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Martínez-Núñez C, Gossner MM, Maurer C, Neff F, Obrist MK, Moretti M, Bollmann K, Herzog F, Knop E, Luka H, Cahenzli F, Albrecht M. Land-use change in the past 40 years explains shifts in arthropod community traits. J Anim Ecol 2024; 93:540-553. [PMID: 38509643 DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.14062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2023] [Accepted: 02/07/2024] [Indexed: 03/22/2024]
Abstract
Understanding how anthropogenic activities induce changes in the functional traits of arthropod communities is critical to assessing their ecological consequences. However, we largely lack comprehensive assessments of the long-term impact of global-change drivers on the trait composition of arthropod communities across a large number of species and sites. This knowledge gap critically hampers our ability to predict human-driven impacts on communities and ecosystems. Here, we use a dataset of 1.73 million individuals from 877 species to study how four functionally important traits of carabid beetles and spiders (i.e. body size, duration of activity period, tolerance to drought, and dispersal capacity) have changed at the community level across ~40 years in different types of land use and as a consequence of land use changes (that is, urbanisation and loss of woody vegetation) at the landscape scale in Switzerland. The results show that the mean body size in carabid communities declined in all types of land use, with particularly stronger declines in croplands compared to forests. Furthermore, the length of the activity period and the tolerance to drought of spider communities decreased in most land use types. The average body size of carabid communities in landscapes with increased urbanisation in the last ~40 years tended to decrease. However, the length of the activity period, the tolerance to drought, and the dispersal capacity did not change significantly. Furthermore, urbanisation promoted increases in the average dispersal capacities of spider communities. Additionally, urbanisation favoured spider communities with larger body sizes and longer activity periods. The loss of woody areas at the landscape level was associated with trait shifts to carabid communities with larger body sizes, shorter activity periods, higher drought tolerances and strongly decreased dispersal capacities. Decreases in activity periods and dispersal capacities were also found in spider communities. Our study demonstrates that human-induced changes in land use alter key functional traits of carabid and spider communities in the long term. The detected trait shifts in arthropod communities likely have important consequences for their functional roles in ecosystems.
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Affiliation(s)
- Carlos Martínez-Núñez
- Agroecology and Environment, Zürich, Switzerland
- Department of Ecology and Evolution, Estación Biológica de Doñana EBD (CSIC), Seville, Spain
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
- Department of Environmental Systems Science, Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Agroecology and Environment, Zürich, Switzerland
- Department of Environmental Systems Science, Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Agroecology and Environment, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Agroecology and Environment, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Agroecology and Environment, Zürich, Switzerland
- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Crop Sciences, Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL, Frick, Switzerland
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- Department of Crop Sciences, Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL, Frick, Switzerland
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Eisenring M, Gessler A, Frei ER, Glauser G, Kammerer B, Moor M, Perret-Gentil A, Wohlgemuth T, Gossner MM. Legacy effects of premature defoliation in response to an extreme drought event modulate phytochemical profiles with subtle consequences for leaf herbivory in European beech. New Phytol 2024. [PMID: 38641748 DOI: 10.1111/nph.19721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2023] [Accepted: 03/13/2024] [Indexed: 04/21/2024]
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Extreme droughts can have long-lasting effects on forest community dynamics and species interactions. Yet, our understanding of how drought legacy modulates ecological relationships is just unfolding. We tested the hypothesis that leaf chemistry and herbivory show long-term responses to premature defoliation caused by an extreme drought event in European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.). For two consecutive years after the extreme European summer drought in 2018, we collected leaves from the upper and lower canopy of adjacently growing drought-stressed and unstressed trees. Leaf chemistry was analyzed and leaf damage by different herbivore-feeding guilds was quantified. We found that drought had lasting impacts on leaf nutrients and on specialized metabolomic profiles. However, drought did not affect the primary metabolome. Drought-related phytochemical changes affected damage of leaf-chewing herbivores whereas damage caused by other herbivore-feeding guilds was largely unaffected. Drought legacy effects on phytochemistry and herbivory were often weaker than between-year or between-canopy strata variability. Our findings suggest that a single extreme drought event bears the potential to long-lastingly affect tree-herbivore interactions. Drought legacy effects likely become more important in modulating tree-herbivore interactions since drought frequency and severity are projected to globally increase in the coming decades.
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- Michael Eisenring
- Forest Health & Biotic Interactions, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, 8903, Switzerland
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- Department of Environmental Systems Science, Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, ETH Zurich, Zürich, 8092, Switzerland
- Forest Dynamics, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, 8903, Switzerland
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- Forest Dynamics, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, 8903, Switzerland
- WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Flüelastrasse 11, Davos, 7260, Switzerland
- Climate Change and Extremes in Alpine Regions Research Centre CERC, Davos, 7260, Switzerland
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- Neuchâtel Platform of Analytical Chemistry, University of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, 2000, Switzerland
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- Core Facility Metabolomics, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Freiburg, 79014, Germany
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- Forest Health & Biotic Interactions, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, 8903, Switzerland
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- Forest Health & Biotic Interactions, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, 8903, Switzerland
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- Forest Dynamics, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, 8903, Switzerland
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- Forest Health & Biotic Interactions, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, 8903, Switzerland
- Department of Environmental Systems Science, Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, ETH Zurich, Zürich, 8092, Switzerland
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Khaliq I, Rixen C, Zellweger F, Graham CH, Gossner MM, McFadden IR, Antão L, Brodersen J, Ghosh S, Pomati F, Seehausen O, Roth T, Sattler T, Supp SR, Riaz M, Zimmermann NE, Matthews B, Narwani A. Warming underpins community turnover in temperate freshwater and terrestrial communities. Nat Commun 2024; 15:1921. [PMID: 38429327 PMCID: PMC10907361 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-46282-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2023] [Accepted: 02/21/2024] [Indexed: 03/03/2024] Open
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Rising temperatures are leading to increased prevalence of warm-affinity species in ecosystems, known as thermophilisation. However, factors influencing variation in thermophilisation rates among taxa and ecosystems, particularly freshwater communities with high diversity and high population decline, remain unclear. We analysed compositional change over time in 7123 freshwater and 6201 terrestrial, mostly temperate communities from multiple taxonomic groups. Overall, temperature change was positively linked to thermophilisation in both realms. Extirpated species had lower thermal affinities in terrestrial communities but higher affinities in freshwater communities compared to those persisting over time. Temperature change's impact on thermophilisation varied with community body size, thermal niche breadth, species richness and baseline temperature; these interactive effects were idiosyncratic in the direction and magnitude of their impacts on thermophilisation, both across realms and taxonomic groups. While our findings emphasise the challenges in predicting the consequences of temperature change across communities, conservation strategies should consider these variable responses when attempting to mitigate climate-induced biodiversity loss.
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- Imran Khaliq
- Department of Aquatic Ecology, Eawag (Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology) Überlandstrasse 133, 8600, Dübendorf, Switzerland.
- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Flüelastrasse 11, 7260, Davos Dorf, Switzerland.
- Climate Change, Extremes and Natural Hazards in Alpine Regions Research Centre CERC, Flüelastrasse 11, 7260, Davos Dorf, Switzerland.
- Department of Zoology, Government (defunct) post-graduate college, Dera Ghazi Khan, 32200, Pakistan.
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Flüelastrasse 11, 7260, Davos Dorf, Switzerland
- Climate Change, Extremes and Natural Hazards in Alpine Regions Research Centre CERC, Flüelastrasse 11, 7260, Davos Dorf, Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Zürcherstrasse 111, 8903, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Zürcherstrasse 111, 8903, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Zürcherstrasse 111, 8903, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
- ETH Zurich, Department of Environmental Systems Science, Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, 8092, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Zürcherstrasse 111, 8903, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
- ETH Zurich, Department of Environmental Systems Science, Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, 8092, Zurich, Switzerland
- Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, 1090 GE, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- University of London, Queen Mary, London, UK
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- Research Centre for Ecological Change, Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, University of Helsinki, PO Box 65 (Viikinkaari 1), 00014, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Fish Ecology and Evolution, Eawag (Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology), Seestrasse 79, 6047, Kastanienbaum, Switzerland
- Department of Environmental Sciences, Zoology, University of Basel, Vesalgasse 1, 4051, Basel, Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Flüelastrasse 11, 7260, Davos Dorf, Switzerland
- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Zürcherstrasse 111, 8903, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
- Department of Fish Ecology and Evolution, Eawag (Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology), Seestrasse 79, 6047, Kastanienbaum, Switzerland
- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Aquatic Ecology, Eawag (Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology) Überlandstrasse 133, 8600, Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Department of Fish Ecology and Evolution, Eawag (Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology), Seestrasse 79, 6047, Kastanienbaum, Switzerland
- Division of Aquatic Ecology and Evolution, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern, Baltzerstrasse 6, 3012, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Zoology, University of Basel, Vesalgasse 1, 4051, Basel, Switzerland
- Hintermann & Weber AG Austrasse 2a, 4153, Reinach, Switzerland
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- Swiss Ornithological Institute, Seerose 1, 6204, Sempach, Switzerland
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- Denison University, Data Analytics Program, Granville, OH, 43023, USA
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- Conservation Genetics Group, Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt, 63571, Gelnhausen, Germany
- Faculty of Biological Sciences, Institute for Ecology, Evolution and Diversity, Goethe University, Max-von-Laue-Straße 9, 60438, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Zürcherstrasse 111, 8903, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
- ETH Zurich, Department of Environmental Systems Science, Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, 8092, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Fish Ecology and Evolution, Eawag (Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology), Seestrasse 79, 6047, Kastanienbaum, Switzerland
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- Department of Aquatic Ecology, Eawag (Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology) Überlandstrasse 133, 8600, Dübendorf, Switzerland.
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Neyret M, Le Provost G, Boesing AL, Schneider FD, Baulechner D, Bergmann J, de Vries FT, Fiore-Donno AM, Geisen S, Goldmann K, Merges A, Saifutdinov RA, Simons NK, Tobias JA, Zaitsev AS, Gossner MM, Jung K, Kandeler E, Krauss J, Penone C, Schloter M, Schulz S, Staab M, Wolters V, Apostolakis A, Birkhofer K, Boch S, Boeddinghaus RS, Bolliger R, Bonkowski M, Buscot F, Dumack K, Fischer M, Gan HY, Heinze J, Hölzel N, John K, Klaus VH, Kleinebecker T, Marhan S, Müller J, Renner SC, Rillig MC, Schenk NV, Schöning I, Schrumpf M, Seibold S, Socher SA, Solly EF, Teuscher M, van Kleunen M, Wubet T, Manning P. A slow-fast trait continuum at the whole community level in relation to land-use intensification. Nat Commun 2024; 15:1251. [PMID: 38341437 PMCID: PMC10858939 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-45113-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2023] [Accepted: 01/16/2024] [Indexed: 02/12/2024] Open
Abstract
Organismal functional strategies form a continuum from slow- to fast-growing organisms, in response to common drivers such as resource availability and disturbance. However, whether there is synchronisation of these strategies at the entire community level is unclear. Here, we combine trait data for >2800 above- and belowground taxa from 14 trophic guilds spanning a disturbance and resource availability gradient in German grasslands. The results indicate that most guilds consistently respond to these drivers through both direct and trophically mediated effects, resulting in a 'slow-fast' axis at the level of the entire community. Using 15 indicators of carbon and nutrient fluxes, biomass production and decomposition, we also show that fast trait communities are associated with faster rates of ecosystem functioning. These findings demonstrate that 'slow' and 'fast' strategies can be manifested at the level of whole communities, opening new avenues of ecosystem-level functional classification.
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- Margot Neyret
- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Frankfurt, Germany.
- Laboratoire d'Écologie Alpine, Université Grenoble Alpes - CNRS - Université Savoie Mont Blanc, Grenoble, France.
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- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Frankfurt, Germany
- ISOE - Institute for social-ecological research, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Justus Liebig University, Department of Animal Ecology, Giessen, Germany
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- Leibniz Center for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Müncheberg, Germany
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- Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Nematology, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Soil Ecology Department, Halle/Saale, Germany
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- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Frankfurt, Germany
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- A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Ecological Networks, Technical University Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
- Applied Biodiversity Sciences, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Ascot, UK
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- Justus Liebig University, Department of Animal Ecology, Giessen, Germany
- A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- Senckenberg Museum for Natural History Görlitz, Görlitz, Germany
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- Forest Entomology, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
- Department of Environmental Systems Science, Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institut of Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation Genomics, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Soil Biology, Institute of Soil Science and Land Evaluation, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen, Research Unit for Comparative Microbiome Analysis, Oberschleissheim, Germany
- Chair of Environmental Microbiology, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
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- Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen, Research Unit for Comparative Microbiome Analysis, Oberschleissheim, Germany
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- Ecological Networks, Technical University Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Justus Liebig University, Department of Animal Ecology, Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Biogeochemical Processes, Max-Planck-Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany
- Department of Crop Sciences, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Ecology, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg, Cottbus, Germany
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- Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Department of Soil Biology, Institute of Soil Science and Land Evaluation, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
- Department Plant Production and Production Related Environmental Protection, Center for Agricultural Technology Augustenberg (LTZ), Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Terrestrial Ecology, Institute of Zoology, University of Cologne, Köln, Germany
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Soil Ecology Department, Halle/Saale, Germany
- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle - Jena-, Leipzig, Germany
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- Terrestrial Ecology, Institute of Zoology, University of Cologne, Köln, Germany
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- Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironments Tübingen (SHEP), Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Biodiversity, Heinz Sielmann Foundation, Wustermark, Germany
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- Institute of Landscape Ecology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Justus Liebig University, Department of Animal Ecology, Giessen, Germany
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- Institute of Agricultural Sciences, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
- Forage Production and Grassland Systems, Agroscope, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute for Landscape Ecology and Resources Management (ILR), Research Centre for BioSystems, Land Use and Nutrition (iFZ), Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
- Centre for International Development and Environmental Research (ZEU), Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Soil Biology, Institute of Soil Science and Land Evaluation, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Department of Nature Conservation, Heinz Sielmann Foundation, Wustermark, Germany
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- Ornithology, Natural History Museum Vienna, Vienna, Autria, Germany
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- Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Biogeochemical Processes, Max-Planck-Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Biogeochemical Processes, Max-Planck-Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany
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- Technical University of Munich, TUM School of Life Sciences, Freising, Germany
- TUD Dresden University of Technology, Forest Zoology, Tharandt, Germany
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- Paris Lodron University Salzburg, Department Environment and Biodiversity, Salzburg, Austria
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Computation Hydrosystems Department, Leipzig, Germany
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- University of Göttingen, Centre of Biodiversity and Sustainable Land Use, Göttingen, Germany
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation, Taizhou University, Taizhou, China
- Ecology, Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle - Jena-, Leipzig, Germany
- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Community Ecology Department, Halle/Saale, Germany
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- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Frankfurt, Germany.
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
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Vitasse Y, Pohl N, Walde MG, Nadel H, Gossner MM, Baumgarten F. Feasting on the ordinary or starving for the exceptional in a warming climate: Phenological synchrony between spongy moth ( Lymantria dispar) and budburst of six European tree species. Ecol Evol 2024; 14:e10928. [PMID: 38371870 PMCID: PMC10869895 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.10928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2023] [Revised: 11/02/2023] [Accepted: 12/05/2023] [Indexed: 02/20/2024] Open
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Global warming is affecting the phenological cycles of plants and animals, altering the complex synchronization that has co-evolved over thousands of years between interacting species and trophic levels. Here, we examined how warmer winter conditions affect the timing of budburst in six common European trees and the hatching of a generalist leaf-feeding insect, the spongy moth Lymantria dispar, whose fitness depends on the synchrony between egg hatch and leaf emergence of the host tree. We applied four different temperature treatments to L. dispar eggs and twig cuttings, that mimicked warmer winters and reduced chilling temperatures that are necessary for insect diapause and bud dormancy release, using heated open-top chambers (ambient or +3.5°C), and heated greenhouses (maintained at >6°C or >10°C). In addition, we conducted preference and performance tests to determine which tree species the larvae prefer and benefit from the most. Budburst success and twig survival were highest for all tree species at ambient temperature conditions, whereas it declined under elevated winter temperature for Tilia cordata and Acer pseudoplatanus, likely due to a lack of chilling. While L. dispar egg hatch coincided with budburst in most tree species within 10 days under ambient conditions, it coincided with budburst only in Quercus robur, Carpinus betulus, and, to a lesser extent, Ulmus glabra under warmer conditions. With further warming, we, therefore, expect an increasing mismatch in trees with high chilling requirements, such as Fagus sylvatica and A. pseudoplatanus, but still good synchronization with trees having low chilling requirements, such as Q. robur and C. betulus. Surprisingly, first instar larvae preferred and gained weight faster when fed with leaves of F. sylvatica, while Q. robur ranked second. Our results suggest that spongy moth outbreaks are likely to persist in oak and hornbeam forests in western and central Europe.
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- Yann Vitasse
- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSLBirmensdorfSwitzerland
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- Southern Swedish Forest Research CentreSwedish University of Agricultural SciencesLommaSweden
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSLBirmensdorfSwitzerland
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- United States Department of AgricultureAnimal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Forest Pest Methods LaboratoryBuzzards BayMassachusettsUSA
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSLBirmensdorfSwitzerland
- Department of Environmental Systems ScienceInstitute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, ETH ZürichZürichSwitzerland
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSLBirmensdorfSwitzerland
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Kipping L, Jehmlich N, Moll J, Noll M, Gossner MM, Van Den Bossche T, Edelmann P, Borken W, Hofrichter M, Kellner H. Enzymatic machinery of wood-inhabiting fungi that degrade temperate tree species. ISME J 2024; 18:wrae050. [PMID: 38519103 PMCID: PMC11022342 DOI: 10.1093/ismejo/wrae050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2023] [Revised: 02/19/2024] [Accepted: 03/19/2024] [Indexed: 03/24/2024]
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Deadwood provides habitat for fungi and serves diverse ecological functions in forests. We already have profound knowledge of fungal assembly processes, physiological and enzymatic activities, and resulting physico-chemical changes during deadwood decay. However, in situ detection and identification methods, fungal origins, and a mechanistic understanding of the main lignocellulolytic enzymes are lacking. This study used metaproteomics to detect the main extracellular lignocellulolytic enzymes in 12 tree species in a temperate forest that have decomposed for 8 ½ years. Mainly white-rot (and few brown-rot) Basidiomycota were identified as the main wood decomposers, with Armillaria as the dominant genus; additionally, several soft-rot xylariaceous Ascomycota were identified. The key enzymes involved in lignocellulolysis included manganese peroxidase, peroxide-producing alcohol oxidases, laccase, diverse glycoside hydrolases (cellulase, glucosidase, xylanase), esterases, and lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases. The fungal community and enzyme composition differed among the 12 tree species. Ascomycota species were more prevalent in angiosperm logs than in gymnosperm logs. Regarding lignocellulolysis as a function, the extracellular enzyme toolbox acted simultaneously and was interrelated (e.g. peroxidases and peroxide-producing enzymes were strongly correlated), highly functionally redundant, and present in all logs. In summary, our in situ study provides comprehensive and detailed insight into the enzymatic machinery of wood-inhabiting fungi in temperate tree species. These findings will allow us to relate changes in environmental factors to lignocellulolysis as an ecosystem function in the future.
