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Forest structure and heterogeneity increase diversity and alter composition of host–parasitoid networks

Rappa, Nolan J. ; Staab, Michael ; Ruppert, Laura‐Sophia ; Frey, Julian ; Mello, Marco A. R. ; Klein, Alexandra‐Maria (2024)
Forest structure and heterogeneity increase diversity and alter composition of host–parasitoid networks.
In: Ecological Entomology, 49 (2)
doi: 10.1111/een.13301
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Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract)

1. Antagonistic host–parasitoid interactions can be quantified using bipartite and metanetworks, which have the potential to reveal how habitat structural elements relate to this important ecosystem function.

2. Here, we analysed the host–parasitoid interactions of cavity‐nesting bees and wasps, as well as their abundance, diversity and species richness with forest structural elements from 127 forest research plots in southwestern Germany.

3. We found that parasitoid abundance, diversity and species richness all increase with host abundance, a potential mediator between parasitoids and forest structure. Both parasitoid abundance and diversity increased with stand structural complexity, possibly mediated by the abundance of hosts. In addition, parasitoid abundance increased with increasing standing deadwood and herb cover.

4. The bipartite networks of host–parasitoid interactions showed higher connectance with increasing standing deadwood, herb cover and host abundance. Analyses of interactions within the host–parasitoid metanetwork revealed that increasing host abundance and decreasing canopy cover diversify the suites of interactions present at the plot level.

5. These results demonstrate that forest structural elements can improve the stability and resilience of host–parasitoid networks by promoting parasitoids and diversifying interactions in ecological networks.

Typ des Eintrags: Artikel
Erschienen: 2024
Autor(en): Rappa, Nolan J. ; Staab, Michael ; Ruppert, Laura‐Sophia ; Frey, Julian ; Mello, Marco A. R. ; Klein, Alexandra‐Maria
Art des Eintrags: Bibliographie
Titel: Forest structure and heterogeneity increase diversity and alter composition of host–parasitoid networks
Sprache: Englisch
Publikationsjahr: April 2024
Ort: Oxford
Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell
Titel der Zeitschrift, Zeitung oder Schriftenreihe: Ecological Entomology
Jahrgang/Volume einer Zeitschrift: 49
(Heft-)Nummer: 2
DOI: 10.1111/een.13301
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Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract):

1. Antagonistic host–parasitoid interactions can be quantified using bipartite and metanetworks, which have the potential to reveal how habitat structural elements relate to this important ecosystem function.

2. Here, we analysed the host–parasitoid interactions of cavity‐nesting bees and wasps, as well as their abundance, diversity and species richness with forest structural elements from 127 forest research plots in southwestern Germany.

3. We found that parasitoid abundance, diversity and species richness all increase with host abundance, a potential mediator between parasitoids and forest structure. Both parasitoid abundance and diversity increased with stand structural complexity, possibly mediated by the abundance of hosts. In addition, parasitoid abundance increased with increasing standing deadwood and herb cover.

4. The bipartite networks of host–parasitoid interactions showed higher connectance with increasing standing deadwood, herb cover and host abundance. Analyses of interactions within the host–parasitoid metanetwork revealed that increasing host abundance and decreasing canopy cover diversify the suites of interactions present at the plot level.

5. These results demonstrate that forest structural elements can improve the stability and resilience of host–parasitoid networks by promoting parasitoids and diversifying interactions in ecological networks.

Freie Schlagworte: ecological networks, ecosystem functions, forest conservation, Hymenoptera, remote sensing
Sachgruppe der Dewey Dezimalklassifikatin (DDC): 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: 19 Jun 2024 09:00
Letzte Änderung: 19 Jun 2024 12:36
PPN: 519259289
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