而从山地针阔混交林到高山草甸,多样性结构变化的主导因子是气温;4）气候的垂直梯度和生境的局部异质性是物种多样性格局两组不同作用尺度和性质的影响因子,总体上76．83％的多样性变异得到了解释,其中寒冷指数的作用最为突出,分析结果支持了关于生物多样性格局机理的不同假说,同时表明,贡嘎山东坡植物地理的垂直变化不仅受到现代环境因子的控制,区域环境变迁和区系发育历史的影响也是不可忽略的。     

新疆天山南坡中段种子植物区系垂直分布格局分析

对植物多样性垂直分布格局及其维持机制的研究可以有效揭示植物物种多样性分布特征及其环境影响因子。本文通过野外调查、查阅标本并结合相关文献资料,对天山南坡中段种子植物区系沿海拔梯度的分布格局进行了系统研究。结果显示,在大区域尺度上,科属种的物种丰富度随海拔升高均呈先增加后减少的趋势,且最高值出现在中低海拔1900~2000 m处;不同生活型植物沿海拔梯度的变化格局有所不同,其中,乔木、一年生草本、藤本及寄生植物表现出随海拔升高物种丰富度逐渐降低的趋势,灌木、多年生草本及二年生草本植物物种丰富度则呈先增加后减少的变化趋势;从植物区系地理成分来看,世界分布所占的比重沿海拔梯度升高呈先增加后减少的趋势;温带地理成分所占的比重沿海拔梯度升高呈缓慢上升趋势;古地中海地理成分所占的比重沿海拔梯度升高呈先增加后减少然后再增加的变化趋势;热带地理成分所占的比重沿海拔升高呈逐渐下降的趋势;东亚地理成分所占的比重沿海拔梯度升高呈先增加后减少然后再增加的变化趋势。对该分布格局与当地干旱的气候条件及海拔梯度上热量和水分条件的变化相适应。     

中国种子植物物种多样性的大尺度分布格局及其气候解释

物种多样性分布格局的研究对于生物多样性的保护具有重要意义.为了解中国种子植物物种多样性的空间分布格局,本研究利用大尺度的物种分布数据,结合GIS和统计分析方法,探讨了中国种子植物物种多样性的大尺度分布格局及其与气候的关系.结果表明,中国种子植物的物种丰富度和物种密度存在较大的空间变异.从南到北,物种密度呈显著递减趋势,而物种丰富度的递减趋势不够明显.面积、年平均温度、年平均降水量和无霜期对物种丰富度、物种密度分布格局均无显著影响.温度年较差、最冷月均温、年平均温度和年平均降水量的空间分异对物种丰富度的分布格局均有显著影响;温度年较差、最冷月均温和单位面积的年平均温度、年平均降水量的空间分异均显著影响物种密度的分布格局.温度年较差在一定程度上决定了物种丰富度与物种密度的总体分布格局,而年平均温度以及单位面积的年平均温度空间分异对上述格局的解释率则相对较低.在大尺度的物种多样性格局及其气候解释的相关研究中,气候因子的空间变异和季节性分异相对表示气候总体水平的年平均温度和年平均降水量而言,可能更值得关注.     

秦岭牛背梁植物物种多样性垂直分布格局

基于秦岭山脉中段牛背梁自然保护区南北坡垂直样带51个样方的调查资料,利用植被数量分析方法(TWINSPAN和DCA)对牛背梁植物群落进行了分类和排序,并分析了植物物种多样性沿海拔梯度的分布格局。结果表明,牛背梁的植被群落具有明显的海拔梯度格局,从低海拔到高海拔依次分布有：锐齿槲栎(Quercus aliena var.acuteserrata)林,桦木(Betula spp.)林．巴山冷杉(Abis Jargesii)林和亚高山灌丛。海拔梯度是牛背梁山区制约植物群落分布的主要因子,而坡向和坡度则起到次要作用。对物种多样性的分析表明,物种总数、木本植物物种多样性和草本植物物种多样性在南北坡具有不同的海拔梯度格局。物种总数在南坡呈现单峰分布格局,而在北坡分布趋势不明显;木本植物物种多样性在南北坡具有相似的分布格局：在低海拔沿海拔梯度变化不明显,而在高海拔则随海拔上升而急剧下降;草本植物物种多样性在南北坡沿海拔梯度变化的规律不明显。β多样性沿海拔梯度先减少后增加,形成两端高中间低的格局,说明中海拔地区生境条件较为均一,低海拔地区的人为活动增加了生境的异质性,而高海拔地区的生态过渡特性增加了物种的更替速率以及群落的相异性。     