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- Lydia Kipping
- Department of Molecular Toxicology, Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research—UFZ GmbH, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
- Institute for Bioanalysis, University of Applied Sciences Coburg, 96450 Coburg, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Toxicology, Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research—UFZ GmbH, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Soil Ecology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research—UFZ GmbH, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Institute for Bioanalysis, University of Applied Sciences Coburg, 96450 Coburg, Germany
- Department of Soil Ecology, University of Bayreuth, 95448 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Forest Entomology, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland
- Department of Environmental Systems Science, Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, ETH Zürich, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland
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- VIB—UGent Center for Medical Biotechnology, VIB, 9052 Ghent, Belgium
- Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, 9052 Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Management, Center of School of Life and Food Sciences Weihenstephan, TU München, 85354 Freising, Germany
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- Department of Soil Ecology, University of Bayreuth, 95448 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Department of Bio- and Environmental Sciences, International Institute Zittau, TU Dresden, 02763 Zittau, Germany
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- Department of Bio- and Environmental Sciences, International Institute Zittau, TU Dresden, 02763 Zittau, Germany
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Robinson ML, Hahn PG, Inouye BD, Underwood N, Whitehead SR, Abbott KC, Bruna EM, Cacho NI, Dyer LA, Abdala-Roberts L, Allen WJ, Andrade JF, Angulo DF, Anjos D, Anstett DN, Bagchi R, Bagchi S, Barbosa M, Barrett S, Baskett CA, Ben-Simchon E, Bloodworth KJ, Bronstein JL, Buckley YM, Burghardt KT, Bustos-Segura C, Calixto ES, Carvalho RL, Castagneyrol B, Chiuffo MC, Cinoğlu D, Cinto Mejía E, Cock MC, Cogni R, Cope OL, Cornelissen T, Cortez DR, Crowder DW, Dallstream C, Dáttilo W, Davis JK, Dimarco RD, Dole HE, Egbon IN, Eisenring M, Ejomah A, Elderd BD, Endara MJ, Eubanks MD, Everingham SE, Farah KN, Farias RP, Fernandes AP, Fernandes GW, Ferrante M, Finn A, Florjancic GA, Forister ML, Fox QN, Frago E, França FM, Getman-Pickering AS, Getman-Pickering Z, Gianoli E, Gooden B, Gossner MM, Greig KA, Gripenberg S, Groenteman R, Grof-Tisza P, Haack N, Hahn L, Haq SM, Helms AM, Hennecke J, Hermann SL, Holeski LM, Holm S, Hutchinson MC, Jackson EE, Kagiya S, Kalske A, Kalwajtys M, Karban R, Kariyat R, Keasar T, Kersch-Becker MF, Kharouba HM, Kim TN, Kimuyu DM, Kluse J, Koerner SE, Komatsu KJ, Krishnan S, Laihonen M, Lamelas-López L, LaScaleia MC, Lecomte N, Lehn CR, Li X, Lindroth RL, LoPresti EF, Losada M, Louthan AM, Luizzi VJ, Lynch SC, Lynn JS, Lyon NJ, Maia LF, Maia RA, Mannall TL, Martin BS, Massad TJ, McCall AC, McGurrin K, Merwin AC, Mijango-Ramos Z, Mills CH, Moles AT, Moore CM, Moreira X, Morrison CR, Moshobane MC, Muola A, Nakadai R, Nakajima K, Novais S, Ogbebor CO, Ohsaki H, Pan VS, Pardikes NA, Pareja M, Parthasarathy N, Pawar RR, Paynter Q, Pearse IS, Penczykowski RM, Pepi AA, Pereira CC, Phartyal SS, Piper FI, Poveda K, Pringle EG, Puy J, Quijano T, Quintero C, Rasmann S, Rosche C, Rosenheim LY, Rosenheim JA, Runyon JB, Sadeh A, Sakata Y, Salcido DM, Salgado-Luarte C, Santos BA, Sapir Y, Sasal Y, Sato Y, Sawant M, Schroeder H, Schumann I, Segoli M, Segre H, Shelef O, Shinohara N, Singh RP, Smith DS, Sobral M, Stotz GC, Tack AJM, Tayal M, Tooker JF, Torrico-Bazoberry D, Tougeron K, Trowbridge AM, Utsumi S, Uyi O, Vaca-Uribe JL, Valtonen A, van Dijk LJA, Vandvik V, Villellas J, Waller LP, Weber MG, Yamawo A, Yim S, Zarnetske PL, Zehr LN, Zhong Z, Wetzel WC. Plant size, latitude, and phylogeny explain within-population variability in herbivory. Science 2023; 382:679-683. [PMID: 37943897 DOI: 10.1126/science.adh8830] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2023] [Accepted: 09/27/2023] [Indexed: 11/12/2023]
Abstract
Interactions between plants and herbivores are central in most ecosystems, but their strength is highly variable. The amount of variability within a system is thought to influence most aspects of plant-herbivore biology, from ecological stability to plant defense evolution. Our understanding of what influences variability, however, is limited by sparse data. We collected standardized surveys of herbivory for 503 plant species at 790 sites across 116° of latitude. With these data, we show that within-population variability in herbivory increases with latitude, decreases with plant size, and is phylogenetically structured. Differences in the magnitude of variability are thus central to how plant-herbivore biology varies across macroscale gradients. We argue that increased focus on interaction variability will advance understanding of patterns of life on Earth.
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Affiliation(s)
- M L Robinson
- Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
- Department of Biology, Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA
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- Entomology and Nematology Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
| | - B D Inouye
- Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
| | - N Underwood
- Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
| | - S R Whitehead
- Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA
| | - K C Abbott
- Department of Biology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
| | - E M Bruna
- Center for Latin American Studies, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
- Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
| | - N I Cacho
- Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
| | - L A Dyer
- Biology Department, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV, USA
| | - L Abdala-Roberts
- Departamento de Ecología Tropical, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Mérida, Yucatán, México
| | - W J Allen
- Bio-Protection Research Centre, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
| | - J F Andrade
- Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa, Brazil
| | - D F Angulo
- Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán, Departamento de Recursos Naturales, Mérida, Yucatán, México
| | - D Anjos
- Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, MG, Brazil
| | - D N Anstett
- Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
- Plant Resilience Institute, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
- Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
| | - R Bagchi
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
| | - S Bagchi
- Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
| | - M Barbosa
- Department of Genetics, Ecology and Evolution, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
| | - S Barrett
- Department of Biodiversity Conservation & Attractions Western Australia, Albany, Western Australia, Australia
| | - C A Baskett
- Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Klosterneuburg, Austria
| | - E Ben-Simchon
- Department of Natural Resources, Institute of Plant Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization - Volcani Institute, Rishon Le Tzion, Israel
- Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food, and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel
| | - K J Bloodworth
- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina Greensboro, Greensboro, NC, USA
| | - J L Bronstein
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
| | - Y M Buckley
- School of Natural Sciences, Zoology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
| | - K T Burghardt
- Department of Entomology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
| | - C Bustos-Segura
- Institute of Biology, University of Neuchatel, Neuchatel, Switzerland
| | - E S Calixto
- Entomology and Nematology Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
| | - R L Carvalho
- Institute of Advanced Studies, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
| | | | - M C Chiuffo
- Grupo de Ecología de Invasiones, INIBIOMA, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, CONICET, San Carlos de Bariloche, Río Negro, Argentina
| | - D Cinoğlu
- Department of Integrative Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
| | - E Cinto Mejía
- Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
| | - M C Cock
- Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Instituto de Ciencias de la Tierra y Ambientales de La Pampa, Santa Rosa, La Pampa, Argentina
| | - R Cogni
- Department of Ecology, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
| | - O L Cope
- Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
- Department of Biology, Whitworth University, Spokane, WA, USA
| | - T Cornelissen
- Department of Genetics, Ecology and Evolution, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
| | - D R Cortez
- Department of Biology, California State University San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA, USA
| | - D W Crowder
- Department of Entomology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA
| | - C Dallstream
- Department of Biology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
| | - W Dáttilo
- Red de Ecoetología, Instituto de Ecología AC, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
| | - J K Davis
- Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
| | - R D Dimarco
- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA
- Grupo de Ecología de Poblaciones de Insectos, IFAB, San Carlos de Bariloche, Río Negro, Argentina
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- Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
| | - I N Egbon
- Department of Animal and Environmental Biology, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria
| | - M Eisenring
- Forest Entomology, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Department of Animal and Environmental Biology, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria
| | - B D Elderd
- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
| | - M-J Endara
- Grupo de Investigación en Ecología y Evolución en los Trópicos-EETROP, Universidad de las Américas, Quito, Ecuador
| | - M D Eubanks
- Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
| | - S E Everingham
- Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
- Evolution & Ecology Research Centre, University of New South Wales Sydney, Sydney, Australia
| | - K N Farah
- Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA
| | - R P Farias
- Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brasil
| | - A P Fernandes
- Department of Botany, Ganpat Parsekar College of Education Harmal, Pernem, Goa, India
| | - G W Fernandes
- Department of Genetics, Ecology and Evolution, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
- Knowledge Center for Biodiversity, Brazil
| | - M Ferrante
- Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Environment, University of the Azores, Ponta Delgada, Portugal
- Department of Crop Sciences, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
| | - A Finn
- School of Natural Sciences, Zoology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
| | - G A Florjancic
- Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA
| | - M L Forister
- Biology Department, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV, USA
| | - Q N Fox
- Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA
| | - E Frago
- CIRAD, UMR CBGP, INRAE, Institut Agro, IRD, Université Montpellier, Montpellier, France
| | - F M França
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Pará, Brasil
| | | | - Z Getman-Pickering
- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA
| | - E Gianoli
- Departamento de Biología, Universidad de La Serena, La Serena, Chile
| | - B Gooden
- CSIRO Black Mountain Laboratories, CSIRO Health and Biosecurity, Canberra, Australia
| | - M M Gossner
- Forest Entomology, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
- Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
| | - K A Greig
- Department of Integrative Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
| | - S Gripenberg
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, UK
| | - R Groenteman
- Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research, Lincoln, New Zealand
| | - P Grof-Tisza
- Institute of Biology, University of Neuchatel, Neuchatel, Switzerland
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- Independent Institute for Environmental Issues, Halle, Germany
| | - L Hahn
- Molecular Evolution and Systematics of Animals, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
| | - S M Haq
- Wildlife Crime Control Division, Wildlife Trust of India, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
| | - A M Helms
- Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
| | - J Hennecke
- Systematic Botany and Functional Biodiversity, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Leipzig, Germany
| | - S L Hermann
- Department of Entomology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
| | - L M Holeski
- Department of Biological Sciences and Center for Adaptive Western Landscapes, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA
| | - S Holm
- Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finland
- Department of Zoology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
| | - M C Hutchinson
- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of California, Merced, Merced, CA, USA
| | - E E Jackson
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, UK
| | - S Kagiya
- Field Science Center for Northern Biosphere, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
| | - A Kalske
- Department of Biology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
| | - M Kalwajtys
- Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
| | - R Karban
- Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA
| | - R Kariyat
- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA
| | - T Keasar
- Department of Biology and the Environment, University of Haifa - Oranim, Oranim, Tivon, Israel
| | - M F Kersch-Becker
- Department of Entomology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
| | - H M Kharouba
- Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
| | - T N Kim
- Department of Entomology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
| | - D M Kimuyu
- Department of Natural Resources, Karatina University, Karatina, Kenya
| | - J Kluse
- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
| | - S E Koerner
- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina Greensboro, Greensboro, NC, USA
| | - K J Komatsu
- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina Greensboro, Greensboro, NC, USA
- Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD, USA
| | - S Krishnan
- Center for Sustainable Future, Amrita University and EIACP RP, Amrita Viswa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore, India
| | - M Laihonen
- Biodiversity Unit, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
| | - L Lamelas-López
- Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Environment, University of the Azores, Ponta Delgada, Portugal
| | - M C LaScaleia
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
| | - N Lecomte
- Canada Research Chair in Polar and Boreal Ecology, Department of Biology and Centre d'Études Nordiques, Université de Moncton, Moncton, Canada
| | - C R Lehn
- Biological Sciences Course, Instituto Federal Farroupilha, Panambi, RS, Brazil
| | - X Li
- College of Resources and Environmental sciences, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, China
| | - R L Lindroth
- Department of Entomology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
| | - E F LoPresti
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
| | - M Losada
- Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Spain
| | - A M Louthan
- Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
| | - V J Luizzi
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
| | - S C Lynch
- Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
| | - N J Lyon
- Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
| | - L F Maia
- Bio-Protection Research Centre, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
| | - R A Maia
- Department of Genetics, Ecology and Evolution, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
| | - T L Mannall
- Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
| | - B S Martin
- Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
- Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
| | - T J Massad
- Department of Scientific Services, Gorongosa National Park, Sofala, Mozambique
| | - A C McCall
- Biology Department, Denison University, Granville, OH, USA
| | - K McGurrin
- Department of Entomology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
| | - A C Merwin
- Department of Biology and Geology, Baldwin Wallace University, Berea, OH, USA
| | - Z Mijango-Ramos
- Department of Integrative Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
| | - C H Mills
- Evolution & Ecology Research Centre, University of New South Wales Sydney, Sydney, Australia
| | - A T Moles
- Evolution & Ecology Research Centre, University of New South Wales Sydney, Sydney, Australia
| | - C M Moore
- Department of Biology, Colby College, Waterville, ME, USA
| | - X Moreira
- Misión Biológica de Galicia, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain
| | - C R Morrison
- Department of Integrative Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
| | - M C Moshobane
- South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria National Botanical Garden, Brummeria, Silverton, South Africa
- Centre for Functional Biodiversity, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Scottsville, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
| | - A Muola
- Division of Biotechnology and Plant Health, Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, Tromsø, Norway
| | - R Nakadai
- Faculty of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
| | - K Nakajima
- Insitute of Science and Engineering, Chuo University, Tokyo, Japan
- Institute of Cave Research, Shimohei-guun, Iwate Prefecture, Japan
| | - S Novais
- Red de Interacciones Multitróficas, Instituto de Ecología A.C., Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
| | - C O Ogbebor
- Nigerian Institute for Oil Palm Research, Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria
| | - H Ohsaki
- Department of Biological Sciences, Hirosaki University, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan
| | - V S Pan
- Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
- Department of Integrative Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
| | - N A Pardikes
- Department of Biology, Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA
| | - M Pareja
- Departamento de Biologia Animal, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
| | - N Parthasarathy
- Department of Ecology and Evironmental Sciences, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India
| | | | - Q Paynter
- Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research, Auckland, New Zealand
| | - I S Pearse
- U.S. Geological Survey, Fort Collins Science Center, Fort Collins, CO, USA
| | - R M Penczykowski
- Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA
| | - A A Pepi
- Department of Biology, Tufts University, Medford, MA, USA
| | - C C Pereira
- Department of Genetics, Ecology and Evolution, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
| | - S S Phartyal
- School of Ecology & Environment Studies, Nalanda University, Rajgir, India
| | - F I Piper
- Millennium Nucleus of Patagonian Limit of Life and Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Talca, Talca, Chile
- Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity, Ñuñoa, Santiago
| | - K Poveda
- Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
| | - E G Pringle
- Biology Department, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV, USA
| | - J Puy
- School of Natural Sciences, Zoology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- Estación Biológica de Doñana, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Sevilla, Spain
| | - T Quijano
- Departamento de Ecología Tropical, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Mérida, Yucatán, México
| | - C Quintero
- INIBIOMA, CONICET - Universidad Nacional del Comahue, San Carlos de Bariloche, Río Negro, Argentina
| | - S Rasmann
- Institute of Biology, University of Neuchatel, Neuchatel, Switzerland
| | - C Rosche
- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Leipzig, Germany
- Institute of Geobotany and Botanical Garden, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
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- Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA
| | - J A Rosenheim
- Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA
| | - J B Runyon
- Rocky Mountain Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Bozeman, MT, USA
| | - A Sadeh
- Department of Natural Resources, Newe Ya'ar Research Center, Volcani Institute, Ramat Yishay, Israel
| | - Y Sakata
- Department of Biological Environment, Akita Prefectural University, Shimoshinjyo-Nakano, Akita, Japan
| | - D M Salcido
- Biology Department, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV, USA
| | - C Salgado-Luarte
- Instituto de Investigación Multidisciplinario en Ciencia y Tecnología, Universidad de La Serena, La Serena, Chile
| | - B A Santos
- Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa, Brazil
| | - Y Sapir
- The Botanic Garden, School of Plant Sciences and Food Security, Faculty of Life Science, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
| | - Y Sasal
- INIBIOMA, CONICET - Universidad Nacional del Comahue, San Carlos de Bariloche, Río Negro, Argentina
| | - Y Sato
- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
| | - M Sawant
- Department of Ecology, University of Pune, Maharashtra, India
| | - H Schroeder
- Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
| | - I Schumann
- Department of Human Genetics, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
| | - M Segoli
- Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology, Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Midreshet Ben-Gurion, Israel
| | - H Segre
- Department of Natural Resources, Institute of Plant Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization - Volcani Institute, Rishon Le Tzion, Israel
- Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food, and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel
- Department of Natural Resources, Newe Ya'ar Research Center, Volcani Institute, Ramat Yishay, Israel
| | - O Shelef
- Department of Natural Resources, Institute of Plant Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization - Volcani Institute, Rishon Le Tzion, Israel
| | - N Shinohara
- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
| | - R P Singh
- McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
| | - D S Smith
- Department of Biology, California State University San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA, USA
| | - M Sobral
- Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Spain
| | - G C Stotz
- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA
| | - A J M Tack
- Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
| | - M Tayal
- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA
| | - J F Tooker
- Department of Entomology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
| | - D Torrico-Bazoberry
- Laboratorio de Comportamiento Animal y Humano, Centro de Investigación en Complejidad Social, Universidad del Desarrollo, Las Condes, Chile
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- Écologie et Dynamique des Systèmes Anthropisés, Université de Picardie Jules Verne, UMR 7058 CNRS, Amiens, France
- Ecology of Interactions and Global Change, Institut de Recherche en Biosciences, Université de Mons, Mons, Belgium
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- Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
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- Field Science Center for Northern Biosphere, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
| | - O Uyi
- Department of Animal and Environmental Biology, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria
- Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Tifton, GA, USA
| | - J L Vaca-Uribe
- Programa de ingeniría agroecológica, Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios, Bogotá, Colombia
| | - A Valtonen
- Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finland
| | - L J A van Dijk
- Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Bioinformatics and Genetics, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Alcalá, Madrid, Spain
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- Bioprotection Aotearoa, Lincoln University, Lincoln, New Zealand
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Hirosaki University, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan
- Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University, Otsu, Japan
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- Biology Department, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV, USA
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- Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
- Department of Integrative Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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- Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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- Institute of Grassland Science, Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology, Ministry of Education/Jilin Songnen Grassland Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin Province, China
- Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Beijing, China
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- Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
- Plant Resilience Institute, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
- Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
- Department of Integrative Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
- W.K. Kellogg Biological Station, Michigan State University, Hickory Corners, MI, USA
- Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USA
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Gossner MM, Perret-Gentil A, Britt E, Queloz V, Glauser G, Ladd T, Roe AD, Cleary M, Liziniewicz M, Nielsen LR, Ghosh SK, Bonello P, Eisenring M. A glimmer of hope - ash genotypes with increased resistance to ash dieback pathogen show cross-resistance to emerald ash borer. New Phytol 2023; 240:1219-1232. [PMID: 37345294 DOI: 10.1111/nph.19068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2023] [Accepted: 05/18/2023] [Indexed: 06/23/2023]
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Plants rely on cross-resistance traits to defend against multiple, phylogenetically distinct enemies. These traits are often the result of long co-evolutionary histories. Biological invasions can force naïve plants to cope with novel, coincident pests, and pathogens. For example, European ash (Fraxinus excelsior) is substantially threatened by the emerald ash borer (EAB), Agrilus planipennis, a wood-boring beetle, and the ash dieback (ADB) pathogen, Hymenoscyphus fraxineus. Yet, plant cross-resistance traits against novel enemies are poorly explored and it is unknown whether naïve ash trees can defend against novel enemy complexes via cross-resistance mechanisms. To gain mechanistic insights, we quantified EAB performance on grafted replicates of ash genotypes varying in ADB resistance and characterized ash phloem chemistry with targeted and untargeted metabolomics. Emerald ash borer performed better on ADB-susceptible than on ADB-resistant genotypes. Moreover, changes in EAB performance aligned with differences in phloem chemical profiles between ADB-susceptible and ADB-resistant genotypes. We show that intraspecific variation in phloem chemistry in European ash can confer increased cross-resistance to invasive antagonists from different taxonomic kingdoms. Our study suggests that promotion of ADB-resistant ash genotypes may simultaneously help to control the ADB disease and reduce EAB-caused ash losses, which may be critical for the long-term stability of this keystone tree species.
