India, Feb. 23 -- Study finds land-use change and elevation reshaping spider communities in the north-western Indian Himalayas

Functional diversity declines with altitude, reducing ecosystem resilience and redundancy

Agricultural landscapes show signs of trait homogenisation linked to intensification

Researchers warn fragile mountain systems may shift towards lower-resilience functional regimes

Land-use change and elevation are jointly influencing the functional properties of spiders in the north-western Indian Himalayas, affecting community resilience and the ecological roles of these arthropods, researchers have found.

The findings, published in the journal Insect Conservation and Diversity by scientists at the Wildlife Institute o...