Fornoff, Felix ; Staab, Michael ; Zhu, Chao-Dong ; Klein, Alexandra-Maria (2024)
Multi-trophic communities re-establish with canopy cover and microclimate in a subtropical forest biodiversity experiment.
In: Oecologia, 2021, 196 (1)
doi: 10.26083/tuprints-00023467
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Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract)
Plant diversity affects multi-trophic communities, but in young regrowth forests, where forest insects are in the process of re-establishment, other biotic and also abiotic factors might be more important. We studied cavity-nesting bees, wasps and their natural enemies along an experimental tree diversity gradient in subtropical South-East China. We compared insect communities of experimental young forests with communities of established natural forests nearby the experiment and tested for direct and indirect effects of tree diversity, tree basal area (a proxy of tree biomass), canopy cover and microclimate on bee and wasp community composition, abundance and species richness. Finally, we tested if the trophic levels of bees, herbivore-hunting wasps, spider-hunting wasps and their natural enemies respond similarly. Forest bee and wasp community composition re-established towards communities of the natural forest with increasing tree biomass and canopy cover. These factors directly and indirectly, via microclimatic conditions, increased the abundance of bees, wasps and their natural enemies. While bee and wasp species richness increased with abundance and both were not related to tree diversity, abundance increased directly with canopy cover, mediated by tree biomass. Abundance of natural enemies increased with host (bee and wasp) abundance irrespective of their trophic position. In conclusion, although maximizing tree diversity is an important goal of reforestation and forest conservation, rapid closure of canopies is also important for re-establishing communities of forest bees, wasps and their natural enemies.
| Typ des Eintrags: | Artikel |
|---|---|
| Erschienen: | 2024 |
| Autor(en): | Fornoff, Felix ; Staab, Michael ; Zhu, Chao-Dong ; Klein, Alexandra-Maria |
| Art des Eintrags: | Zweitveröffentlichung |
| Titel: | Multi-trophic communities re-establish with canopy cover and microclimate in a subtropical forest biodiversity experiment |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Publikationsjahr: | 26 März 2024 |
| Ort: | Darmstadt |
| Publikationsdatum der Erstveröffentlichung: | Mai 2021 |
| Ort der Erstveröffentlichung: | Berlin ; Heidelberg |
| Verlag: | Springer |
| Titel der Zeitschrift, Zeitung oder Schriftenreihe: | Oecologia |
| Jahrgang/Volume einer Zeitschrift: | 196 |
| (Heft-)Nummer: | 1 |
| DOI: | 10.26083/tuprints-00023467 |
| URL / URN: | https://tuprints.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de/23467 |
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| Herkunft: | Zweitveröffentlichung DeepGreen |
| Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract): | Plant diversity affects multi-trophic communities, but in young regrowth forests, where forest insects are in the process of re-establishment, other biotic and also abiotic factors might be more important. We studied cavity-nesting bees, wasps and their natural enemies along an experimental tree diversity gradient in subtropical South-East China. We compared insect communities of experimental young forests with communities of established natural forests nearby the experiment and tested for direct and indirect effects of tree diversity, tree basal area (a proxy of tree biomass), canopy cover and microclimate on bee and wasp community composition, abundance and species richness. Finally, we tested if the trophic levels of bees, herbivore-hunting wasps, spider-hunting wasps and their natural enemies respond similarly. Forest bee and wasp community composition re-established towards communities of the natural forest with increasing tree biomass and canopy cover. These factors directly and indirectly, via microclimatic conditions, increased the abundance of bees, wasps and their natural enemies. While bee and wasp species richness increased with abundance and both were not related to tree diversity, abundance increased directly with canopy cover, mediated by tree biomass. Abundance of natural enemies increased with host (bee and wasp) abundance irrespective of their trophic position. In conclusion, although maximizing tree diversity is an important goal of reforestation and forest conservation, rapid closure of canopies is also important for re-establishing communities of forest bees, wasps and their natural enemies. |
| Freie Schlagworte: | Bees, Community assembly, Hymenoptera, Trees, Trophic interactions |
| Status: | Verlagsversion |
| URN: | urn:nbn:de:tuda-tuprints-234679 |
| Sachgruppe der Dewey Dezimalklassifikatin (DDC): | 300 Sozialwissenschaften > 333.7 Natürliche Ressourcen, Energie und Umwelt 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik > 570 Biowissenschaften, Biologie 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik > 580 Pflanzen (Botanik) 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik > 590 Tiere (Zoologie) |
| Fachbereich(e)/-gebiet(e): | 10 Fachbereich Biologie 10 Fachbereich Biologie > Ecological Networks |
| Hinterlegungsdatum: | 26 Mär 2024 14:04 |
| Letzte Änderung: | 27 Mär 2024 06:51 |
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