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- Martin M Gossner
- Forest Health & Biotic Interactions, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), 8903, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
- Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, ETH Zürich, 8092, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Forest Health & Biotic Interactions, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), 8903, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Forest Health & Biotic Interactions, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), 8903, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Forest Health & Biotic Interactions, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), 8903, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Neuchâtel Platform of Analytical Chemistry, University of Neuchâtel, 2000, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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- Great Lakes Forestry Centre, Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada, ON P6A 2E5, Sault Ste. Marie, ON, Canada
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- Great Lakes Forestry Centre, Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada, ON P6A 2E5, Sault Ste. Marie, ON, Canada
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- Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-234 22, Alnarp, Sweden
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- Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, 1958, Frederiksberg C, Denmark
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- Department of Plant Pathology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, 43210, OH, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, 43210, OH, USA
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- Forest Health & Biotic Interactions, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), 8903, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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Doonan JM, Kosawang C, Eisenring M, Ladd T, Roe AD, Budde KB, Jørgensen HJL, Queloz V, Gossner MM, Nielsen LR. Transcriptome profiling of Fraxinus excelsior genotypes infested by emerald ash borer. Sci Data 2023; 10:680. [PMID: 37798274 PMCID: PMC10556020 DOI: 10.1038/s41597-023-02588-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2023] [Accepted: 09/22/2023] [Indexed: 10/07/2023] Open
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European ash, Fraxinus excelsior is facing the double threat of ongoing devastation by the invasive fungal pathogen, Hymenoscyphus fraxineus and the imminent arrival of the non-native emerald ash borer (EAB), Agrilus planipennis. The spread of EAB which is currently moving westwards from European Russia and Ukraine into central Europe, poses an additional substantial threat to European ash, F. excelsior. While the molecular basis for resistance or variation in resistance among European ash genotypes is heavily investigated, comparatively little is known about the molecular ash traits involved in resistance against EAB. In this study we have gathered transcriptomic data from EAB inoculated genotypes of F. excelsior that have previously shown different levels of susceptibility to EAB. Resultant datasets show differential gene expression in susceptible and resistant genotypes in response to EAB infestation. This data will provide important information on the molecular basis of resistance to the EAB and allow the development of management plans to combat a pending threat of a culturally and ecologically important European tree species.
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- James M Doonan
- Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 23, 1958, Frederiksberg C, Denmark.
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- Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 23, 1958, Frederiksberg C, Denmark
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- Forest Health and biotic Interactions, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111, 8903, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Great Lakes Forestry Centre, Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada
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- Great Lakes Forestry Centre, Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada
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- Buesgen Institute of Forest Genetics and Forest Tree Breeding, Georg-August Universität Göttingen, Buesgenweg 2, 37077, Goettingen, Germany
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, 1871, Frederiksberg C, Denmark
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- Forest Health and biotic Interactions, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111, 8903, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Forest Health and biotic Interactions, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111, 8903, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
- Department of Environmental Systems Science, Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, ETH Zürich, Universitätstrasse 16, 8092, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 23, 1958, Frederiksberg C, Denmark.
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Shipley JR, Gossner MM, Rigling A, Krumm F. Conserving forest insect biodiversity requires the protection of key habitat features. Trends Ecol Evol 2023; 38:788-791. [PMID: 37331912 DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2023.05.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2023] [Revised: 05/18/2023] [Accepted: 05/22/2023] [Indexed: 06/20/2023]
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Loss of insect biodiversity is widespread, and in forests habitat loss is one of the major drivers responsible. Integrative forest management must consider the preservation and promotion of key habitat features that provide essential microhabitats and resources to conserve biodiversity alongside ecosystem functions and services.
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- J Ryan Shipley
- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow, and Landscape Research WSL, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland.
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow, and Landscape Research WSL, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland; Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems ITES, ETH Zürich, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow, and Landscape Research WSL, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland; Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems ITES, ETH Zürich, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow, and Landscape Research WSL, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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Franić I, Allan E, Prospero S, Adamson K, Attorre F, Auger-Rozenberg MA, Augustin S, Avtzis D, Baert W, Barta M, Bauters K, Bellahirech A, Boroń P, Bragança H, Brestovanská T, Brurberg MB, Burgess T, Burokienė D, Cleary M, Corley J, Coyle DR, Csóka G, Černý K, Davydenko K, de Groot M, Diez JJ, Doğmuş Lehtijärvi HT, Drenkhan R, Edwards J, Elsafy M, Eötvös CB, Falko R, Fan J, Feddern N, Fürjes-Mikó Á, Gossner MM, Grad B, Hartmann M, Havrdova L, Kádasi Horáková M, Hrabětová M, Justesen MJ, Kacprzyk M, Kenis M, Kirichenko N, Kovač M, Kramarets V, Lacković N, Lantschner MV, Lazarević J, Leskiv M, Li H, Madsen CL, Malumphy C, Matošević D, Matsiakh I, May TW, Meffert J, Migliorini D, Nikolov C, O'Hanlon R, Oskay F, Paap T, Parpan T, Piškur B, Ravn HP, Richard J, Ronse A, Roques A, Ruffner B, Santini A, Sivickis K, Soliani C, Talgø V, Tomoshevich M, Uimari A, Ulyshen M, Vettraino AM, Villari C, Wang Y, Witzell J, Zlatković M, Eschen R. Climate, host and geography shape insect and fungal communities of trees. Sci Rep 2023; 13:11570. [PMID: 37463904 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-36795-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2022] [Accepted: 06/12/2023] [Indexed: 07/20/2023] Open
Abstract
Non-native pests, climate change, and their interactions are likely to alter relationships between trees and tree-associated organisms with consequences for forest health. To understand and predict such changes, factors structuring tree-associated communities need to be determined. Here, we analysed the data consisting of records of insects and fungi collected from dormant twigs from 155 tree species at 51 botanical gardens or arboreta in 32 countries. Generalized dissimilarity models revealed similar relative importance of studied climatic, host-related and geographic factors on differences in tree-associated communities. Mean annual temperature, phylogenetic distance between hosts and geographic distance between locations were the major drivers of dissimilarities. The increasing importance of high temperatures on differences in studied communities indicate that climate change could affect tree-associated organisms directly and indirectly through host range shifts. Insect and fungal communities were more similar between closely related vs. distant hosts suggesting that host range shifts may facilitate the emergence of new pests. Moreover, dissimilarities among tree-associated communities increased with geographic distance indicating that human-mediated transport may serve as a pathway of the introductions of new pests. The results of this study highlight the need to limit the establishment of tree pests and increase the resilience of forest ecosystems to changes in climate.
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- Iva Franić
- CABI, Delémont, Switzerland.
- Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland.
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- Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Institute of Forestry and Engineering, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu, Estonia
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- Department of Environmental Biology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Forest Research Institute, Hellenic Agricultural Organization-Demeter, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Meise Botanic Garden, Meise, Belgium
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- Institute of Forest Ecology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Nitra, Slovakia
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- National Research Institute of Rural Engineering, Water and Forests (INRGREF), Ariana, Tunisia
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- Department of Forest Ecosystems Protection, University of Agriculture in Krakow, Krakow, Poland
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- Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária I. P. (INIAV I. P.), Oeiras, Portugal
- GREEN-IT Bioresources for Sustainability, ITQB NOVA, Oeiras, Portugal
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- Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and Ornamental Gardening, Pruhonice, Czech Republic
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- NIBIO, Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, Ås, Norway
- NMBU-Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway
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- Institute of Botany at the Nature Research Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Alnarp, Sweden
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche (INTA-CONICET), Bariloche, Argentina
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- Department of Forestry and Environmental Conservation, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA
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- Department of Forest Protection, Forest Research Institute, University of Sopron, Mátrafüred, Hungary
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- Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and Ornamental Gardening, Pruhonice, Czech Republic
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- Ukrainian Research Institute of Forestry and Forest Melioration, Kharkiv, Ukraine
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- Sustainable Forest Management Research Institute, University of Valladolid-INIA, Palencia, Spain
- Department of Vegetal Production and Forest Resources, University of Valladolid, Palencia, Spain
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- Institute of Forestry and Engineering, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu, Estonia
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- School of Applied Systems Biology, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
- Agriculture Victoria Research, Agribio Centre, Bundoora, Vic, Australia
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- Department of Plant Breeding, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Alnarp, Sweden
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- Department of Forest Protection, Forest Research Institute, University of Sopron, Mátrafüred, Hungary
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- Ukrainian Research Institute of Mountain Forestry, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine
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- College of Forestry and Biotechnology, Zhejiang A & F University, Hangzhou, China
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Department of Forest Protection, Forest Research Institute, University of Sopron, Mátrafüred, Hungary
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
- Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Forest Ecosystems Protection, University of Agriculture in Krakow, Krakow, Poland
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- Institute of Agricultural Sciences, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and Ornamental Gardening, Pruhonice, Czech Republic
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- Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and Ornamental Gardening, Pruhonice, Czech Republic
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- Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Forest Ecosystems Protection, University of Agriculture in Krakow, Krakow, Poland
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- Sukachev Institute of Forest, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Federal Research Center "Krasnoyarsk Science Center SB RAS", Krasnoyarsk, Russia
- Siberian Federal University, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
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- Croatian Forest Research Institute, Jastrebarsko, Croatia
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche (INTA-CONICET), Bariloche, Argentina
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- Biotechnical Faculty, University of Montenegro, Podgorica, Montenegro
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- Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Fera Science Ltd, National Agri-food Innovation Campus, York, UK
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- Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Alnarp, Sweden
- Ukrainian National Forestry University, Lviv, Ukraine
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- Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
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- National Plant Protection Organisation, Netherlands Food and Consumers Product Safety Authority, Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- National Research Council C.N.R., Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection (IPSP), Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- National Forest Centre, Forest Research Institute, Zvolen, Slovakia
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- Faculty of Forestry, Çankırı Karatekin University, Cankiri, Turkey
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- Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Ukrainian Research Institute of Mountain Forestry, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine
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- Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Tanzania Forestry Research Institute (TAFORI), Lushoto, Tanzania
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- National Research Council C.N.R., Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection (IPSP), Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Institute of Botany at the Nature Research Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche (INTA-CONICET), Bariloche, Argentina
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- NIBIO, Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, Ås, Norway
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- Central Siberian Botanical Garden, Russian Academy of Sciences, Siberian Branch, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Natural Resources Institute Finland, Suonenjoki, Finland
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- USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Athens, GA, USA
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- D.B. Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
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- College of Forestry and Biotechnology, Zhejiang A & F University, Hangzhou, China
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- Forestry and Wood Technology, Linnaeus University, Växjö, Sweden
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- Institute of Lowland Forestry and Environment (ILFE), University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia
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Kriegel P, Vogel S, Angeleri R, Baldrian P, Borken W, Bouget C, Brin A, Bussler H, Cocciufa C, Feldmann B, Gossner MM, Haeler E, Hagge J, Hardersen S, Hartmann H, Hjältén J, Kotowska MM, Lachat T, Larrieu L, Leverkus AB, Macagno ALM, Mitesser O, Müller J, Obermaier E, Parisi F, Pelz S, Schuldt B, Seibold S, Stengel E, Sverdrup-Thygeson A, Weisser W, Thorn S. Ambient and substrate energy influence decomposer diversity differentially across trophic levels. Ecol Lett 2023. [PMID: 37156097 DOI: 10.1111/ele.14227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2022] [Revised: 04/06/2023] [Accepted: 04/07/2023] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
Abstract
The species-energy hypothesis predicts increasing biodiversity with increasing energy in ecosystems. Proxies for energy availability are often grouped into ambient energy (i.e., solar radiation) and substrate energy (i.e., non-structural carbohydrates or nutritional content). The relative importance of substrate energy is thought to decrease with increasing trophic level from primary consumers to predators, with reciprocal effects of ambient energy. Yet, empirical tests are lacking. We compiled data on 332,557 deadwood-inhabiting beetles of 901 species reared from wood of 49 tree species across Europe. Using host-phylogeny-controlled models, we show that the relative importance of substrate energy versus ambient energy decreases with increasing trophic levels: the diversity of zoophagous and mycetophagous beetles was determined by ambient energy, while non-structural carbohydrate content in woody tissues determined that of xylophagous beetles. Our study thus overall supports the species-energy hypothesis and specifies that the relative importance of ambient temperature increases with increasing trophic level with opposite effects for substrate energy.
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- Peter Kriegel
- Field Station Fabrikschleichach, Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology (Zoology III), Julius Maximilians University Würzburg, Rauhenebrach, Germany
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- Field Station Fabrikschleichach, Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology (Zoology III), Julius Maximilians University Würzburg, Rauhenebrach, Germany
- Bavarian Environment Agency, Biodiversitätszentrum Rhön, Bischofsheim in der Rhön, Germany
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- School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences HAFL, Bern University of Applied Sciences BFH, Zollikofen, Switzerland
- Institute of Ecology and Evolution IEE - Conservation Biology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Environmental Microbiology, Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Praha 4, Czech Republic
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- Department for Soil Ecology, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
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- French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment INRAE, 'Forest Ecosystems' Research Unit, Nogent-sur-Vernisson, France
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- University of Toulouse, Engineering School of Purpan, UMR 1201 INRAE-INPT DYNAFOR, Toulouse, France
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- Arma dei Carabinieri CUFA, Projects, Conventions, Environmental Education Office, Rome, Italy
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
- Department of Environmental Systems Science, Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences HAFL, Bern University of Applied Sciences BFH, Zollikofen, Switzerland
- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
- Department of Environmental Systems Science, Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
- Department of Forest Growth, Silviculture and Genetics, Federal Research and Training Centre for Forests Natural Hazards and Landscape BFW, Vienna, Austria
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- Forest Nature Conservation, Northwest German Forest Research Institute, Hann. Münden, Germany
- Department for Forest Nature Conservation, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Reparto Carabinieri Biodiversità di Verona, Centro Nazionale Carabinieri Biodiversità "Bosco Fontana", Marmirolo, Italy
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- Department of Biogeochemical Processes, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany
- Julius Kühn Institute (JKI), Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Forest Protection, Quedlinburg, Germany
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- Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Environmental Studies, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Plant Ecology and Ecosystems Research, Georg-August University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences HAFL, Bern University of Applied Sciences BFH, Zollikofen, Switzerland
- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- University of Toulouse, INRAE, UMR 1201 DYNAFOR, Castanet-Tolosan, France
- CNPF-CRPF Occitanie, Auzeville-Tolosane, France
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Indiana, Bloomington, USA
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Biostatistics Consulting Center, Indiana University, Indiana, Bloomington, USA
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- Field Station Fabrikschleichach, Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology (Zoology III), Julius Maximilians University Würzburg, Rauhenebrach, Germany
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- Field Station Fabrikschleichach, Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology (Zoology III), Julius Maximilians University Würzburg, Rauhenebrach, Germany
- Bavarian Forest National Park, Grafenau, Germany
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- Ecological-Botanical Garden of the University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
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- Department of Bioscience and Territory, Università degli Studi del Molise, Pesche, Italy
- NBFC, National Biodiversity Future Center, Palermo, Italy
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- Institute for Applied Science, University of Applied Forest Sciences Rottenburg, Rottenburg, Germany
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- Chair of Forest Botany, Institute of Forest Botany and Forest Zoology, Technical University of Dresden, Tharandt, Germany
- Chair of Ecophysiology and Vegetation Ecology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Ecosystem Dynamics and Forest Management Research Group, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
- Berchtesgaden National Park, Berchtesgaden, Germany
- Technische Universität Dresden, Forest Zoology, Tharandt, Germany
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- Field Station Fabrikschleichach, Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology (Zoology III), Julius Maximilians University Würzburg, Rauhenebrach, Germany
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- Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management (MINA), Norwegian University of Life Sciences NMBU, Ås, Norway
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- Department for Life Science Systems, TUM School of Life Sciences, Technical University Munich, Freising, Germany
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- Field Station Fabrikschleichach, Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology (Zoology III), Julius Maximilians University Würzburg, Rauhenebrach, Germany
- Hessian Agency for Nature Conservation, Environment and Geology, Biodiversity Center, Gießen, Germany
- Czech Academy of Sciences, Biology Centre, Institute of Entomology, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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Staab M, Gossner MM, Simons NK, Achury R, Ambarlı D, Bae S, Schall P, Weisser WW, Blüthgen N. Insect decline in forests depends on species' traits and may be mitigated by management. Commun Biol 2023; 6:338. [PMID: 37016087 PMCID: PMC10073207 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-023-04690-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2022] [Accepted: 03/09/2023] [Indexed: 04/06/2023] Open
Abstract
Insects are declining, but the underlying drivers and differences in responses between species are still largely unclear. Despite the importance of forests, insect trends therein have received little attention. Using 10 years of standardized data (120,996 individuals; 1,805 species) from 140 sites in Germany, we show that declines occurred in most sites and species across trophic groups. In particular, declines (quantified as the correlation between year and the respective community response) were more consistent in sites with many non-native trees or a large amount of timber harvested before the onset of sampling. Correlations at the species level depended on species' life-history. Larger species, more abundant species, and species of higher trophic level declined most, while herbivores increased. This suggests potential shifts in food webs possibly affecting ecosystem functioning. A targeted management, including promoting more natural tree species composition and partially reduced harvesting, can contribute to mitigating declines.
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- Michael Staab
- Ecological Networks, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Schnittspahnstraße 3, 64287, Darmstadt, Germany.