广东中西部桉树人工林植物多样性与林龄和土壤因子的关系

以位于广东省中西部的高要市桉树人工林林下植被群落为研究对象,对不同龄级林分物种多样性进行比较分析,采用典范对应分析(CCA)方法进行排序并通过相关分析,对物种分布和多样性与土壤因子的关系进行了研究。结果表明,每龄级24块样地充足,从第9块样地开始不同龄级的物种数目出现一定程度的差异。桉树林分样地中共有136种植物,隶属54科107属,灌木层的种类最多,但以草本层物种为优势种。不同龄级林分之间物种多样性差异不显著,但1—2年生林分低于2—4年生和5—6年生两个龄级;3—4年生的Shannon指数、Simpson指数和丰富度最高。对植被物种的分布,土壤中有机质、全磷、全钾和容重的影响明显,pH值也有一定程度作用,而对物种多样性,pH值和全氮是最为稳定的影响因子。     

云南地区种子植物多样性分布格局和多样性分化特点研究

利用大尺度的植物分布信息结合地理信息系统和数理统计分析,探讨了云南种子植物多样性的地理分布格局和多样性分化特点。结果表明,从科到属和种,植物多样性和区系分化强度的数据集离散程度均呈递增趋势。相对属和种而言,科的多样性的空间分异和高值区域并不明显,这可能与科、属、种所代表的不同地质历史时期有关;南部地区属和种的多样性明显高于除滇西北以外的大部分地区。种的多样性分布中心主要集中在滇西北地区、云南南部地区、哀牢山、无量山地区和昆明地区,这可能与生境异质性和热量条件有关。相对科而言,属的区系分化强度的空间分异更为明显,并与物种多样性的分布格局比较接近,暗示着植物多样性与区系分化之间的密切联系。相对科而言,属的区系分化中心高值区域更为明显。总体上,云南地区植物多样性的分布格局及其分化可能与其生境、热量条件和地质历史有关。     

中国种子植物物种多样性及其分布格局

缤纷的中国植物区系包含着大量的特有种,这使中国成为北半球最富植物多样性的国家。其原因一是土地面积辽阔,植物演化历史时间悠久,气候相对稳定。二是中国具有连续完整的热带、亚热带、温带和寒带的植被类型。三是伴随地质构造上的活跃,中国广大陆地受到了强烈的深切和抬升,导致生境复杂多样,使中国成为一个重要的植物物种保存中心、形成中心和进化中心。中国植物多样性的分布是很不均匀的,主要集中分布于中南部,约在20°～35°N之间。在该范围内,我们确定了3个植物多样性热点地区：横断山脉地区、华中地区和岭南地区,它们的植物多样性和特有性程度都很高,其中横断山脉地区尤为突出。     

Contrasting relationships between precipitation and species richness in space and time

Future changes in precipitation regimes are likely to impact species richness in water-limited plant communities. Regional, spatial relationships between precipitation and richness could offer information about how altered rainfall will impact local communities, assuming that processes driving the regional relationship are also dominant at fine spatial and short temporal scales. To test this assumption, we compared spatial and temporal relationships between precipitation and both species richness and species turnover in central North American grasslands. Across a broad geographic gradient, mean plant species richness in 1-m² plots increased significantly with mean annual precipitation. In contrast, over a 36-yr period at one mixed-grass prairie in the center of the regional gradient, single-year precipitation and richness were poorly correlated, and consecutive wet years had little effect on richness. Instead, richness increased most in wet years that followed dry years. Geographically dispersed sites receiving different levels of mean annual precipitation displayed strong differences in species composition, whereas temporal variation in precipitation at one site was not related to compositional dissimilarity, indicating that species turnover plays a key role in generating the regional relationship. Analyses of individual species' presence-absence suggest that the lagged temporal responses reflect environmental germination cues more than resource competition. These complex cues may dampen the initial impact of altered precipitation on diversity, but over the long term, turnover in species composition should lead to changes in richness, as in the regional, spatial relationship. How quickly this long-term response develops may depend on the colonization rates of species better adapted to the altered rainfall regime.     

