01971nas a2200217   4500008004100000245011400041210006900155300001200224490000800236520118200244653001801426653001701444653001701461653001701478653003001495653003101525100001801556700002001574700002101594856013801615       2007                        eng d00aSpecies richness in Mediterranean agroecosystems: spatial and temporal analysis for biodiversity conservation0 aSpecies richness in Mediterranean agroecosystems spatial and tem  a113-1210 v1343 aWe used dung beetles as an indicator group to identify the most important habitats for bio- diversity conservation in a Mediterranean traditional agroecosystem. The relationships between traditional grazing and farming activities and biodiversity were analysed by com- paring species richness and temporal turnover across three different habitat types, defined according to vegetation structure and human land use. In this study, both spatial (land- scape, among-habitats) and temporal (intra-annual, seasonal) analyses were contemplated at mesoscale. The measurement and use of temporal beta diversity (i.e. an index of temporal species turnover) in conservation biology showed that it is a simple method to characterize and compare different habitat species-assemblages, particularly when time seems to be a sig- nificant factor in explaining biodiversity features. Our results showed open mosaic areas as the richest and most temporally heteroge- neous habitats. We suggest the maintenance of traditional human activities carried out in these areas, since they have been a significant diversification agent, to avoid the loss of the high Mediterranean biological diversity. 10aagroecosystem10abiodiversity10aconservation10aDung beetles10aMountainous Mediterranean10aTemporal turnover measures1 aZamora, Jorge1 aVerdu, Jose, R.1 aGalante, Eduardo  uhttps://scarabnet.myspecies.info/species-richness-mediterranean-agroecosystems-spatial-and-temporal-analysis-biodiversity-conservatio