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- Forest Entomology, WSL Swiss Federal Research Institute, Zürcherstrasse 111, 8903, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
- Department of Environmental Systems Science, Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, ETH Zürich, Universitätstrasse 16, 8092, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Ecological Networks, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Schnittspahnstraße 3, 64287, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Terrestrial Ecology Research Group, Technische Universität München, Hans-Carl-von-Carlowitz-Platz 2, 85354, Freising, Germany
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- Terrestrial Ecology Research Group, Technische Universität München, Hans-Carl-von-Carlowitz-Platz 2, 85354, Freising, Germany
- Department of Biological Sciences, Middle East Technical University, 06800, Ankara, Turkey
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- Terrestrial Ecology Research Group, Technische Universität München, Hans-Carl-von-Carlowitz-Platz 2, 85354, Freising, Germany
- Field Station Fabrikschleichach, Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, University of Würzburg, 96181, Rauhenebrach, Germany
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- Silviculture and Forest Ecology of the Temperate Zones, University of Göttingen, Büsgenweg 1, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
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- Terrestrial Ecology Research Group, Technische Universität München, Hans-Carl-von-Carlowitz-Platz 2, 85354, Freising, Germany
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- Ecological Networks, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Schnittspahnstraße 3, 64287, Darmstadt, Germany
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Oettel J, Zolles A, Gschwantner T, Lapin K, Kindermann G, Schweinzer K, Gossner MM, Essl F. Dynamics of standing deadwood in Austrian forests under varying forest management and climatic conditions. J Appl Ecol 2023; 60:696-713. [PMID: 38504807 PMCID: PMC10947403 DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.14359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2022] [Accepted: 10/16/2022] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
Abstract
Standing deadwood is an important structural component of forest ecosystems. Its occurrence and dynamics influence both carbon fluxes and the availability of habitats for many species. However, deadwood is greatly reduced in managed, and even in many currently unmanaged temperate forests in Europe. To date, few studies have examined how environmental factors, forest management and changing climate affect the availability of standing deadwood and its dynamics.Data from five periods of the Austrian National Forest Inventory (1981-2009) were used to (I) analyse standing deadwood volume in relation to living volume stock, elevation, eco-region, forest type, ownership and management intensity, (II) investigate the influence of forest ownership and management intensity on snag persistence and (III) define drivers of standing deadwood volume loss for seven tree genera (Abies, Alnus, Fagus, Larix, Picea, Pinus and Quercus) using tree-related, site-related and climate-related variables, and predict volume loss under two climate change scenarios.Standing deadwood volume was mainly determined by living volume stock and elevation, resulting in different distributions between eco-regions. While forest type and management intensity influenced standing deadwood volume only slightly, the latter exhibited a significant effect on persistence. Snag persistence was shorter in intensively managed forests than in extensively managed forests and shorter in private than in public forests.Standing deadwood volume loss was driven by a combination of diameter at breast height, elevation, as well as temperature, precipitation and relative humidity. Volume loss under climate change predictions revealed constant rates for moderate climate change (RCP2.6) by the end of the 21st century. Under severe climate change conditions (RCP8.5), volume loss increased for most tree genera, with Quercus, Alnus and Picea showing different predictions depending on the model used as the baseline scenario. We observed trends towards faster volume loss at higher temperatures and lower elevations and slower volume loss at high precipitation levels. The tree genera most susceptible to climate change were Pinus and Fagus, while Abies was least susceptible. Synthesis and applications. We recommend to protect standing dead trees from regular harvesting to ensure the full decomposition process. The consequences for decomposition-dependent species must be taken into account to evaluate the influences of management and climate change on standing deadwood dynamics.
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- Janine Oettel
- Austrian Federal Research Centre for ForestsNatural Hazards and Landscape (BFW)ViennaAustria
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- Austrian Federal Research Centre for ForestsNatural Hazards and Landscape (BFW)ViennaAustria
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- Austrian Federal Research Centre for ForestsNatural Hazards and Landscape (BFW)ViennaAustria
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- Austrian Federal Research Centre for ForestsNatural Hazards and Landscape (BFW)ViennaAustria
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- Austrian Federal Research Centre for ForestsNatural Hazards and Landscape (BFW)ViennaAustria
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- Austrian Federal Research Centre for ForestsNatural Hazards and Landscape (BFW)ViennaAustria
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- Forest Entomology, Swiss Federal Research Institute of Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL)BirmensdorfSwitzerland
- ETH Zurich, Department of Environmental Systems ScienceInstitute of Terrestrial EcosystemsZurichSwitzerland
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- BioInvasions, Global Change, Macroecology‐Group, Department of Botany and Biodiversity ResearchUniversity ViennaViennaAustria
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Neff F, Prati D, Achury R, Ambarlı D, Bolliger R, Brändle M, Freitag M, Hölzel N, Kleinebecker T, Knecht A, Schäfer D, Schall P, Seibold S, Staab M, Weisser WW, Pellissier L, Gossner MM. Reduction of invertebrate herbivory by land use is only partly explained by changes in plant and insect characteristics. ECOL MONOGR 2023. [DOI: 10.1002/ecm.1571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/10/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Felix Neff
- Forest Entomology Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL Birmensdorf Switzerland
- Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zürich Zürich Switzerland
- Agroecology and Environment, Agroscope Zürich Switzerland
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- Plant Ecology Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern Bern Switzerland
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- Terrestrial Ecology, Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Management Technical University of Munich Freising Germany
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- Terrestrial Ecology, Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Management Technical University of Munich Freising Germany
- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture Düzce University Düzce Turkey
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- Plant Ecology Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern Bern Switzerland
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- Division of Animal Ecology, Department of Ecology Philipps‐Universität Marburg Marburg Germany
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- Institute of Landscape Ecology, University of Münster Münster Germany
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- Institute of Landscape Ecology, University of Münster Münster Germany
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- Department of Landscape Ecology and Resources Management University of Giessen Gießen Germany
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- Forest Entomology Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL Birmensdorf Switzerland
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- Silviculture and Forest Ecology of the Temperate Zones, Faculty of Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology University of Göttingen Göttingen Germany
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- Terrestrial Ecology, Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Management Technical University of Munich Freising Germany
- Ecosystem Dynamics and Forest Management Group Technical University of Munich Freising Germany
- Forest Zoology, Technische Universität Dresden Tharandt Germany
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- Ecological Networks Technical University Darmstadt Darmstadt Germany
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- Terrestrial Ecology, Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Management Technical University of Munich Freising Germany
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- Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zürich Zürich Switzerland
- Ecosystems and Landscape Evolution, Unit of Land Change Science Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL Birmensdorf Switzerland
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- Forest Entomology Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL Birmensdorf Switzerland
- Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zürich Zürich Switzerland
- Terrestrial Ecology, Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Management Technical University of Munich Freising Germany
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Gossner MM, Menzel F, Simons NK. Less overall, but more of the same: drivers of insect population trends lead to community homogenization. Biol Lett 2023; 19:20230007. [PMID: 36987614 PMCID: PMC10050920 DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2023.0007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/30/2023] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Martin M Gossner
- Forest Entomology, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111, Birmensdorf 8903, Switzerland
- Department of Environmental Systems Science, Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, ETH Zürich, Zürich 8092, Switzerland
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- Institute of Organismic and Molecular Evolution, Faculty of Biology, Johannes Gutenberg University, Hanns-Dieter-Hüsch-Weg 15, Mainz 55128, Germany
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- Ecological Networks, Department of Biology, Technical University of Darmstadt, Schnittspahnstraße 3, Darmstadt 64287, Germany
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Tobisch C, Rojas-Botero S, Uhler J, Müller J, Kollmann J, Moning C, Brändle M, Gossner MM, Redlich S, Zhang J, Steffan-Dewenter I, Benjamin C, Englmeier J, Fricke U, Ganuza C, Haensel M, Riebl R, Uphus L, Ewald J. Plant species composition and local habitat conditions as primary determinants of terrestrial arthropod assemblages. Oecologia 2023; 201:813-825. [PMID: 36869183 PMCID: PMC10038969 DOI: 10.1007/s00442-023-05345-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2022] [Accepted: 02/22/2023] [Indexed: 03/05/2023]
Abstract
Arthropods respond to vegetation in multiple ways since plants provide habitat and food resources and indicate local abiotic conditions. However, the relative importance of these factors for arthropod assemblages is less well understood. We aimed to disentangle the effects of plant species composition and environmental drivers on arthropod taxonomic composition and to assess which aspects of vegetation contribute to the relationships between plant and arthropod assemblages. In a multi-scale field study in Southern Germany, we sampled vascular plants and terrestrial arthropods in typical habitats of temperate landscapes. We compared independent and shared effects of vegetation and abiotic predictors on arthropod composition distinguishing between four large orders (Lepidoptera, Coleoptera, Hymenoptera, Diptera), and five functional groups (herbivores, pollinators, predators, parasitoids, detritivores). Across all investigated groups, plant species composition explained the major fraction of variation in arthropod composition, while land-cover composition was another important predictor. Moreover, the local habitat conditions depicted by the indicator values of the plant communities were more important for arthropod composition than trophic relationships between certain plant and arthropod species. Among trophic groups, predators showed the strongest response to plant species composition, while responses of herbivores and pollinators were stronger than those of parasitoids and detritivores. Our results highlight the relevance of plant community composition for terrestrial arthropod assemblages across multiple taxa and trophic levels and emphasize the value of plants as a proxy for characterizing habitat conditions that are hardly accessible to direct environmental measurements.
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- Cynthia Tobisch
- Institute of Ecology and Landscape, Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences, Freising, Germany.
- Chair of Restoration Ecology, School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany.
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- Chair of Restoration Ecology, School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
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- Field Station Fabrikschleichach, Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Julius-Maximilians-University Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Field Station Fabrikschleichach, Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Julius-Maximilians-University Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
- Bavarian Forest National Park, Grafenau, Germany
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- Chair of Restoration Ecology, School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
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- Institute of Ecology and Landscape, Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences, Freising, Germany
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- Division of Animal Ecology, Department of Ecology, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Forest Entomology, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow, and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
- Department of Environmental Systems Science, Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Julius-Maximilians-University Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Julius-Maximilians-University Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Julius-Maximilians-University Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Ecoclimatology, School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
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- Field Station Fabrikschleichach, Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Julius-Maximilians-University Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Julius-Maximilians-University Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Julius-Maximilians-University Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Professorship of Ecological Services, Bayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research (BayCEER), University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
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- Professorship of Ecological Services, Bayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research (BayCEER), University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
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- Ecoclimatology, School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
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- Institute of Ecology and Landscape, Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences, Freising, Germany
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Kempel A, Allan E, Gossner MM, Jochum M, Grace JB, Wardle DA. From bottom-up to top-down control of invertebrate herbivores in a retrogressive chronosequence. Ecol Lett 2023; 26:411-424. [PMID: 36688259 DOI: 10.1111/ele.14161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2022] [Revised: 12/15/2022] [Accepted: 12/16/2022] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
Abstract
In the long-term absence of disturbance, ecosystems often enter a decline or retrogressive phase which leads to reductions in primary productivity, plant biomass, nutrient cycling and foliar quality. However, the consequences of ecosystem retrogression for higher trophic levels such as herbivores and predators, are less clear. Using a post-fire forested island-chronosequence across which retrogression occurs, we provide evidence that nutrient availability strongly controls invertebrate herbivore biomass when predators are few, but that there is a switch from bottom-up to top-down control when predators are common. This trophic flip in herbivore control probably arises because invertebrate predators respond to alternative energy channels from the adjacent aquatic matrix, which were independent of terrestrial plant biomass. Our results suggest that effects of nutrient limitation resulting from ecosystem retrogression on trophic cascades are modified by nutrient-independent variation in predator abundance, and this calls for a more holistic approach to trophic ecology to better understand herbivore effects on plant communities.
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- Anne Kempel
- Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden.,WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Davos, Switzerland.,Climate Change, Extremes and Natural Hazards in Alpine Regions Research Centre CERC, Davos, Switzerland.,University of Bern, Institute of Plant Sciences, Bern, Switzerland
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- University of Bern, Institute of Plant Sciences, Bern, Switzerland
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- Forest Entomology, WSL Swiss Federal Research Institute, Birmensdorf, Switzerland.,ETH Zurich, Department of Environmental Systems Science, Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, Zurich, Switzerland
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.,Leipzig University, Institute of Biology, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden.,Nanyang Technological University, Asian School of the Environment, Singapore, Singapore
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McFadden IR, Sendek A, Brosse M, Bach PM, Baity-Jesi M, Bolliger J, Bollmann K, Brockerhoff EG, Donati G, Gebert F, Ghosh S, Ho HC, Khaliq I, Lever JJ, Logar I, Moor H, Odermatt D, Pellissier L, de Queiroz LJ, Rixen C, Schuwirth N, Shipley JR, Twining CW, Vitasse Y, Vorburger C, Wong MKL, Zimmermann NE, Seehausen O, Gossner MM, Matthews B, Graham CH, Altermatt F, Narwani A. Linking human impacts to community processes in terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems. Ecol Lett 2023; 26:203-218. [PMID: 36560926 PMCID: PMC10107666 DOI: 10.1111/ele.14153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2022] [Revised: 11/14/2022] [Accepted: 11/14/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
Abstract
Human impacts such as habitat loss, climate change and biological invasions are radically altering biodiversity, with greater effects projected into the future. Evidence suggests human impacts may differ substantially between terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems, but the reasons for these differences are poorly understood. We propose an integrative approach to explain these differences by linking impacts to four fundamental processes that structure communities: dispersal, speciation, species-level selection and ecological drift. Our goal is to provide process-based insights into why human impacts, and responses to impacts, may differ across ecosystem types using a mechanistic, eco-evolutionary comparative framework. To enable these insights, we review and synthesise (i) how the four processes influence diversity and dynamics in terrestrial versus freshwater communities, specifically whether the relative importance of each process differs among ecosystems, and (ii) the pathways by which human impacts can produce divergent responses across ecosystems, due to differences in the strength of processes among ecosystems we identify. Finally, we highlight research gaps and next steps, and discuss how this approach can provide new insights for conservation. By focusing on the processes that shape diversity in communities, we aim to mechanistically link human impacts to ongoing and future changes in ecosystems.
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- Ian R McFadden
- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Birmensdorf, Switzerland.,Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, ETH Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Birmensdorf, Switzerland.,Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag), Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag), Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag), Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag), Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Birmensdorf, Switzerland.,School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag), Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag), Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag), Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Birmensdorf, Switzerland.,Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag), Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag), Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Birmensdorf, Switzerland.,Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag), Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag), Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Birmensdorf, Switzerland.,Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, ETH Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag), Kastanienbaum, Switzerland.,Institute of Ecology & Evolution, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Davos, Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag), Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag), Kastanienbaum, Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag), Kastanienbaum, Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag), Dübendorf, Switzerland.,Institute of Integrative Biology, Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Birmensdorf, Switzerland.,School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag), Kastanienbaum, Switzerland.,Institute of Ecology & Evolution, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Birmensdorf, Switzerland.,Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, ETH Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag), Kastanienbaum, Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag), Dübendorf, Switzerland.,Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag), Dübendorf, Switzerland
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Thrippleton T, Temperli C, Krumm F, Mey R, Zell J, Stroheker S, Gossner MM, Bebi P, Thürig E, Schweier J. Balancing disturbance risk and ecosystem service provisioning in Swiss mountain forests: an increasing challenge under climate change. Reg Environ Change 2023; 23:29. [PMID: 36713958 PMCID: PMC9870838 DOI: 10.1007/s10113-022-02015-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2022] [Accepted: 12/10/2022] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
Abstract
UNLABELLED Climate change severely affects mountain forests and their ecosystem services, e.g., by altering disturbance regimes. Increasing timber harvest (INC) via a close-to-nature forestry may offer a mitigation strategy to reduce disturbance predisposition. However, little is known about the efficiency of this strategy at the scale of forest enterprises and potential trade-offs with biodiversity and ecosystem services (BES). We applied a decision support system which accounts for disturbance predisposition and BES indicators to evaluate the effect of different harvest intensities and climate change scenarios on windthrow and bark beetle predisposition in a mountain forest enterprise in Switzerland. Simulations were carried out from 2010 to 2100 under historic climate and climate change scenarios (RCP4.5, RCP8.5). In terms of BES, biodiversity (structural and tree species diversity, deadwood amount) as well as timber production, recreation (visual attractiveness), carbon sequestration, and protection against gravitational hazards (rockfall, avalanche and landslides) were assessed. The INC strategy reduced disturbance predisposition to windthrow and bark beetles. However, the mitigation potential for bark beetle disturbance was relatively small (- 2.4%) compared to the opposite effect of climate change (+ 14% for RCP8.5). Besides, the INC strategy increased the share of broadleaved species and resulted in a synergy with recreation and timber production, and a trade-off with carbon sequestration and protection function. Our approach emphasized the disproportionally higher disturbance predisposition under the RCP8.5 climate change scenario, which may threaten currently unaffected mountain forests. Decision support systems accounting for climate change, disturbance predisposition, and BES can help coping with such complex planning situations. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10113-022-02015-w.
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- Timothy Thrippleton
- Sustainable Forestry, Forest Resources and Management, WSL Birmensdorf, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Scientific Service National Forest Inventory (LFI), WSL Birmensdorf, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Mountain Ecosystems, Alpine Environment and Natural Hazards, SLF Davos, Davos, Switzerland
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- Forest Resources and Management, Resource Analysis, WSL Birmensdorf, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Forest Resources and Management, Resource Analysis, WSL Birmensdorf, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Swiss Forest Protection, Forest Health and Biotic Interactions, WSL Birmensdorf, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Forest Entomology, Forest Health and Biotic Interactions, WSL Birmensdorf, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Mountain Ecosystems, Alpine Environment and Natural Hazards, SLF Davos, Davos, Switzerland
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- Forest Resources and Management, Resource Analysis, WSL Birmensdorf, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Sustainable Forestry, Forest Resources and Management, WSL Birmensdorf, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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Neff F, Korner-Nievergelt F, Rey E, Albrecht M, Bollmann K, Cahenzli F, Chittaro Y, Gossner MM, Martínez-Núñez C, Meier ES, Monnerat C, Moretti M, Roth T, Herzog F, Knop E. Different roles of concurring climate and regional land-use changes in past 40 years' insect trends. Nat Commun 2022; 13:7611. [PMID: 36509742 PMCID: PMC9744861 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-35223-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2022] [Accepted: 11/23/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Climate and land-use changes are main drivers of insect declines, but their combined effects have not yet been quantified over large spatiotemporal scales. We analysed changes in the distribution (mean occupancy of squares) of 390 insect species (butterflies, grasshoppers, dragonflies), using 1.45 million records from across bioclimatic gradients of Switzerland between 1980 and 2020. We found no overall decline, but strong increases and decreases in the distributions of different species. For species that showed strongest increases (25% quantile), the average proportion of occupied squares increased in 40 years by 0.128 (95% credible interval: 0.123-0.132), which equals an average increase in mean occupancy of 71.3% (95% CI: 67.4-75.1%) relative to their 40-year mean occupancy. For species that showed strongest declines (25% quantile), the average proportion decreased by 0.0660 (95% CI: 0.0613-0.0709), equalling an average decrease in mean occupancy of 58.3% (95% CI: 52.2-64.4%). Decreases were strongest for narrow-ranged, specialised, and cold-adapted species. Short-term distribution changes were associated to both climate changes and regional land-use changes. Moreover, interactive effects between climate and regional land-use changes confirm that the various drivers of global change can have even greater impacts on biodiversity in combination than alone. In contrast, 40-year distribution changes were not clearly related to regional land-use changes, potentially reflecting mixed changes in local land use after 1980. Climate warming however was strongly linked to 40-year changes, indicating its key role in driving insect trends of temperate regions in recent decades.