Insects affect relationships between plant species richness and ecosystem processes

This study examined whether insects can alter relationships between plant species diversity and ecosystem function in grassland communities, by (i) altering biomass across a plant diversity gradient, (ii) altering relative abundances of plant species, or (iii) altering ecosystem function directly. We measured herbivore damage on seminatural grassland plots planted with 1, 2, 4, 8, or 12 plant species, and compared plant biomass in a subset of these plots with replicates in which insect levels were reduced. Plant biomass and herbivore damage increased with species richness. Reducing insect populations resulted in greater evenness of relative plant species abundances and revealed a strong positive relationship between plant species richness and above-ground biomass. Reducing insects also changed the relationship between plant species richness and decomposition. Plant species mixtures and their relative abundances partially explained plant biomass results, but not decomposition results. These results suggest that insects can alter relationships between plant diversity and ecosystem processes through all three mechanisms.     

山西西部吕梁山中北段现代花粉散布特征

山西西部吕梁山中北段关帝山和芦芽山地区7个不同植被类型共计15个表土样品和7个捕捉器样品表土花粉组合特征和花粉通量研究表明:(1)表土和捕捉器样品花粉组合中主要类型与植被组成中优势类型一致.(2)关帝山与芦芽山现代花粉组合特征差异明显,芦芽山地区花粉组合中草本花粉占优势,百分比多高于50%,乔木花粉百分比多低于50%,花粉通量平均为27194 grains/(cm2 · a);关帝山乔木花粉占优势, 百分比多高于50%,草本花粉多低于30%,花粉通量平均为57961 grains/(cm2 · a).(3)松属、云杉属和蒿属花粉在表土样品中的百分比远高于捕捉器样品,显示较强的保存能力;落叶松属、桦属和栎属花粉在表土样品中的百分比明显低于捕捉器样品,显示花粉保存能力相对较差.(4)样品聚类分析和DCA分析结果显示:二者分析结果具有很好的一致性,花粉组合最主要的控制因子是温度.     

The relationships between local and regional species richness and spatial turnover

Aim To determine the empirical relationships between species richness and spatial turnover in species composition across spatial scales. These have remained little explored despite the fact that such relationships are fundamental to understanding spatial diversity patterns. Location South‐east Scotland. Methods Defining local species richness simply as the total number of species at a finer resolution than regional species richness and spatial turnover as turnover in species identity between any two or more areas, we determined the empirical relationships between all three, and the influence of spatial scale upon them, using data on breeding bird distributions. We estimated spatial turnover using a measure independent of species richness gradients, a fundamental feature which has been neglected in theoretical studies. Results Local species richness and spatial turnover exhibited a negative relationship, which became stronger as larger neighbourhood sizes were considered in estimating the latter. Spatial turnover and regional species richness did not show any significant relationship, suggesting that spatial species replacement occurs independently of the size of the regional species pool. Local and regional species richness only showed the expected positive relationship when the size of the local scale was relatively large in relation to the regional scale. Conclusions Explanations for the relationships between spatial turnover and local and regional species richness can be found in the spatial patterns of species commonality, gain and loss between areas.     

Different relationships between galling and non-galling herbivore richness and plant species richness: a meta-analysis

The plant richness hypothesis (PRH) is used to explain herbivorous insect richness based on the number of plant species, predicting a positive relationship. However, the influence of plant richness on insect distribution can become stronger with greater levels of specialization of herbivores. In this meta-analysis, I tested whether there is any difference in the correlation force recorded between studies that investigated endophagous versus exophagous herbivores, and galling versus non-galling guilds, in order to determine whether more specialized groups have a stronger relationship. Furthermore, I calculated whether effect sizes were homogeneous between galling studies carried out at local and regional scales, and between tropical and temperate regions. A total of 52 correlations were analyzed between plant species richness and herbivore species richness, with 18 correlations derived from galling herbivores and 34 from non-galling herbivores. The effect sizes were significant and positive in all studies, being higher for endophages than for exophages, and for galling than for non-galling studies. These results provide evidence that groups of insects with a higher level of host specialization and specificity (e.g., endophagous and galling) exhibit a greater dependence on plant richness. There was no difference in effect sizes for galling studies between the local and regional level or between tropical and temperate groups. Despite the large variability found for galling studies, effect sizes were consistent independently of climatic region and latitudinal variation. These results suggest that the PRH for galling insects can be generalized to most ecosystem and vegetation types.     

