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The aim is to explore how functional traits influence changes in the diversity of benthic macroinvertebrate communities in agricultural ditches across two years.

March 6, 2026SHILAP Revista de lepidopterologíaOpen Access

Functional traits drive the inter-annual differences in the diversity of benthic macroinvertebrate communities associated with agricultural ditches

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The aim is to explore how functional traits influence changes in the diversity of benthic macroinvertebrate communities in agricultural ditches across two years.
Sampling of benthic macroinvertebrates from eight sites across five ditches and one river.
Data collection conducted in October of 2022 and 2023.
Comparison of taxonomic richness, total abundance, functional richness, and heterogeneity between the two years.
Higher taxon richness and abundance observed in 2023 compared to 2022.
Functional richness showed similar patterns with increased values in 2023.
Taxonomic composition heterogeneity and functional evenness were higher in 2022 than in 2023.
Differences in trait-modalities associations with environmental factors revealed varying correlations across the years.

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Demonstrates inter-annual variations in macroinvertebrate diversity in agricultural ditches, highlighting the impact of environmental changes.

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Valisena et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69aa7037531e4c4a9ff59bd5 https://doi.org/10.1080/02705060.2026.2639159

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Demonstrates inter-annual variations in macroinvertebrate diversity in agricultural ditches, highlighting the impact of environmental changes.

Functional traits drive the inter-annual differences in the diversity of benthic macroinvertebrate communities associated with agricultural ditches

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Functional traits drive the inter-annual differences in the diversity of benthic macroinvertebrate communities associated with agricultural ditches

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