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- Felix Neff
- grid.417771.30000 0004 4681 910XAgroecology and Environment, Agroscope, Reckenholzstrasse 191, 8046 Zürich, Switzerland
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- grid.419767.a0000 0001 1512 3677Swiss Ornithological Institute, Seerose 1, 6204 Sempach, Switzerland
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- info fauna, Avenue de Bellevaux 51, 2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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- grid.417771.30000 0004 4681 910XAgroecology and Environment, Agroscope, Reckenholzstrasse 191, 8046 Zürich, Switzerland
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- grid.419754.a0000 0001 2259 5533Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- grid.424520.50000 0004 0511 762XDepartment of Crop Sciences, Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL, Ackerstrasse 113, 5070 Frick, Switzerland
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- grid.419754.a0000 0001 2259 5533Forest Entomology, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland ,grid.5801.c0000 0001 2156 2780Department of Environmental Systems Science, Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, ETH Zurich, Universitätstrasse 16, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland
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- grid.417771.30000 0004 4681 910XAgroecology and Environment, Agroscope, Reckenholzstrasse 191, 8046 Zürich, Switzerland
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- grid.417771.30000 0004 4681 910XAgroecology and Environment, Agroscope, Reckenholzstrasse 191, 8046 Zürich, Switzerland
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- grid.419754.a0000 0001 2259 5533Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- grid.6612.30000 0004 1937 0642Department of Environmental Sciences, Zoology, University of Basel, Vesalgasse 1, 4051 Basel, Switzerland ,Hintermann & Weber AG, Austrasse 2a, 4153 Reinach, Switzerland
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- grid.417771.30000 0004 4681 910XAgroecology and Environment, Agroscope, Reckenholzstrasse 191, 8046 Zürich, Switzerland
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- grid.417771.30000 0004 4681 910XAgroecology and Environment, Agroscope, Reckenholzstrasse 191, 8046 Zürich, Switzerland ,grid.7400.30000 0004 1937 0650Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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Klesse S, Wohlgemuth T, Meusburger K, Vitasse Y, von Arx G, Lévesque M, Neycken A, Braun S, Dubach V, Gessler A, Ginzler C, Gossner MM, Hagedorn F, Queloz V, Samblás Vives E, Rigling A, Frei ER. Long-term soil water limitation and previous tree vigor drive local variability of drought-induced crown dieback in Fagus sylvatica. Sci Total Environ 2022; 851:157926. [PMID: 35985592 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2022] [Revised: 08/03/2022] [Accepted: 08/05/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Ongoing climate warming is increasing evapotranspiration, a process that reduces plant-available water and aggravates the impact of extreme droughts during the growing season. Such an exceptional hot drought occurred in Central Europe in 2018 and caused widespread defoliation in mid-summer in European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) forests. Here, we recorded crown damage in 2021 in nine mature even-aged beech-dominated stands in northwestern Switzerland along a crown damage severity gradient (low, medium, high) and analyzed tree-ring widths of 21 mature trees per stand. We aimed at identifying predisposing factors responsible for differences in crown damage across and within stands such as tree growth characteristics (average growth rates and year-to-year variability) and site-level variables (mean canopy height, soil properties). We found that stand-level crown damage severity was strongly related to soil water availability, inferred from tree canopy height and plant available soil water storage capacity (AWC). Trees were shorter in drier stands, had higher year-to-year variability in radial growth, and showed higher growth sensitivity to moisture conditions of previous late summer than trees growing on soils with sufficient AWC, indicating that radial growth in these forests is principally limited by soil water availability. Within-stand variation of post-drought crown damage corresponded to growth rate and tree size (diameter at breast height, DBH), i.e., smaller and slower-growing trees that face more competition, were associated with increased crown damage after the 2018 drought. These findings point to tree vigor before the extreme 2018 drought (long-term relative growth rate) as an important driver of damage severity within and across stands. Our results suggest that European beech is less likely to be able to cope with future climate change-induced extreme droughts on shallow soils with limited water retention capacity.
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- S Klesse
- Forest Dynamics, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland.
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- Forest Dynamics, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Forest Soils and Biogeochemistry, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Forest Dynamics, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Forest Dynamics, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland; Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute for Applied Plant Biology AG, Witterswil, Switzerland
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- Forest Health & Biotic Interactions, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Forest Dynamics, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland; Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Land Change Science, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland; Forest Health & Biotic Interactions, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Forest Soils and Biogeochemistry, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Forest Health & Biotic Interactions, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Forest Dynamics, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland; Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), 08193 Cerdanyola del Valles, Spain
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- Forest Dynamics, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland; Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Forest Dynamics, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland; Alpine Environment and Natural Hazards, WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, 7260 Davos Dorf, Switzerland; Climate Change and Extremes in Alpine Regions Research Centre CERC, 7260 Davos Dorf, Switzerland
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Wohlgemuth T, Gossner MM, Campagnaro T, Marchante H, van Loo M, Vacchiano G, Castro-Díez P, Dobrowolska D, Gazda A, Keren S, Keserű Z, Koprowski M, La Porta N, Marozas V, Nygaard PH, Podrázský V, Puchałka R, Reisman-Berman O, Straigytė L, Ylioja T, Pötzelsberger E, Silva JS. Impact of non-native tree species in Europe on soil properties and biodiversity: a review. NB 2022. [DOI: 10.3897/neobiota.78.87022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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In the context of global change, the integration of non-native tree (NNT) species into European forestry is increasingly being discussed. The ecological consequences of increasing use or spread of NNTs in European forests are highly uncertain, as the scientific evidence is either constraint to results from case studies with limited spatial extent, or concerns global assessments that lack focus on European NNTs. For either case, generalisations on European NNTs are challenging to draw. Here we compile data on the impacts of seven important NNTs (Acacia dealbata, Ailanthus altissima, Eucalyptus globulus, Prunus serotina, Pseudotsuga menziesii, Quercus rubra, Robinia pseudoacacia) on physical and chemical soil properties and diversity attributes in Europe, and summarise commonalities and differences. From a total of 103 publications considered, studies on diversity attributes were overall more frequent than studies on soil properties. The effects on soil properties varied greatly among tree species and depended on the respective soil property. Overall, increasing (45%) and decreasing (45%) impacts on soil occurred with similar frequency. In contrast, decreasing impacts on biodiversity were much more frequent (66%) than increasing ones (24%). Species phylogenetically distant from European tree species, such as Acacia dealbata, Eucalyptus globulus and Ailanthus altissima, showed the strongest decreasing impacts on biodiversity. Our results suggest that forest managers should be cautious in using NNTs, as a majority of NNT stands host fewer species when compared with native tree species or ecosystems, likely reflected in changes in biotic interactions and ecosystem functions. The high variability of impacts suggests that individual NNTs should be assessed separately, but NNTs that lack European relatives should be used with particular caution.
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Seibold S, Weisser WW, Ambarlı D, Gossner MM, Mori A, Cadotte MW, Hagge J, Bässler C, Thorn S. Drivers of community assembly change during succession in wood‐decomposing beetle communities. J Anim Ecol 2022; 92:965-978. [PMID: 36377902 DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.13843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2022] [Accepted: 10/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The patterns of successional change of decomposer communities is unique in that resource availability predictably decreases as decomposition proceeds. Saproxylic (i.e. deadwood-dependent) beetles are a highly diverse and functionally important decomposer group, and their community composition is affected by both deadwood characteristics and other environmental factors. Understanding how communities change with faunal succession through the decomposition process is important as this process influences terrestrial carbon dynamics. Here, we evaluate how beta-diversity of saproxylic beetle communities change with succession, as well as the effects of different major drivers of beta-diversity, such as deadwood tree species, spatial distance between locations, climate and forest structure. We studied spatial beta-diversity (i.e. dissimilarity of species composition between deadwood logs in the same year) of saproxylic beetle communities over 8 years of wood decomposition. Our study included 379 experimental deadwood logs comprising 13 different tree species in 30 forest stands in Germany. We hypothesized that the effects of tree species dissimilarity, measured by phylogenetic distance, and climate on beta-diversity decrease over time, while the effects of spatial distance between logs and forest structure increase. Observed beta-diversity of saproxylic beetle communities increased over time, whereas standardized effects sizes (SES; based on null models) of beta-diversity decreased indicating higher beta-diversity than expected during early years. Beta-diversity increased with increasing phylogenetic distance between tree species and spatial distance among regions, and to a lesser extent with spatial distance within regions and differences in climate and forest structure. Whereas effects of space, climate and forest structure were constant over time, the effect of phylogenetic distance decreased. Our results show that the strength of the different drivers of saproxylic beetle community beta-diversity changes along deadwood succession. Beta-diversity of early decay communities was strongly associated with differences among tree species. Although this effect decreased over time, beta-diversity remained high throughout succession. Possible explanations for this pattern include differences in decomposition rates and fungal communities between logs or the priority effect of early successional communities. Our results suggest that saproxylic beetle diversity can be enhanced by promoting forests with diverse tree communities and structures.
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- Sebastian Seibold
- Terrestrial Ecology Research Group Technical University of Munich, Hans‐Carl‐Carlowitz‐Platz 2 Freising Germany
- Ecosystem Dynamics and Forest Management Research Group Technical University of Munich, Hans‐Carl‐Carlowitz‐Platz 2 Freising Germany
- Berchtesgaden National Park, Doktorberg 6, 83471 Berchtesgaden Germany
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- Terrestrial Ecology Research Group Technical University of Munich, Hans‐Carl‐Carlowitz‐Platz 2 Freising Germany
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- Terrestrial Ecology Research Group Technical University of Munich, Hans‐Carl‐Carlowitz‐Platz 2 Freising Germany
- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture Düzce University, Konuralp Campus Düzce Turkey
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- Forest Entomology Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL Birmensdorf Switzerland
- Department of Environmental Systems Science Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, ETH Zürich, Universitätstr. 16 Zürich Switzerland
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- Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences Yokohama National University, Hodogaya Yokohama Kanagawa Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences University of Toronto Scarborough, 1265 Military Trail Toronto ON Canada
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- Forest Nature Conservation Northwest German Forest Research Institute, Prof.‐Oelkers‐Str. 6 Hann. Münden Germany
- Forest Nature Conservation, Georg‐August‐University Göttingen, Büsgenweg 3, 37077 Göttingen Germany
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- Goethe University Frankfurt Faculty of Biological Sciences, Institute for Ecology, Evolution and Diversity, Conservation Biology, D‐ Frankfurt am Main Germany
- Bavarian Forest National Park, Freyunger Str. 2, 94481 Grafenau Germany
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- Hessian Agency for Nature Conservation, Environment and Geology State Institute for the protection of birds, Netanyastraße 5 Gießen Germany
- Institute of Entomology Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences, Branišovská 1160/31 České Budějovice Czech Republic
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Ho HC, Brodersen J, Gossner MM, Graham CH, Kaeser S, Reji Chacko M, Seehausen O, Zimmermann NE, Pellissier L, Altermatt F. Blue and green food webs respond differently to elevation and land use. Nat Commun 2022; 13:6415. [PMID: 36302854 PMCID: PMC9613893 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-34132-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2022] [Accepted: 10/14/2022] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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While aquatic (blue) and terrestrial (green) food webs are parts of the same landscape, it remains unclear whether they respond similarly to shared environmental gradients. We use empirical community data from hundreds of sites across Switzerland and a synthesis of interaction information in the form of a metaweb to show that inferred blue and green food webs have different structural and ecological properties along elevation and among various land-use types. Specifically, in green food webs, their modular structure increases with elevation and the overlap of consumers' diet niche decreases, while the opposite pattern is observed in blue food webs. Such differences between blue and green food webs are particularly pronounced in farmland-dominated habitats, indicating that anthropogenic habitat modification modulates the climatic effects on food webs but differently in blue versus green systems. These findings indicate general structural differences between blue and green food webs and suggest their potential divergent future alterations through land-use or climatic changes.
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- Hsi-Cheng Ho
- grid.418656.80000 0001 1551 0562Department of Aquatic Ecology, Eawag: Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 133, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- grid.418656.80000 0001 1551 0562Department Fish Ecology and Evolution, Eawag: Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Seestrasse 79, CH-6047 Kastanienbaum, Switzerland
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- grid.419754.a0000 0001 2259 5533WSL Swiss Federal Research Institute, Zürcherstrasse 111, CH-8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland ,grid.5801.c0000 0001 2156 2780Department of Environmental Systems Science, Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, ETH Zürich, Universitätstrasse 16, CH-8092 Zürich, Switzerland
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- grid.419754.a0000 0001 2259 5533WSL Swiss Federal Research Institute, Zürcherstrasse 111, CH-8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- grid.418656.80000 0001 1551 0562Department of Aquatic Ecology, Eawag: Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 133, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- grid.419754.a0000 0001 2259 5533WSL Swiss Federal Research Institute, Zürcherstrasse 111, CH-8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland ,grid.5801.c0000 0001 2156 2780Department of Environmental Systems Science, Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, ETH Zürich, Universitätstrasse 16, CH-8092 Zürich, Switzerland
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- grid.418656.80000 0001 1551 0562Department Fish Ecology and Evolution, Eawag: Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Seestrasse 79, CH-6047 Kastanienbaum, Switzerland ,grid.5734.50000 0001 0726 5157Division Aquatic Ecology, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern, Baltzerstrasse 6, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
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- grid.419754.a0000 0001 2259 5533WSL Swiss Federal Research Institute, Zürcherstrasse 111, CH-8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland ,grid.5801.c0000 0001 2156 2780Department of Environmental Systems Science, Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, ETH Zürich, Universitätstrasse 16, CH-8092 Zürich, Switzerland
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- grid.419754.a0000 0001 2259 5533WSL Swiss Federal Research Institute, Zürcherstrasse 111, CH-8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland ,grid.5801.c0000 0001 2156 2780Department of Environmental Systems Science, Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, ETH Zürich, Universitätstrasse 16, CH-8092 Zürich, Switzerland
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- grid.418656.80000 0001 1551 0562Department of Aquatic Ecology, Eawag: Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 133, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland ,grid.7400.30000 0004 1937 0650Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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Bühlmann I, Gossner MM. Invasive Drosophila suzukii outnumbers native controphics and causes substantial damage to fruits of forest plants. NB 2022. [DOI: 10.3897/neobiota.77.87319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Impacts of biological invasions are diverse and can have far-reaching consequences for ecosystems. The spotted wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii, is a major invasive pest of fruits, which negatively affects fruit and wine production. However, little is known about the ecological impact of this fly species on more natural ecosystems it has invaded, such as forests. In this study, we investigated the use of potential host plants by D. suzukii at 64 sites in different forest communities in Switzerland from mid-June to mid-October 2020. We examined more than 12,000 fruits for egg deposits of D. suzukii to assess its direct impact on the plants. We recorded symptoms of fruit decay after egg deposition to determine if D. suzukii attacks trigger fruit decay. In addition, we monitored the drosophilid fauna with cup traps baited with apple cider vinegar, as we expected that D. suzukii would outnumber and potentially outcompete native controphics, especially other drosophilids. Egg deposits of D. suzukii were found on the fruits of 31 of the 39 potential host plant species studied, with 18 species showing an attack rate > 50%. Overall, fruits of Cotoneaster divaricatus (96%), Atropa bella-donna (91%), Rubus fruticosus corylifolius aggr. (91%), Frangula alnus (85%) and Sambucus nigra (83%) were attacked particularly frequently, resulting also in high predicted attack probabilities that varied among forest communities. Later and longer fruiting, black fruit colour, larger fruit size and higher pulp pH all positively affected attack rates. More than 50% of the plant species showed severe symptoms of decay after egg deposition, with higher pulp sugar content leading to more severe symptoms. The high fruit attack rate observed was reflected in a high abundance and dominance of D. suzukii in trap catches, independent of forest community and elevation. Drosophila suzukii was by far the most abundant species, accounting for 86% (81,395 individuals) of all drosophilids. The abundance of D. suzukii was negatively associated with the abundance of the native drosophilids. Our results indicate that the invasive D. suzukii competes strongly with other frugivorous species and that its presence might have far-reaching ecosystem-level consequences. The rapid decay of fruits attacked by D. suzukii leads to a loss of resources and may disrupt seed-dispersal mutualisms through the reduced consumption of fruits by dispersers such as birds.
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Neff F, Hagge J, Achury R, Ambarlı D, Ammer C, Schall P, Seibold S, Staab M, Weisser WW, Gossner MM. Hierarchical trait filtering at different spatial scales determines beetle assemblages in deadwood. Funct Ecol 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.14186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Felix Neff
- Forest Entomology Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL Birmensdorf Switzerland
- Agroecology and Environment, Agroscope Zurich Switzerland
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- Forest Nature Conservation Northwest German Forest Research Institute NW‐FVA Hann. Münden Germany
- Forest Nature Conservation, Faculty of Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology, Georg‐August‐University Göttingen Göttingen Germany
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- Terrestrial Ecology, Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Management Technical University of Munich Freising Germany
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- Terrestrial Ecology, Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Management Technical University of Munich Freising Germany
- Department of Biological Sciences Middle East Technical University Ankara Turkey
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- Silviculture and Forest Ecology of the Temperate Zones, Faculty of Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology University of Göttingen Göttingen Germany
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- Silviculture and Forest Ecology of the Temperate Zones, Faculty of Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology University of Göttingen Göttingen Germany
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- Terrestrial Ecology, Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Management Technical University of Munich Freising Germany
- Ecosystem Dynamics and Forest Management, Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Management Technical University of Munich Freising Germany
- Berchtesgaden National Park Berchtesgaden Germany
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- Ecological Networks, Technische Universität Darmstadt Darmstadt Germany
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- Terrestrial Ecology, Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Management Technical University of Munich Freising Germany
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- Forest Entomology Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL Birmensdorf Switzerland
- Terrestrial Ecology, Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Management Technical University of Munich Freising Germany
- Department of Environmental Systems Science Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, ETH Zürich Zürich Switzerland
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Drag L, Burner RC, Stephan JG, Birkemoe T, Doerfler I, Gossner MM, Magdon P, Ovaskainen O, Potterf M, Schall P, Snäll T, Sverdrup‐Thygeson A, Weisser W, Müller J. High resolution
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forest structure explains ecomorphological trait variation in assemblages of saproxylic beetles. Funct Ecol 2022; 37:150-161. [PMID: 37064507 PMCID: PMC10092804 DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.14188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2021] [Accepted: 09/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Climate, topography and the 3D structure of forests are major drivers affecting local species communities. However, little is known about how the specific functional traits of saproxylic (wood-living) beetles, involved in the recycling of wood, might be affected by those environmental characteristics.Here, we combine ecological and morphological traits available for saproxylic beetles and airborne laser scanning (ALS) data in Bayesian trait-based joint species distribution models to study how traits drive the distributions of more than 230 species in temperate forests of Europe.We found that elevation (as a proxy for temperature and precipitation) and the proportion of conifers played important roles in species occurrences while variables related to habitat heterogeneity and forest complexity were less relevant. Furthermore, we showed that local communities were shaped by environmental variation primarily through their ecological traits whereas morphological traits were involved only marginally. As predicted, ecological traits influenced species' responses to forest structure, and to other environmental variation, with canopy niche, wood decay niche and host preference as the most important ecological traits. Conversely, no links between morphological traits and environmental characteristics were observed. Both models, however, revealed strong phylogenetic signal in species' response to environmental characteristics.These findings imply that alterations of climate and tree species composition have the potential to alter saproxylic beetle communities in temperate forests. Additionally, ecological traits help explain species' responses to environmental characteristics and thus should prove useful in predicting their responses to future change. It remains challenging, however, to link simple morphological traits to species' complex ecological niches. Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.