Grain-dependent relationships between plant productivity and invertebrate species richness and biomass in calcareous grasslands

The relationships among productivity, species richness and consumer biomass are of fundamental importance for understanding determinants of biodiversity. These relationships may depend on grain size. We examined the relationships between productivity (above-ground phytomass) and plant species richness and between productivity and species richness and biomass of gastropods and grasshoppers using sampling units of different sizes (0.5, 2.75 and 23 m²) in nutrient-poor, calcareous grasslands in north-western Switzerland in two successive years. Species richness of forbs had a unimodal relationship with productivity in sampling units of 0.5 m² and was negatively correlated with productivity at the other two plot sizes in one year. In the other year, forb species richness tended to decrease with productivity in sampling units of 23 m². No similar relationship was found for grasses. Gastropod biomass had a unimodal relationship with productivity at 0.5 m² in the first year. Grasshopper species richness was correlated with forb species richness at plot sizes of 2.75 and 23 m². This study demonstrates that patterns detected between productivity and diversity and between productivity and biomass of consumers depend on the grain size used in the investigation and vary among years.Die Zusammenhänge zwischen Produktivität, Artenreichtum und Biomasse von Konsumenten sind wichtig, um zu verstehen, was Biodiversität beeinflußt. Diese Zusammenhänge können von der Größe der Untersuchungsfläche abhängig sein. Wir untersuchten während zwei aufeinanderfolgenden Jahren die Zusammenhänge zwischen Produktivität (oberirdische Pflanzenbiomasse) und Artenreichtum von Gefäßpflanzen, sowie zwischen Produktivität und Artenreichtum und Biomasse von Schnecken und Heuschrecken bezüglich dreier räumlicher Skalen (0,5, 2,75 und 23 m²) in Kalkmagerrasen in der Nordwestschweiz. Der Zusammenhang zwischen dem Artenreichtum von Kräutern und der Produktivität war unimodal in Flächeneinheiten von 0,5 m² und negativ in Flächeneinheiten von 2,75 und 23 m² im ersten Jahr und war tendenziell negativ in Flächeneinheiten von 23 m² im zweiten Jahr, während kein solcher Zusammenhang bei Gräsern gefunden wurde. Der Zusammenhang zwischen Produktivität und Biomasse von Schnecken war unimodal in Flächeneinheiten von 0,5 m² im ersten Jahr. Außerdem bestand ein Zusammenhang zwischen dem Artenreichtum von Kräutern und Heuschrecken in Flächeneinheiten von 2,75 und 23 m². Diese Arbeit zeigt, daß Zusammenhänge zwischen Produktivität und Diversität sowie zwischen Produktivität und Biomasse von Konsumenten von der Größe der Untersuchungsfläche abhängen und zwischen Jahren variieren.     

Opposite relationships between invasibility and native species richness at patch versus landscape scales

Using a nested plot design in oak forests in Minnesota, USA we measured the percent cover of young individuals of an exotic invading shrub, Rhamnus cathartica (common buckthorn), to assess the relationships at two scales between invasibility, propagule and light availability, and richness and cover of native species. Comparing patches (1 m²) within 17 Quercus -dominated stands (each 1 ha, within a 100 km by 150 km area), cover of young R. cathartica was negatively related to both species richness and cover of native species. In 1 m² patches, native cover was positively associated with native richness and thus cover-related competition was a likely mechanism by which richness influenced R. cathartica . At the landscape scale (comparing the aggregate stand-scale metrics among the 17 stands), native cover and richness were still positively related, but had opposite relationships with R. cathartica cover. R. cathartica cover was positively related to species richness and negatively related to native species cover. The observed switch at different scales from a positive to a negative relationship between R. cathartica cover and native richness supported the hypothesized scale dependence of these relations. Propagule pressure, which we estimated by measuring the size of nearby mature R. cathartica shrubs, had a large positive effect on R. cathartica seedling cover at the landscape scale. These results suggest that landscape patterns of invasion may be best understood in light of the combination of many factors including native diversity, native cover, and propagule pressure.     

