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Tree phylogenetic diversity structures multitrophic communities

Staab, Michael ; Liu, Xiaojuan ; Assmann, Thorsten ; Bruelheide, Helge ; Buscot, François ; Durka, Walter ; Erfmeier, Alexandra ; Klein, Alexandra‐Maria ; Ma, Keping ; Michalski, Stefan ; Wubet, Tesfaye ; Schmid, Bernhard ; Schuldt, Andreas (2021)
Tree phylogenetic diversity structures multitrophic communities.
In: Functional Ecology, 35 (2)
doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.13722
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Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract)

1. Plant diversity begets diversity at other trophic levels. While species richness is the most commonly used measure for plant diversity, the number of evolutionary lineages (i.e. phylogenetic diversity) could theoretically have a stronger influence on the community structure of co‐occurring organisms. However, this prediction has only rarely been tested in complex real‐world ecosystems.

2. Using a comprehensive multitrophic dataset of arthropods and fungi from a species‐rich subtropical forest, we tested whether tree species richness or tree phylogenetic diversity relates to the diversity and composition of organisms.

3. We show that tree phylogenetic diversity but not tree species richness determines arthropod and fungi community composition across trophic levels and increases the diversity of predatory arthropods but decreases herbivorous arthropod diversity. The effect of tree phylogenetic diversity was not mediated by changed abundances of associated organisms, indicating that evolutionarily more diverse plant communities increase niche opportunities (resource diversity) but not necessarily niche amplitudes (resource amount).

4. Our findings suggest that plant evolutionary relatedness structures multitrophic communities in the studied species‐rich forests and possibly other ecosystems at large. As global change non‐randomly threatens phylogenetically distinct plant species, far‐reaching consequences on associated communities are expected.

A free Plain Language Summary can be found within the Supporting Information of this article.

Typ des Eintrags: Artikel
Erschienen: 2021
Autor(en): Staab, Michael ; Liu, Xiaojuan ; Assmann, Thorsten ; Bruelheide, Helge ; Buscot, François ; Durka, Walter ; Erfmeier, Alexandra ; Klein, Alexandra‐Maria ; Ma, Keping ; Michalski, Stefan ; Wubet, Tesfaye ; Schmid, Bernhard ; Schuldt, Andreas
Art des Eintrags: Bibliographie
Titel: Tree phylogenetic diversity structures multitrophic communities
Sprache: Englisch
Publikationsjahr: 2021
Ort: Oxford
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Titel der Zeitschrift, Zeitung oder Schriftenreihe: Functional Ecology
Jahrgang/Volume einer Zeitschrift: 35
(Heft-)Nummer: 2
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13722
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Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract):

1. Plant diversity begets diversity at other trophic levels. While species richness is the most commonly used measure for plant diversity, the number of evolutionary lineages (i.e. phylogenetic diversity) could theoretically have a stronger influence on the community structure of co‐occurring organisms. However, this prediction has only rarely been tested in complex real‐world ecosystems.

2. Using a comprehensive multitrophic dataset of arthropods and fungi from a species‐rich subtropical forest, we tested whether tree species richness or tree phylogenetic diversity relates to the diversity and composition of organisms.

3. We show that tree phylogenetic diversity but not tree species richness determines arthropod and fungi community composition across trophic levels and increases the diversity of predatory arthropods but decreases herbivorous arthropod diversity. The effect of tree phylogenetic diversity was not mediated by changed abundances of associated organisms, indicating that evolutionarily more diverse plant communities increase niche opportunities (resource diversity) but not necessarily niche amplitudes (resource amount).

4. Our findings suggest that plant evolutionary relatedness structures multitrophic communities in the studied species‐rich forests and possibly other ecosystems at large. As global change non‐randomly threatens phylogenetically distinct plant species, far‐reaching consequences on associated communities are expected.

A free Plain Language Summary can be found within the Supporting Information of this article.

Freie Schlagworte: arthropods, BEF‐China, biodiversity–ecosystem functioning, cross‐taxon congruence, forest, fungi, niche, trophic interactions
Sachgruppe der Dewey Dezimalklassifikatin (DDC): 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik > 570 Biowissenschaften, Biologie
Fachbereich(e)/-gebiet(e): 10 Fachbereich Biologie
10 Fachbereich Biologie > Ecological Networks
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