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- Lukas Drag
- Field Station Fabrikschleichach, Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Biocenter University of Würzburg Rauhenebrach Germany
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- U.S. Geological Survey, Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center La Crosse Wisconsin USA
- Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management Norwegian University of Life Sciences Ås Norway
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- SLU Swedish Species Information Centre Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Uppsala Sweden
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- Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management Norwegian University of Life Sciences Ås Norway
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- Institute of Biology and Environmental Science, Vegetation Science & Nature Conservation University of Oldenburg Oldenburg Germany
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- Forest Entomology Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL Birmensdorf Switzerland
- ETH Zurich, Department of Environmental Systems Science Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems Zurich Switzerland
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- Forest Inventory and Remote Sensing University of Göttingen Göttingen Germany
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Science University of Jyväskylä Jyväskylä Finland
- Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme University of Helsinki Helsinki Finland
- Department of Biology, Centre for Biodiversity Dynamics Norwegian University of Science and Technology Trondheim Norway
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Science University of Jyväskylä Jyväskylä Finland
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- Silviculture and Forest Ecology of the Temperate Zones University of Göttingen Göttingen Germany
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- SLU Swedish Species Information Centre Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Uppsala Sweden
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- Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management Norwegian University of Life Sciences Ås Norway
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- Department of Ecology and Ecosystem management, Technische Universität München Freising‐Weihenstephan Germany
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- Field Station Fabrikschleichach, Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Biocenter University of Würzburg Rauhenebrach Germany
- Bavarian Forest National Park Grafenau Germany
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Neff F, Lehmann MM, Moretti M, Pellissier L, Gossner MM. Tracking sucking herbivory with nitrogen isotope labelling: Lessons from an individual trait-based approach. Basic Appl Ecol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2022.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Fonseca CR, Gossner MM, Kollmann J, Brändle M, Paterno GB. Insect herbivores drive sex allocation in angiosperm flowers. Ecol Lett 2022; 25:2177-2188. [PMID: 35953880 DOI: 10.1111/ele.14092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2021] [Revised: 07/14/2022] [Accepted: 07/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Why sex has evolved and is maintained is an open question in evolutionary biology. The Red Queen hypothesis predicts that host lineages subjected to more intense parasite pressure should invest more in sexual reproduction to continuously create novel defences against their rapidly evolving natural enemies. In this comparative study across the angiosperms, we show that hermaphrodite plant species associated with higher species richness of insect herbivores evolved flowers with higher biomass allocation towards the male sex, an indication of their greater outcrossing effort. This pattern remained robust after controlling for key vegetative, reproductive and biogeographical traits, suggesting that long-term herbivory pressure is a key factor driving the selfing-outcrossing gradient of higher plants. Although flower evolution is frequently associated with mutualistic pollinators, our findings support the Red Queen hypothesis and suggest that insect herbivores drive the sexual strategies of flowering plants and their genetic diversity.
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- Forest Entomology, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland.,ETH Zurich, Department of Environmental Systems Science, Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, Zurich, Switzerland.,Chair of Terrestrial Ecology, School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
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- Chair of Restoration Ecology, School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
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- Animal Ecology, Faculty of Biology, Department of Ecology, Philipps Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil.,Chair of Restoration Ecology, School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
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Jardim de Queiroz L, Doenz CJ, Altermatt F, Alther R, Borko Š, Brodersen J, Gossner MM, Graham C, Matthews B, McFadden IR, Pellissier L, Schmitt T, Selz OM, Villalba S, Rüber L, Zimmermann NE, Seehausen O. Climate, immigration and speciation shape terrestrial and aquatic biodiversity in the European Alps. Proc Biol Sci 2022; 289:20221020. [PMID: 35946161 PMCID: PMC9363983 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2022.1020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Quaternary climate fluctuations can affect speciation in regional biodiversity assembly in two non-mutually exclusive ways: a glacial species pump, where isolation in glacial refugia accelerates allopatric speciation, and adaptive radiation in underused adaptive zones during ice-free periods. We detected biogeographic and genetic signatures associated with both mechanisms in the assembly of the biota of the European Alps. Age distributions of endemic and widespread species within aquatic and terrestrial taxa (amphipods, fishes, amphibians, butterflies and flowering plants) revealed that endemic fish evolved only in lakes, are highly sympatric, and mainly of Holocene age, consistent with adaptive radiation. Endemic amphipods are ancient, suggesting preglacial radiation with limited range expansion and local Pleistocene survival, perhaps facilitated by a groundwater-dwelling lifestyle. Terrestrial endemics are mostly of Pleistocene age and are thus more consistent with the glacial species pump. The lack of evidence for Holocene adaptive radiation in the terrestrial biome is consistent with faster recolonization through range expansion of these taxa after glacial retreats. More stable and less seasonal ecological conditions in lakes during the Holocene may also have contributed to Holocene speciation in lakes. The high proportion of young, endemic species makes the Alpine biota vulnerable to climate change, but the mechanisms and consequences of species loss will likely differ between biomes because of their distinct evolutionary histories.
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- Luiz Jardim de Queiroz
- Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, 6047 Kastanienbaum/8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland.,Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, 6047 Kastanienbaum/8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland.,Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, 6047 Kastanienbaum/8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland.,Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, 8006 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, 6047 Kastanienbaum/8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland.,Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, 8006 Zürich, Switzerland
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- SubBio Lab, Department of Biology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, 6047 Kastanienbaum/8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland.,Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland.,Department of Environmental Systems Science, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, 6047 Kastanienbaum/8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland.,Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland.,Department of Environmental Systems Science, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland.,Department of Environmental Systems Science, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Senckenberg German Entomological Institute, 15374 Müncheberg, Germany.,Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, 6047 Kastanienbaum/8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, 6047 Kastanienbaum/8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland.,Naturhistorisches Museum Bern, 3005 Bern, Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland.,Department of Environmental Systems Science, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, 6047 Kastanienbaum/8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland.,Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
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Petermann JS, Gossner MM. Aquatic islands in the sky: 100 years of research on water-filled tree holes. Ecol Evol 2022; 12:e9206. [PMID: 35983173 PMCID: PMC9374645 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.9206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2022] [Revised: 07/02/2022] [Accepted: 07/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Water‐filled tree holes are unique ecosystems that may occur high up in tree crowns and are essentially aquatic islands in the sky. Insect larvae, mesofauna, and other organisms colonize the waterbodies and feed on the accumulating detritus. Water‐filled tree holes are not only important habitats for these species but have been used as model systems in ecology. Here, we review more than 100 years of research on tree‐hole inhabiting organisms and show that most studies focus on selected or even single species (most of which are mosquitoes), whereas only few studies examine groups other than insects, especially in the tropics. Using a vote counting of results and a meta‐analysis of community studies, we show that the effects of tree‐hole size and resources on abundance and richness were investigated most frequently. Both were found to have a positive effect, but effect sizes were modulated by site‐specific environmental variables such as temperature or precipitation. We also show that parameters such as the height of the tree holes above ground, tree‐hole density, predation, and detritus type can be important drivers of organism abundance or richness but are less often tested. We identify several important research gaps and potential avenues for future research. Specifically, future studies should investigate the structure, functions, and temporal dynamics of tree‐hole food webs and their cross‐system interactions, for example, with terrestrial predators that act as a connection to their terrestrial surroundings in meta‐ecosystems. Global observational or experimental tree‐hole studies could contribute pivotal information on spatial variation of community structure and environmental drivers of community assembly. With a better understanding of these unique aquatic habitats in terrestrial ecosystems, natural and artificial tree holes can not only serve as model systems for addressing fundamental ecological questions but also serve as indicator systems of the impacts of environmental change on ecosystems.
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- Jana S Petermann
- Department of Environment and Biodiversity University of Salzburg Salzburg Austria
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- Forest Entomology Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL Birmensdorf Switzerland.,ETH Zurich, Department of Environmental Systems Science Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems Zurich Switzerland
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Graco‐Roza C, Aarnio S, Abrego N, Acosta ATR, Alahuhta J, Altman J, Angiolini C, Aroviita J, Attorre F, Baastrup‐Spohr L, Barrera‐Alba JJ, Belmaker J, Biurrun I, Bonari G, Bruelheide H, Burrascano S, Carboni M, Cardoso P, Carvalho JC, Castaldelli G, Christensen M, Correa G, Dembicz I, Dengler J, Dolezal J, Domingos P, Erös T, Ferreira CEL, Filibeck G, Floeter SR, Friedlander AM, Gammal J, Gavioli A, Gossner MM, Granot I, Guarino R, Gustafsson C, Hayden B, He S, Heilmann‐Clausen J, Heino J, Hunter JT, Huszar VLM, Janišová M, Jyrkänkallio‐Mikkola J, Kahilainen KK, Kemppinen J, Kozub Ł, Kruk C, Kulbiki M, Kuzemko A, Christiaan le Roux P, Lehikoinen A, Teixeira de Lima D, Lopez‐Urrutia A, Lukács BA, Luoto M, Mammola S, Marinho MM, Menezes LS, Milardi M, Miranda M, Moser GAO, Mueller J, Niittynen P, Norkko A, Nowak A, Ometto JP, Ovaskainen O, Overbeck GE, Pacheco FS, Pajunen V, Palpurina S, Picazo F, Prieto JAC, Rodil IF, Sabatini FM, Salingré S, De Sanctis M, Segura AM, da Silva LHS, Stevanovic ZD, Swacha G, Teittinen A, Tolonen KT, Tsiripidis I, Virta L, Wang B, Wang J, Weisser W, Xu Y, Soininen J. Distance decay 2.0 - A global synthesis of taxonomic and functional turnover in ecological communities. Glob Ecol Biogeogr 2022; 31:1399-1421. [PMID: 35915625 PMCID: PMC9322010 DOI: 10.1111/geb.13513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2021] [Revised: 04/02/2022] [Accepted: 04/06/2022] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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AIM Understanding the variation in community composition and species abundances (i.e., β-diversity) is at the heart of community ecology. A common approach to examine β-diversity is to evaluate directional variation in community composition by measuring the decay in the similarity among pairs of communities along spatial or environmental distance. We provide the first global synthesis of taxonomic and functional distance decay along spatial and environmental distance by analysing 148 datasets comprising different types of organisms and environments. LOCATION Global. TIME PERIOD 1990 to present. MAJOR TAXA STUDIED From diatoms to mammals. METHOD We measured the strength of the decay using ranked Mantel tests (Mantel r) and the rate of distance decay as the slope of an exponential fit using generalized linear models. We used null models to test whether functional similarity decays faster or slower than expected given the taxonomic decay along the spatial and environmental distance. We also unveiled the factors driving the rate of decay across the datasets, including latitude, spatial extent, realm and organismal features. RESULTS Taxonomic distance decay was stronger than functional distance decay along both spatial and environmental distance. Functional distance decay was random given the taxonomic distance decay. The rate of taxonomic and functional spatial distance decay was fastest in the datasets from mid-latitudes. Overall, datasets covering larger spatial extents showed a lower rate of decay along spatial distance but a higher rate of decay along environmental distance. Marine ecosystems had the slowest rate of decay along environmental distances. MAIN CONCLUSIONS In general, taxonomic distance decay is a useful tool for biogeographical research because it reflects dispersal-related factors in addition to species responses to climatic and environmental variables. Moreover, functional distance decay might be a cost-effective option for investigating community changes in heterogeneous environments.
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Orazi V, Hagge J, Gossner MM, Müller J, Heurich M. A Biodiversity Boost From the Eurasian Beaver (Castor fiber) in Germany’s Oldest National Park. Front Ecol Evol 2022. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2022.873307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Freshwater ecosystems are among the most threatened ecosystems on the planet. Beavers are important engineers in freshwater ecosystems and reintroduction programs have enabled the recovery of beaver populations in several European countries, but the impact on biodiversity conservation is still unclear. We studied the effects of beavers on the terrestrial biodiversity of eight taxonomic groups by comparing beaver ponds with river and forest habitats in a mountain forest ecosystem in Central Europe. Among the 1,166 collected species, 196 occurred exclusively at beaver ponds, 192 in plots at the river, and 156 in the forest plots. More species of conservation concern were found at the beaver ponds (76) than on the river (67) and forest (63) plots. Abundances of bats and birds were higher at the beaver ponds than at the river or forest sites. The number of bird species at the beaver ponds was higher than at the river. The community composition of birds, beetles, and true bugs differed significantly between the beaver ponds and river plots, and for seven taxonomic groups it differed significantly between the beaver ponds and forest plots. An indicator species analysis revealed eight indicator species for the beaver pond but none for the river and forest plots. Our results demonstrate that beavers, as ecological engineers, increase habitat heterogeneity in mountain forests and thereby promote biodiversity. The expansion of beaver populations into these ecosystems should thus be supported, as it may serve as a biotic restoration tool.
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Maeder M, Guo X, Neff F, Schneider Mathis D, Gossner MM. Temporal and spatial dynamics in soil acoustics and their relation to soil animal diversity. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0263618. [PMID: 35259175 PMCID: PMC8903300 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0263618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2021] [Accepted: 01/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The observation and assessment of animal biodiversity using acoustic technology has developed considerably in recent years. Current eco-acoustic research focuses on automatic audio recorder arrays and acoustic indices, which may be used to study the spatial and temporal dynamics of local animal communities in high resolution. While such soundscapes have often been studied above ground, their applicability in soils has rarely been tested. For the first time, we applied acoustic and statistical methods to explore the spatial, diurnal, and seasonal dynamics of the soundscape in soils. We studied the dynamics of acoustic complexity in forest soils in the alpine Pfynwald forest in the Swiss canton of Valais and related them to meteorological and microclimatic data. To increase microclimatic variability, we used a long-term irrigation experiment. We also took soil samples close to the sensors on 6 days in different seasons. Daily and seasonal patterns of acoustic complexity were predicted to be associated with abiotic parameters—that is, meteorological and microclimatic conditions—and mediated by the dynamics of the diversity and activity of the soil fauna. Seasonal patterns in acoustic complexity showed the highest acoustic complexity values in spring and summer, decreasing in fall and winter. Diurnal acoustic complexity values were highest in the afternoon and lowest during the night. The measurement of acoustic diversity at the sampling site was significantly associated with soil communities, with relationships between taxa richness or community composition and acoustic complexity being strongest shortly before taking the soil samples. Our results suggest that the temporal and spatial dynamics of the diversity and community composition of soil organisms can be predicted by the acoustic complexity of soil soundscapes. This opens up the possibility of using soil soundscape analysis as a noninvasive and easy-to-use method for soil biodiversity monitoring programs.