山西恒山温带草原与暖温带落叶阔叶林交错区植被生态研究

在中国植被分区上,山西恒山是温带草原地带与暖温带落叶阔叶林地带的交错区.采用TWINSPAN分类和DCA排序相结合的方法,对恒山南北坡植被类型进行了比较研究.TWINSPAN分类结果将南北坡的植被分别划分为16个群丛和20个群丛,分别隶属于16个和20个群系.DCA排序较好的印证了其分类结果：DCA排序第一轴反映海拔、温度的变化,南坡植被随海拔的升高,从耐旱的山蒿灌丛向寒温性的针叶林过渡,北坡由旱生的长芒草草原也向寒温性的针叶林过渡; 第二轴反映湿度的变化,排序轴从上到下,南坡由低海拔的山蒿群丛向高海拔的华北落叶松群丛,北坡是由长芒草、碱茅群丛向青杨群丛过渡.DCA排序结果显示,南北坡基带植被的群丛组成迥然不同,南坡基带为山蒿群丛、三裂叶绣线菊-山蒿＋赖草群丛、虎榛子-披针叶苔草群丛,是落叶阔叶林破坏后形成的次生植被类型;北坡基带为长芒草群丛、碱茅＋千里光群丛、三裂叶绣线菊-硬质早熟禾群丛、山菊＋硬质早熟禾群丛,具有典型的草原植被特征,这与它们所处的植被带有较高的吻合度.南北坡随海拔升高,植被类型表现出明显的趋同性.对南北坡群系的比较结果表明：有4个群系为南北坡共有,但群丛数量存在较大的差异,三裂叶绣线菊群系、山蒿群系在南坡的群丛数要比北坡多,披针叶苔草群系在北坡的群丛数要比南坡多,华北落叶松群系分布大致相同.     

湿地植被对北京地区蜻蜓生态分布的影响

蜻蜓目（Odonata）昆虫是半变态类（Hemimetabola）昆虫,它的一生经过卵、若虫和成虫3个阶段。和其他水生昆虫一样,蜻蜓目昆虫是淡水生物群落的重要组成部分,对淡水生态系统起到重要作用。蜻蜓目昆虫在其生活史中,取食、交配等活动离不开水生植物和水域附近的植被。为了研究蜻蜓栖息生境中的湿地植被特征对蜻蜓生态分布影响,对北京地区不同湿地类型的17块样地中296个样方分布的蜻蜓种类、多度以及湿地植被的特征和植物多样性进行调查,记录到蜻蜓6科26属36种,维管植物40科99属150种。应用TWINSPAN对蜻蜓种类和样地进行双向聚类分析,所有样地被划分成为四组。同时,将植被特征因子和湿地植物的多样性视为影响蜻蜓数量及分布的因子进行CCA分析。结果表明：湿地植物的丰富度与植物群落结构的完整性是影响蜻蜓分布的主要因素;各湿地植被特征因子对于蜻蜓生态分布的影响不一,依贡献率由大及小依次为浮水植物层盖度、湿生植物盖度、G1eason丰富度指数、沉水植物层盖度、G-F多样性指数、挺水植物层盖度。并且首次应用G-F多样性指数分析湿地植物的多样性。对于蜻蜓栖息地的保护、城市中对于湿地的兴建和改造也提出了相关保护建议。     

Hotspots and richness pattern of grasshopper species in cultural landscapes

The success of the hotspot approach for biodiversity conservation depends on the spatial scale and the indicator species used. In this study, we investigated grasshopper species richness in Switzerland at a 1 ha resolution including a total of 111 species. We compared the representativeness of common and of endangered grasshopper species for the overall grasshopper species richness and we assessed the efficiency of the hotspot approach for grasshopper conservation. The pattern of overall grasshopper species richness was well represented by both the number of common and the number of endangered grasshopper species. For evaluating the efficiency of different hotspot approaches for conservation, we compared hotspots of common species, hotspots of endangered species (rarity hotspots), and hotspots of all grasshopper species (richness hotspots). Among these hotspot types, richness hotspots not only featured most common grasshopper species, but they even contained more endangered species than the rarity hotspots. The combination of rarity hotspots and hotspots of common species featured more species than the other combinations of hotspot types. However, the gain of combining two hotspot types compared to the single-hotspot approach was low (max. 3 species). About 24% of the species were not contained in any of the hotspots. These grasshopper species require species-specific action plans. As rarity hotspots were located in areas that are rather strongly affected by landscape change, species richness in rarity hotspots may decrease in the future. We conclude that, for grasshoppers, the hotspot approach on the 1 ha scale can be an effective way to conserve a high proportion of species richness.