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- Marcus Maeder
- ETH Zurich, USYS TdLab, Zurich, Switzerland
- Institute for Computer Music and Sound Technology, Zurich University of the Arts ZHdK, Zurich, Switzerland
- ETH Zurich, Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, Zurich, Switzerland
- * E-mail: (MM); (MMG)
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- ETH Zurich, USYS TdLab, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Forest Entomology, Forest Health and Biotic Interactions, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
- Agroscope, Agroecology and Environment, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Forest Entomology, Forest Health and Biotic Interactions, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- ETH Zurich, Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, Zurich, Switzerland
- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Forest Entomology, Forest Health and Biotic Interactions, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
- * E-mail: (MM); (MMG)
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Franić I, Prospero S, Adamson K, Allan E, Attorre F, Auger-Rozenberg MA, Augustin S, Avtzis D, Baert W, Barta M, Bauters K, Bellahirech A, Boroń P, Bragança H, Brestovanská T, Brurberg MB, Burgess T, Burokienė D, Cleary M, Corley J, Coyle DR, Csóka G, Černý K, Davydenko K, de Groot M, Diez JJ, Doğmuş Lehtijärvi HT, Drenkhan R, Edwards J, Elsafy M, Eötvös CB, Falko R, Fan J, Feddern N, Fürjes-Mikó Á, Gossner MM, Grad B, Hartmann M, Havrdova L, Horáková MK, Hrabětová M, Justesen MJ, Kacprzyk M, Kenis M, Kirichenko N, Kovač M, Kramarets V, Lacković N, Lantschner MV, Lazarević J, Leskiv M, Li H, Madsen CL, Malumphy C, Matošević D, Matsiakh I, May TW, Meffert J, Migliorini D, Nikolov C, O'Hanlon R, Oskay F, Paap T, Parpan T, Piškur B, Ravn HP, Richard J, Ronse A, Roques A, Ruffner B, Sivickis K, Soliani C, Talgø V, Tomoshevich M, Uimari A, Ulyshen M, Vettraino AM, Villari C, Wang Y, Witzell J, Zlatković M, Eschen R. Worldwide diversity of endophytic fungi and insects associated with dormant tree twigs. Sci Data 2022; 9:62. [PMID: 35232978 PMCID: PMC8888713 DOI: 10.1038/s41597-022-01162-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2021] [Accepted: 01/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
International trade in plants and climate change are two of the main factors causing damaging tree pests (i.e. fungi and insects) to spread into new areas. To mitigate these risks, a large-scale assessment of tree-associated fungi and insects is needed. We present records of endophytic fungi and insects in twigs of 17 angiosperm and gymnosperm genera, from 51 locations in 32 countries worldwide. Endophytic fungi were characterized by high-throughput sequencing of 352 samples from 145 tree species in 28 countries. Insects were reared from 227 samples of 109 tree species in 18 countries and sorted into taxonomic orders and feeding guilds. Herbivorous insects were grouped into morphospecies and were identified using molecular and morphological approaches. This dataset reveals the diversity of tree-associated taxa, as it contains 12,721 fungal Amplicon Sequence Variants and 208 herbivorous insect morphospecies, sampled across broad geographic and climatic gradients and for many tree species. This dataset will facilitate applied and fundamental studies on the distribution of fungal endophytes and insects in trees. Measurement(s) | metagenomics analysis • Cytochrome C Oxidase Subunit 1 | Technology Type(s) | amplicon sequencing • Dideoxy Chain Termination DNA Sequencing | Factor Type(s) | tree species • geographic location • mean annual temperature • mean annual precipitation | Sample Characteristic - Organism | Fungi • Insecta | Sample Characteristic - Environment | dormant tree twigs |
Machine-accessible metadata file describing the reported data: 10.6084/m9.figshare.16764229
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- Iva Franić
- CABI, Delémont, Switzerland. .,Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland. .,Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Institute of Forestry and Rural Engineering, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu, Estonia
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- Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Environmental Biology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Forest Zoology Research Unit, French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (URZF INRAE), Orléans, France
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- Forest Zoology Research Unit, French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (URZF INRAE), Orléans, France
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- Forest Research Institute, Hellenic Agricultural Organization - Demeter, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Meise Botanic Garden, Meise, Belgium
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- Institute of Forest Ecology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Nitra, Slovakia
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- National Research Institute of Rural Engineering, Water and Forests (INRGREF), Ariana, Tunisia
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- Department of Forest Ecosystems Protection, University of Agriculture in Krakow, Krakow, Poland
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- Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária I. P. (INIAV I. P.), Oeiras, Portugal.,GREEN-IT Bioresources for Sustainability, ITQB NOVA, Oeiras, Portugal
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- Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and Ornamental Gardening, Pruhonice, Czech Republic
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- NIBIO, Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, Ås, Norway.,NMBU - Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway
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- Harry Butler Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia
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- Institute of Botany at the Nature Research Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Alnarp, Sweden
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche (INTA-CONICET), Bariloche, Argentina
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- Department of Forestry and Environmental Conservation, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, USA
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- University of Sopron, Forest Research Institute, Department of Forest Protection, Mátrafüred, Hungary
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- Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and Ornamental Gardening, Pruhonice, Czech Republic
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- Ukrainian Research Institute of Forestry and Forest Melioration, Kharkiv, Ukraine
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- Sustainable Forest Management Research Institute, University of Valladolid-INIA, Palencia, Spain.,Department of Vegetal Production and Forest Resources, University of Valladolid, Palencia, Spain
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- Institute of Forestry and Rural Engineering, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu, Estonia
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- School of Applied Systems Biology, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Agriculture Victoria Research, Agribio Centre, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia
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- Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Alnarp, Sweden
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- University of Sopron, Forest Research Institute, Department of Forest Protection, Mátrafüred, Hungary
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- Ukrainian Research Institute of Mountain Forestry, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine
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- College of Forestry and Biotechnology, Zhejiang A & F University, Hangzhou, China
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- University of Sopron, Forest Research Institute, Department of Forest Protection, Mátrafüred, Hungary
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland.,Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Forest Ecosystems Protection, University of Agriculture in Krakow, Krakow, Poland
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- Institute of Agricultural Sciences, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and Ornamental Gardening, Pruhonice, Czech Republic
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- Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and Ornamental Gardening, Pruhonice, Czech Republic
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- Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Forest Ecosystems Protection, University of Agriculture in Krakow, Krakow, Poland
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- Sukachev Institute of Forest, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Federal Research Center "Krasnoyarsk Science Center SB RAS", Krasnoyarsk, Russia.,Siberian Federal University, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
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- Croatian Forest Research Institute, Jastrebarsko, Croatia
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche (INTA-CONICET), Bariloche, Argentina
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- Biotechnical Faculty, University of Montenegro, Podgorica, Montenegro
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- Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Fera Science Ltd, National Agri-food Innovation Campus, York, UK
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- Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- National Plant Protection Organisation, Netherlands Food and Consumers Product Safety Authority, Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, Wageningen, Netherlands
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- Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection (IPSP), National Research Council C.N.R., Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- National Forest Centre, Forest Research Institute, Zvolen, Slovakia
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- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Dublin, Republic of Ireland.,Agri-Food & Biosciences Institute (AFBI), Belfast, UK
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- Faculty of Forestry, Çankırı Karatekin University, Cankiri, Turkey
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- Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.,South African National Biodiversity Institute, Kirstenbosch Research Centre, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Ukrainian Research Institute of Mountain Forestry, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine
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- Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Tanzania Forestry Research Institute (TAFORI), Lushoto, Tanzania
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- Forest Zoology Research Unit, French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (URZF INRAE), Orléans, France
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Institute of Botany at the Nature Research Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche (INTA-CONICET), Bariloche, Argentina
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- NIBIO, Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, Ås, Norway
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- Central Siberian Botanical Garden, Russian Academy of Sciences, Siberian Branch, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Natural Resources Institute Finland, Suonenjoki, Finland
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- USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Athens, Georgia, USA
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- D.B. Warnell School of Forestry & Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA
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- College of Forestry and Biotechnology, Zhejiang A & F University, Hangzhou, China
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- Forestry and Wood Technology, Linnaeus University, Växjö, Sweden
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- Institute of Lowland Forestry and Environment (ILFE), University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia
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Bose AK, Rigling A, Gessler A, Hagedorn F, Brunner I, Feichtinger L, Bigler C, Egli S, Etzold S, Gossner MM, Guidi C, Lévesque M, Meusburger K, Peter M, Saurer M, Scherrer D, Schleppi P, Schönbeck L, Vogel ME, Arx G, Wermelinger B, Wohlgemuth T, Zweifel R, Schaub M. Lessons learned from a long‐term irrigation experiment in a dry Scots pine forest: Impacts on traits and functioning. ECOL MONOGR 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ecm.1507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Arun K. Bose
- Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111 Birmensdorf Switzerland
- Forestry and Wood Technology Discipline Khulna University Khulna Bangladesh
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- Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111 Birmensdorf Switzerland
- Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems ETH Zurich, Universitätstrasse 16 Zurich Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111 Birmensdorf Switzerland
- Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems ETH Zurich, Universitätstrasse 16 Zurich Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111 Birmensdorf Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111 Birmensdorf Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111 Birmensdorf Switzerland
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- Department of Environmental Systems Science, Forest Ecology, Universitätstrasse 22 ETH Zurich Zurich Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111 Birmensdorf Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111 Birmensdorf Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111 Birmensdorf Switzerland
- Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems ETH Zurich, Universitätstrasse 16 Zurich Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111 Birmensdorf Switzerland
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- Department of Environmental Systems Science, Forest Ecology, Universitätstrasse 22 ETH Zurich Zurich Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111 Birmensdorf Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111 Birmensdorf Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111 Birmensdorf Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111 Birmensdorf Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111 Birmensdorf Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111 Birmensdorf Switzerland
- Plant Ecology Research Laboratory, School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering ENAC École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne EPFL, Station 2 Lausanne Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111 Birmensdorf Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111 Birmensdorf Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111 Birmensdorf Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111 Birmensdorf Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111 Birmensdorf Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111 Birmensdorf Switzerland
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Ambarlı D, Simons NK, Wehner K, Kämper W, Gossner MM, Nauss T, Neff F, Seibold S, Weisser W, Blüthgen N. Animal-Mediated Ecosystem Process Rates in Forests and Grasslands are Affected by Climatic Conditions and Land-Use Intensity. Ecosystems 2021; 24:467-483. [PMID: 34776776 PMCID: PMC8550575 DOI: 10.1007/s10021-020-00530-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2019] [Accepted: 07/05/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
Abstract
Decomposition, vegetation regeneration, and biological control are essential ecosystem functions, and animals are involved in the underlying processes, such as dung removal, seed removal, herbivory, and predation. Despite evidence for declines of animal diversity and abundance due to climate change and land-use intensification, we poorly understand how animal-mediated processes respond to these global change drivers. We experimentally measured rates of four ecosystem processes in 134 grassland and 149 forest plots in Germany and tested their response to climatic conditions and land-use intensity, that is, grazing, mowing, and fertilization in grasslands and the proportion of harvested wood, non-natural trees, and deadwood origin in forests. For both climate and land use, we distinguished between short-term effects during the survey period and medium-term effects during the preceding years. Forests had significantly higher process rates than grasslands. In grasslands, the climatic effects on the process rates were similar or stronger than land-use effects, except for predation; land-use intensity negatively affected several process rates. In forests, the land-use effects were more pronounced than the climatic effects on all processes except for predation. The proportion of non-natural trees had the greatest impact on the process rates in forests. The proportion of harvested wood had negative effects, whereas the proportion of anthropogenic deadwood had positive effects on some processes. The effects of climatic conditions and land-use intensity on process rates mirror climatic and habitat effects on animal abundance, activity, and resource quality. Our study demonstrates that land-use changes and interventions affecting climatic conditions will have substantial impacts on animal-mediated ecosystem processes.
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- Didem Ambarlı
- Terrestrial Ecology Research Group, Department for Ecology and Ecosystem Management, Technical University of Munich, Hans-Carl-von-Carlowitz-Platz 2, 85354 Freising, Germany.,Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Düzce University, 81620 Düzce, Turkey
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- Terrestrial Ecology Research Group, Department for Ecology and Ecosystem Management, Technical University of Munich, Hans-Carl-von-Carlowitz-Platz 2, 85354 Freising, Germany.,Ecological Networks, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Schnittspahnstr. 3, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Ecological Networks, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Schnittspahnstr. 3, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Ecological Networks, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Schnittspahnstr. 3, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany.,Genecology Research Centre, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore DC, QLD 4558 Australia
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- Forest Entomology, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland.,Department of Environmental Systems Science, Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Environmental Informatics Unit, Department of Geography, University of Marburg, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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- Forest Entomology, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland.,Landscape Ecology, ETH Zürich, Universitätstrasse 16, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Terrestrial Ecology Research Group, Department for Ecology and Ecosystem Management, Technical University of Munich, Hans-Carl-von-Carlowitz-Platz 2, 85354 Freising, Germany.,Ecosystem Dynamics and Forest Management Group, Technical University of Munich, Hans-Carl-von-Carlowitz-Platz 2, 85354 Freising, Germany
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- Terrestrial Ecology Research Group, Department for Ecology and Ecosystem Management, Technical University of Munich, Hans-Carl-von-Carlowitz-Platz 2, 85354 Freising, Germany
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- Ecological Networks, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Schnittspahnstr. 3, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany
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Schall P, Heinrichs S, Ammer C, Ayasse M, Boch S, Buscot F, Fischer M, Goldmann K, Overmann J, Schulze E, Sikorski J, Weisser WW, Wubet T, Gossner MM. Among stand heterogeneity is key for biodiversity in managed beech forests but does not question the value of unmanaged forests: Response to Bruun and Heilmann‐Clausen (2021). J Appl Ecol 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.13959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Peter Schall
- Silviculture and Forest Ecology of the Temperate Zones University of Göttingen Göttingen Germany
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- Silviculture and Forest Ecology of the Temperate Zones University of Göttingen Göttingen Germany
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- Silviculture and Forest Ecology of the Temperate Zones University of Göttingen Göttingen Germany
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- Institute of Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation Genomics University of Ulm Ulm Germany
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- Biodiversity and Conservation Biology WSL Swiss Federal Research Institute Birmensdorf Switzerland
- Institute of Plant Sciences University of Bern Bern Switzerland
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- Department of Soil Ecology UFZ‐Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research Halle‐Saale Germany
- German Centre of integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle – Jena – Leipzig Leipzig Germany
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- Institute of Plant Sciences University of Bern Bern Switzerland
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- Department of Soil Ecology UFZ‐Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research Halle‐Saale Germany
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- Leibniz‐Institute DSMZ ‐ German Collection of Microorganism and Cell Cultures Braunschweig Germany
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- Leibniz‐Institute DSMZ ‐ German Collection of Microorganism and Cell Cultures Braunschweig Germany
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- Terrestrial Ecology Research Group Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Management School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan Technische Universität München Freising Germany
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- Department of Community Ecology UFZ‐Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research Halle‐Saale Germany
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- Forest Entomology WSL Swiss Federal Research Institute Birmensdorf Switzerland
- Department of Environmental Systems Science Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems ETH Zurich Zurich Switzerland
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Pötzelsberger E, Gossner MM, Beenken L, Gazda A, Petr M, Ylioja T, La Porta N, Avtzis DN, Bay E, De Groot M, Drenkhan R, Duduman ML, Enderle R, Georgieva M, Hietala AM, Hoppe B, Jactel H, Jarni K, Keren S, Keseru Z, Koprowski M, Kormuťák A, Lombardero MJ, Lukjanova A, Marozas V, Mauri E, Monteverdi MC, Nygaard PH, Ogris N, Olenici N, Orazio C, Perny B, Pinto G, Power M, Puchalka R, Ravn HP, Sevillano I, Stroheker S, Taylor P, Tsopelas P, Urban J, Voolma K, Westergren M, Witzell J, Zborovska O, Zlatkovic M. Biotic threats for 23 major non-native tree species in Europe. Sci Data 2021; 8:210. [PMID: 34362931 PMCID: PMC8346479 DOI: 10.1038/s41597-021-00961-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2021] [Accepted: 05/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
Abstract
For non-native tree species with an origin outside of Europe a detailed compilation of enemy species including the severity of their attack is lacking up to now. We collected information on native and non-native species attacking non-native trees, i.e. type, extent and time of first observation of damage for 23 important non-native trees in 27 European countries. Our database includes about 2300 synthesised attack records (synthesised per biotic threat, tree and country) from over 800 species. Insects (49%) and fungi (45%) are the main observed biotic threats, but also arachnids, bacteria including phytoplasmas, mammals, nematodes, plants and viruses have been recorded. This information will be valuable to identify patterns and drivers of attacks, and trees with a lower current health risk to be considered for planting. In addition, our database will provide a baseline to which future impacts on non-native tree species could be compared with and thus will allow to analyse temporal trends of impacts. Measurement(s) | area of attack of enemy species on non-native tree • intensity of attack of enemy species on non-native tree | Technology Type(s) | species identification • visual observation method | Factor Type(s) | plant health • country • species | Sample Characteristic - Organism | tree | Sample Characteristic - Environment | forested area | Sample Characteristic - Location | Europe |
Machine-accessible metadata file describing the reported data: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14345921
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- Elisabeth Pötzelsberger
- Institute of Silviculture, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU), Peter-Jordan Str. 82, 1190, Wien, Austria. .,European Forest Institute, Platz der Vereinten Nationen 7, 53113, Bonn, Germany.
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- Forest Entomology, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111, 8903, Birmensdorf, Switzerland.,ETH Zurich, Department of Environmental Systems Science, Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, 8092, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Forest Protection, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111, 8903, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Faculty of Forestry, University of Agriculture, Al. 29 Listopada 46, 31-425, Kraków, Poland
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- Forest Research, Forestry Commission, Northern Research Station, Roslin, EH25 9SY, Great Britain
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- Natural Resources Institute Finland, Luke, Latokartanonkaari 9, 00790, Helsinki, Finland
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- FEM Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, Via E. Mach 1, 38010, San Michele all'Adige, Italy.,The EFI Project Centre on Mountain Forests MOUNTFOR, Via E. Mach 1, 38010, San Michele all'Adige, Italy
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- Forest Research Institute, Hellenic Agricultural Organization Demeter, Vassilika, 57006, Greece
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- Walloon Public service (SPW), 23 av Maréchal Juin, 5030, Gembloux, Belgium
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- Slovenian Forestry Institute, Vecna pot 2, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Institute of Forestry and Rural Engineering, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Fr. R. Kreutzwaldi 5, 51006, Tartu, Estonia
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- Faculty of Forestry, "Ștefan cel Mare" University of Suceava, Universității Street 13, 720229, Suceava, Romania
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- Institute for Plant Protection in Horticulture and Forests, Julius Kuehn Institute (Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants), Messeweg 11/12, 38104, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Department of Entomology, Phytopathologyy and Game fauna, Forest Research Institute - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, St. Kliment Ohridski 132, 1756, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Department of Fungal Plant Pathology in Forestry, Agriculture and Horticulture, Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO), Innocamp Steinkjer, skolegata 22, 7713, Steinkjer, Norway
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- Institute for National and International Plant Health, Julius Kuehn Institute (Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants), Messeweg 11/12, 38104, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Biodiversité, Gènes et Communautés (BioGeCo), French National Institute for Agriculture, Food, and Environment (INRAE), University Bordeaux, F-33610, Cestas, France
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- Department of Forestry and Renewable Forest Resources, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Vecna pot 83, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Faculty of Forestry, University of Agriculture, Al. 29 Listopada 46, 31-425, Kraków, Poland.,Faculty of Forestry, University of Banja Luka, Bulevar vojvode Stepe Stepanovica 75A, 51000, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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- Forest Research Institute, National Agricultural Research and Innovation Centre, Farkassziget 3, H-4150, Püspökladány, Hungary
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- Department of Ecology and Biogeography, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Lwowska 1, PL-87-100, Toruń, Poland.,Centre for Climate Change Research, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Lwowska 1, PL-87-100, Toruń, Poland
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- Institute of Plant Genetics and Biotechnology SAS, Akademicka 2, P. O. Box 39A, SK-950 07, Nitra, Slovakia
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- Unidade de Xestión Ambiental e Forestal Sostible, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Campus de Lugo, 27002, Lugo, Spain
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- Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology, National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics (NICPB), Akadeemia tee 23, 12618, Tallinn, Estonia
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- Faculty of Forest Science and Ecology, Agriculture Academy, Vytautas Magnus University, Studentu 11, Akademija, 53361, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Mediterranean Facility, European Forest Institute, Sant Pau Art Nouveau Site, Sant Antoni M. Claret 167, 08025, Barcelona, Spain
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- Centro di Ricerca Foreste e Legno, Council for agricultural research and analysis of the agricultural economy (CREA), Viale Santa Margherita, 80, 52100, Arezzo, Italy
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- Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO), P.O. Box 115, NO-1431, Ås, Norway
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- Slovenian Forestry Institute, Vecna pot 2, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- "Marin Drăcea" National Research-Development Institute in Forestry, Station Câmpulung Moldovenesc, Calea Bucovinei, 73bis, 725100, Câmpulung Moldovenesc, Romania
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- EFI Atlantic, European Forest Institute, 69, Route de Arcachon, F-33610, Cestas, France.,IEFC Institut Européen de la Forêt Cultivée, 69, Route de Arcachon, F-33610, Cestas, France
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- Department of Forest Protection, Austrian Federal Research Centre for Forests, Natural Hazards and Landscape (BFW), Seckendorff-Gudent-Weg 8, 1131, Vienna, Austria
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- Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM) & Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Coillte Unit 27, Coillte Forest, Danville Business Park, Kilkenny, R95 YT95, Ireland
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- Department of Ecology and Biogeography, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Lwowska 1, PL-87-100, Toruń, Poland.,Centre for Climate Change Research, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Lwowska 1, PL-87-100, Toruń, Poland
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- Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 23, DK-1958, Frederiksberg C., Germany
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- UCD Forestry, School of Agriculture and Food Science, University College Dublin, UCD Forestry, School of Agriculture and Food Science, University College Dublin, D04 V1W8, Dublin, Ireland
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- Forest Protection, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111, 8903, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Forest Research, Forestry Commission, Northern Research Station, Roslin, Midlothian, EH25 9SY, Great Britain
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- Institute of Mediterranean Forest Ecosystems, Hellenic Agricultural Organization "Demeter"-, Terma Alkmanos, 11528, Athens, Greece
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- Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University, Zemědělská 3, 613 00, Brno, Czech Republic.,Siberian Federal University, Svobodnyy Ave, 79, 660041, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
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- Institute of Forestry and Rural Engineering, EstonianUniversity of Life Sciences, Kreutzwaldi 5, 51006, Tartu, Estonia
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- Walloon Public service (SPW), 23 av Maréchal Juin, 5030, Gembloux, Belgium
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- Southern Swedish Forest Research Center, PO Box 49, SE-230 53, Alnarp, Sweden
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- Polissya Branch, Ukrainian Research Institute of Forestry and Forest Melioration, Neskorenych st. 2, Dovzhik, Ukraine
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- Institute of Lowland Forestry and Environment (ILFE), University of Novi Sad, Antona Cehova 13d, 21 000, Novi Sad, Serbia
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Eberle J, Husemann M, Doerfler I, Ulrich W, Müller J, Bouget C, Brin A, Gossner MM, Heilmann-Clausen J, Isacsson G, Krištín A, Lachat T, Larrieu L, Rigling A, Schmidl J, Seibold S, Vandekerkhove K, Habel JC. Molecular biogeography of the fungus-dwelling saproxylic beetle Bolitophagus reticulatus indicates rapid expansion from glacial refugia. Biol J Linn Soc Lond 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/blab037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
Abstract
Abstract
The geographical distributions of species associated with European temperate broadleaf forests have been significantly influenced by glacial–interglacial cycles. During glacial periods, these species persisted in Mediterranean and extra-Mediterranean refugia and later, during interglacial periods, expanded northwards. The widespread saproxylic beetle Bolitophagus reticulatus depends closely on European temperate broadleaf forests. It usually develops in the tinder fungus Fomes fomentarius, a major decomposer of broadleaf-wood. We sampled B. reticulatus in sporocarps from European beech (Fagus sylvatica) and Oriental beech (Fagus orientalis) across Europe and the Caucasus region. We analysed mitochondrial gene sequences (cox1, cox2, cob) and 17 microsatellites to reconstruct the geographical distribution of glacial refugia and postglacial recolonization pathways. We found only marginal genetic differentiation of B. reticulatus, except for a significant split between populations of the Caucasus region and Europe. This indicates the existence of past refugia south of the Great Caucasus, and a contact zone with European populations in the Crimean region. Further potential refugia might have been located at the foothills of the Pyrenees and in the Balkan region. Our genetic data suggest a phalanx-wise recolonization of Europe, a reflection of the high mobility of B. reticulatus.
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- Jonas Eberle
- Evolutionary Zoology, Department of Biosciences, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Center of Natural History, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Biology and Environmental Sciences, Carl von Ossietzky University, Oldenburg, Germany
- Terrestrial Ecology Research Group, Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Management, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
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- Department of Ecology and Biogeography, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland
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- Field Station Fabrikschleichach, Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Julius-Maximilians-University Würzburg, Rauhenebrach, Germany
- Bavarian Forest National Park, Grafenau, Germany
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- INRAE, ‘Forest Ecosystems’ Research Unit, Nogent-sur-Vernisson, France
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- Engineering School of PURPAN, UMR 1201 Dynafor INRAE-INPT, University of Toulouse, Toulouse, France
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- Forest Entomology, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
- Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, ETH Zurich, Universitätstrasse 16, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, GLOBE Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Forest Entomology, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
- School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences HAFL, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Zollikofen, Switzerland
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- University of Toulouse, INRAE, UMR DYNAFOR, Castanet-Tolosan, France
- CNPF-CRPF Occitanie, Tarbes, France
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- Forest Dynamics, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
- Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, ETH Zurich, Universitätstrasse 16, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Ecology Group, Department Biology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Ecosystem Dynamics and Forest Management, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
- Berchtesgaden National Park, Berchtesgaden, Germany
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- Evolutionary Zoology, Department of Biosciences, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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Le Provost G, Thiele J, Westphal C, Penone C, Allan E, Neyret M, van der Plas F, Ayasse M, Bardgett RD, Birkhofer K, Boch S, Bonkowski M, Buscot F, Feldhaar H, Gaulton R, Goldmann K, Gossner MM, Klaus VH, Kleinebecker T, Krauss J, Renner S, Scherreiks P, Sikorski J, Baulechner D, Blüthgen N, Bolliger R, Börschig C, Busch V, Chisté M, Fiore-Donno AM, Fischer M, Arndt H, Hoelzel N, John K, Jung K, Lange M, Marzini C, Overmann J, Paŝalić E, Perović DJ, Prati D, Schäfer D, Schöning I, Schrumpf M, Sonnemann I, Steffan-Dewenter I, Tschapka M, Türke M, Vogt J, Wehner K, Weiner C, Weisser W, Wells K, Werner M, Wolters V, Wubet T, Wurst S, Zaitsev AS, Manning P. Contrasting responses of above- and belowground diversity to multiple components of land-use intensity. Nat Commun 2021; 12:3918. [PMID: 34168127 PMCID: PMC8225671 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-23931-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2021] [Accepted: 05/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Land-use intensification is a major driver of biodiversity loss. However, understanding how different components of land use drive biodiversity loss requires the investigation of multiple trophic levels across spatial scales. Using data from 150 agricultural grasslands in central Europe, we assess the influence of multiple components of local- and landscape-level land use on more than 4,000 above- and belowground taxa, spanning 20 trophic groups. Plot-level land-use intensity is strongly and negatively associated with aboveground trophic groups, but positively or not associated with belowground trophic groups. Meanwhile, both above- and belowground trophic groups respond to landscape-level land use, but to different drivers: aboveground diversity of grasslands is promoted by diverse surrounding land-cover, while belowground diversity is positively related to a high permanent forest cover in the surrounding landscape. These results highlight a role of landscape-level land use in shaping belowground communities, and suggest that revised agroecosystem management strategies are needed to conserve whole-ecosystem biodiversity.
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- Gaëtane Le Provost
- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (SBIK-F), Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, Frankfurt, Germany.
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- Thünen Institute of Biodiversity, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Functional Agrobiodiversity, Department of Crop Sciences, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (SBIK-F), Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Systematic Botany and Functional Biodiversity, Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
- Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation Group, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Evolutionary Ecology and Conservations Genomics, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Department of Ecology, Brandenburg University of Technology, Cottbus, Germany
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- Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, WSL Swiss Federal Research Institute, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Institute of Zoology, Terrestrial Ecology, University of Cologne, Köln, Germany
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- UFZ-Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Department of Soil Ecology, Halle (Saale), Germany
- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Animal Ecology I, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
- Bayreuth Center for Ecology and Environmental Research (BayCEER), University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
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- School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
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- UFZ-Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Department of Soil Ecology, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Forest Entomology, WSL Swiss Federal Research Institute, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
- Department of Environmental Systems Science, Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, ETH Zürich, Universitätstr. 16, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zürich, Universitätstr. 2, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Landscape Ecology and Resources Management, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Gießen, Germany
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- Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute of Evolutionary Ecology and Conservations Genomics, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
- Ornithology, Natural History Museum Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Department of Animal Ecology, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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- Ecological Networks, Biology, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Agroecology, Department of Crop Sciences, Georg-August University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Landscape Ecology and Resources Management, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Gießen, Germany
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- Ecological Networks, Biology, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (SBIK-F), Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, Frankfurt, Germany
- Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Institute of Zoology, General Ecology, University of Cologne, Köln (Cologne), Germany
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- Institute of Landscape Ecology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Ecological Networks, Biology, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany
- Institute of Ecology, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Jena, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Institute of Ecology, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Jena, Germany
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- DPI Agriculture, NSW Department of Primary Industries, Australian Cotton Research Institute, Narrabri, NSW, Australia
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- Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany
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- Institute of Biology, Functional Biodiversity, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute of Evolutionary Ecology and Conservations Genomics, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Terrestrial Ecology Research Group, Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Management, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
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- Ecological Networks, Biology, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Ecological Networks, Biology, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Terrestrial Ecology Research Group, Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Management, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
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- Department of Biosciences, Swansea University, Swansea, UK
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- Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Animal Ecology, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Department of Community Ecology, UFZ-Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Institute of Biology, Functional Biodiversity, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Animal Ecology, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
- Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (SBIK-F), Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, Frankfurt, Germany
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Klesse S, von Arx G, Gossner MM, Hug C, Rigling A, Queloz V. Amplifying feedback loop between growth and wood anatomical characteristics of Fraxinus excelsior explains size-related susceptibility to ash dieback. Tree Physiol 2021; 41:683-696. [PMID: 32705118 DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpaa091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2020] [Accepted: 07/06/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Since the 1990s the invasive fungus Hymenoscyphus fraxineus has caused severe crown dieback and high mortality rates in Fraxinus excelsior in Europe. In addition to a strong genetic control of tolerance to the fungus, previous studies have found landscape heterogeneity to be an additional driver of variability in the severity of dieback symptoms. However, apart from climatic conditions related to heat and humidity influencing fungal infection success, the mechanistic understanding of why smaller or slower-growing trees are more susceptible to dieback remains less well understood. Here, we analyzed three stands in Switzerland with a unique setting of 8 years of data availability of intra-annual diameter growth and annual crown health assessments. We complemented this by ring width and quantitative wood anatomical measurements extending back before the monitoring started to investigate if wood anatomical adjustments can help better explain the size-related dieback phenomenon. We found that slower-growing trees or trees with smaller crowns already before the arrival of the fungus were more susceptible to dieback and mortality. Defoliation directly reduced growth as well as maximum earlywood vessel size, and the positive relationship between vessel size and growth rate caused a positive feedback amplifying and accelerating crown dieback. Measured non-structural carbohydrate (NSC) concentrations in the outermost five rings did not significantly vary between healthy and weakened trees, which translate into large differences in absolute available amount of NSCs. Thus, we hypothesize that a lack of NSCs (mainly sugars) leads to lower turgor pressure and smaller earlywood vessels in the following year. This might impede efficient water transport and photosynthesis, and be responsible for stronger symptoms of dieback and higher mortality rates in smaller and slower-growing trees.
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- Stefan Klesse
- Forest Health and Biotic Interactions Department Swiss Federal Research Institute for Forest, Snow, and Landscape Research WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Forest Dynamics Department, Swiss Federal Research Institute for Forest, Snow, and Landscape Research WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Forest Health and Biotic Interactions Department Swiss Federal Research Institute for Forest, Snow, and Landscape Research WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland
- ETH Zurich, Department of Environmental Systems Science, Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, Universitätstrasse 8-22, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Forest Dynamics Department, Swiss Federal Research Institute for Forest, Snow, and Landscape Research WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Forest Dynamics Department, Swiss Federal Research Institute for Forest, Snow, and Landscape Research WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Forest Health and Biotic Interactions Department Swiss Federal Research Institute for Forest, Snow, and Landscape Research WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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Hagge J, Müller J, Birkemoe T, Buse J, Christensen RHB, Gossner MM, Gruppe A, Heibl C, Jarzabek-Müller A, Seibold S, Siitonen J, Soutinho JG, Sverdrup-Thygeson A, Thorn S, Drag L. What does a threatened saproxylic beetle look like? Modelling extinction risk using a new morphological trait database. J Anim Ecol 2021; 90:1934-1947. [PMID: 33942309 DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.13512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2021] [Accepted: 04/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The extinction of species is a non-random process, and understanding why some species are more likely to go extinct than others is critical for conservation efforts. Functional trait-based approaches offer a promising tool to achieve this goal. In forests, deadwood-dependent (saproxylic) beetles comprise a major part of threatened species, but analyses of their extinction risk have been hindered by the availability of suitable morphological traits. To better understand the mechanisms underlying extinction in insects, we investigated the relationships between morphological features and the extinction risk of saproxylic beetles. Specifically, we hypothesised that species darker in colour, with a larger and rounder body, a lower mobility, lower sensory perception and more robust mandibles are at higher risk. We first developed a protocol for morphological trait measurements and present a database of 37 traits for 1,157 European saproxylic beetle species. Based on 13 selected, independent traits characterising aspects of colour, body shape, locomotion, sensory perception and foraging, we used a proportional-odds multiple linear mixed-effects model to model the German Red List categories of 744 species as an ordinal index of extinction risk. Six out of 13 traits correlated significantly with extinction risk. Larger species as well as species with a broad and round body had a higher extinction risk than small, slim and flattened species. Species with short wings had a higher extinction risk than those with long wings. On the contrary, extinction risk increased with decreasing wing load and with higher mandibular aspect ratio (shorter and more robust mandibles). Our study provides new insights into how morphological traits, beyond the widely used body size, determine the extinction risk of saproxylic beetles. Moreover, our approach shows that the morphological characteristics of beetles can be comprehensively represented by a selection of 13 traits. We recommend them as a starting point for functional analyses in the rapidly growing field of ecological and conservation studies of deadwood.
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- Jonas Hagge
- Forest Nature Conservation, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.,Forest Nature Conservation, Northwest German Forest Research Institute, Münden, Germany
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- Bavarian Forest National Park, Grafenau, Germany.,Field Station Fabrikschleichach, Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Rauhenebrach, Germany
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- The Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Aas, Norway
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- Black Forest National Park, Freudenstadt, Germany
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- Forest Entomology, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland.,ETH Zurich, Department of Environmental Systems Science, Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Chair of Zoology, Entomology Research Group, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
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- Ecosystem Dynamics and Forest Management Group, Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Management, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany.,Berchtesgaden National Park, Berchtesgaden, Germany
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- Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Helsinki, Finland
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- The Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Aas, Norway
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- Field Station Fabrikschleichach, Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Rauhenebrach, Germany
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- Field Station Fabrikschleichach, Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Rauhenebrach, Germany
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Neff F, Brändle M, Ambarlı D, Ammer C, Bauhus J, Boch S, Hölzel N, Klaus VH, Kleinebecker T, Prati D, Schall P, Schäfer D, Schulze ED, Seibold S, Simons NK, Weisser WW, Pellissier L, Gossner MM. Changes in plant-herbivore network structure and robustness along land-use intensity gradients in grasslands and forests. Sci Adv 2021; 7:7/20/eabf3985. [PMID: 33990326 PMCID: PMC8121428 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abf3985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2020] [Accepted: 03/24/2021] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Land-use intensification poses major threats to biodiversity, such as to insect herbivore communities. The stability of these communities depends on interactions linking herbivores and host plants. How interaction network structure begets robustness, and thus stability, in different ecosystems and how network structure and robustness are altered along land-use intensity gradients are unclear. We analyzed plant-herbivore networks based on literature-derived interactions and long-term sampling from 289 grasslands and forests in three regions of Germany. Network size and nestedness were the most important determinants of network robustness in both ecosystems. Along land-use intensity gradients, networks in moderately grazed grasslands were more robust than in those managed by frequent mowing or fertilization. In forests, changes of network robustness along land-use intensity gradients relied on changes in plant species richness. Our results expand our knowledge of the stability of plant-herbivore networks and indicate options for management aimed at stabilizing herbivore communities.
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- Felix Neff
- Forest Entomology, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow, and Landscape Research WSL, Zürcherstr. 111, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland.
- Landscape Ecology, Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, ETH Zürich, Universitätstr. 16, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Division of Animal Ecology, Department of Ecology, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Karl-von-Frisch-Str. 8, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Terrestrial Ecology, Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Management, Technical University of Munich, Hans-Carl-von-Carlowitz-Platz 2, 85354 Freising, Germany
- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Düzce University, 81620 Düzce, Turkey
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- Silviculture and Forest Ecology of the Temperate Zones, Faculty of Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology, University of Göttingen, Büsgenweg 1, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Chair of Silviculture, Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Tennenbacherstr. 4, 79085 Freiburg, Germany
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- Ecosystem Dynamics, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow, and Landscape Research WSL, Zürcherstr. 111, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Institute of Landscape Ecology, University Münster, Heisenbergstr. 2, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Agricultural Sciences, ETH Zürich, Universitätstr. 2, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Institute of Landscape Ecology, University Münster, Heisenbergstr. 2, 48149 Münster, Germany
- Landscape Ecology and Landscape Planning, Institute of Landscape Ecology and Resource Management, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Plant Ecology, Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Altenbergrain 21, 3013 Bern, Switzerland
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- Silviculture and Forest Ecology of the Temperate Zones, Faculty of Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology, University of Göttingen, Büsgenweg 1, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Botanical Garden of the University of Bern, Altenbergrain 21, 3013 Bern, Switzerland
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- Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Hans-Knöll-Str. 10, 07745 Jena, Germany
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- Terrestrial Ecology, Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Management, Technical University of Munich, Hans-Carl-von-Carlowitz-Platz 2, 85354 Freising, Germany
- Ecosystem Dynamics and Forest Management in Mountain Landscapes, Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Management, Technical University of Munich, Hans-Carl-von-Carlowitz-Platz 2, 85354 Freising, Germany
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- Ecological Networks, Technical University of Darmstadt, Schnittspahnstr. 3, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Terrestrial Ecology, Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Management, Technical University of Munich, Hans-Carl-von-Carlowitz-Platz 2, 85354 Freising, Germany
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- Landscape Ecology, Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, ETH Zürich, Universitätstr. 16, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland
- Landscape Ecology, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow, and Landscape Research WSL, Zürcherstr. 111, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Forest Entomology, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow, and Landscape Research WSL, Zürcherstr. 111, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland
- Terrestrial Ecology, Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Management, Technical University of Munich, Hans-Carl-von-Carlowitz-Platz 2, 85354 Freising, Germany
- Department of Environmental Systems Science, Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, ETH Zürich, Universitätstr. 16, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland
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Leroy BML, Gossner MM, Ferrini G, Seibold S, Lauer FPM, Petercord R, Eichel P, Jaworek J, Weisser WW. Side Effects of Insecticides on Leaf-Miners and Gall-Inducers Depend on Species Ecological Traits and Competition with Leaf-Chewers. Environ Toxicol Chem 2021; 40:1171-1187. [PMID: 33332745 DOI: 10.1002/etc.4969] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2020] [Revised: 10/19/2020] [Accepted: 12/14/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Internal feeding is considered to shield sessile herbivorous insects from exposure to nonsystemic insecticides aerially sprayed against forest defoliators, although this has not been tested. It is, however, established that leaf damage caused by defoliators affects the survivorship and oviposition behavior of sessile herbivores. Thus feeding ecology and competition may mediate nontarget effects of insecticides on these insects. We tested the ecological sensitivity of 3 guilds of sessile herbivores (upper-surface leaf-miners, lower-surface leaf-miners, and gall-inducers) to the lipophilic larvicides diflubenzuron and tebufenozide aerially applied either at operational rates (12 g active ingredient [a.i.]/ha and 69.6 g [a.i.]/ha, respectively) or at maximum legal rates (60 g [a.i.]/ha and 180 g [a.i.]/ha, respectively), in German oak forests. Diflubenzuron affected leaf-miners at different life stages depending on their position on the leaf but had no effect on gall-inducers. Tebufenozide showed a similar, but not significant, pattern in leaf-miners and did not affect gall-inducers. By reducing the incidence of chewing damage on leaves, both insecticides offset the negative effect of competition on leaf-miner and gall-inducers. The net outcome of insecticide treatment was positive for guilds avoiding exposure, but negative for upper-surface leaf-miners. Exposure to insecticides in situ can be mediated by subtle differences in species biology and species interactions, with potential implications for organisms usually considered safe in risk assessment studies. Environ Toxicol Chem 2021;00:1-17. © 2020 The Authors. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of SETAC.
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- Benjamin M L Leroy
- Terrestrial Ecology Research Group, Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Management, School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
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- Forest Entomology, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
- Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, Department of Environmental Systems Science, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Terrestrial Ecology Research Group, Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Management, School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
- Section of Animal Science, Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry, University of Florence, Firenze, Italy
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- Terrestrial Ecology Research Group, Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Management, School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
- Ecosystem Dynamics and Forest Management in Mountain Landscapes Research Group, Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Management, School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
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- Terrestrial Ecology Research Group, Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Management, School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
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- Forest Protection, Bavarian State Institute of Forestry LWF, Freising, Freising, Germany
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- Forest Protection, Bavarian State Institute of Forestry LWF, Freising, Freising, Germany
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- Terrestrial Ecology Research Group, Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Management, School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
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- Terrestrial Ecology Research Group, Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Management, School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
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Gossner MM, Beenken L, Arend K, Begerow D, Peršoh D. Insect herbivory facilitates the establishment of an invasive plant pathogen. ISME Commun 2021; 1:6. [PMID: 37938649 PMCID: PMC9723786 DOI: 10.1038/s43705-021-00004-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2020] [Revised: 01/29/2021] [Accepted: 02/05/2021] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
Abstract
Plants can be severely affected by insect herbivores and phytopathogenic fungi, but interactions between these plant antagonists are poorly understood. We analysed the impact of feeding damage by the abundant herbivore Orchestes fagi on infection rates of beech (Fagus sylvatica) leaves with Petrakia liobae, an invasive plant pathogenic fungus. The fungus was not detected in hibernating beetles, indicating that O. fagi does not serve as vector for P. liobae, at least not between growing seasons. Abundance of the fungus in beech leaves increased with feeding damage of the beetle and this relationship was stronger for sun-exposed than for shaded leaves. A laboratory experiment revealed sun-exposed leaves to have thicker cell walls and to be more resistant to pathogen infection than shaded leaves. Mechanical damage significantly increased frequency and size of necroses in the sun, but not in shade leaves. Our findings indicate that feeding damage of adult beetles provides entry ports for fungal colonization by removal of physical barriers and thus promotes infection success by pathogenic fungi. Feeding activity by larvae probably provides additional nutrient sources or eases access to substrates for the necrotrophic fungus. Our study exemplifies that invasive pathogens may benefit from herbivore activity, which may challenge forest health in light of climate change.
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- Martin M Gossner
- Forest Entomology, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland.
- Terrestrial Ecology Research Group, Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Management, Center for Food and Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technische Universität München, Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany.
- ETH Zurich, Department of Environmental Systems Science, Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, Zurich, Switzerland.
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- Forest Protection, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, AG Geobotany, Bochum, Germany
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- Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, AG Geobotany, Bochum, Germany
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- Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, AG Geobotany, Bochum, Germany.
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Kirsch JJ, Sermon J, Jonker M, Asbeck T, Gossner MM, Petermann JS, Basile M. The use of water-filled tree holes by vertebrates in temperate forests. Wildlife Biology 2021. [DOI: 10.2981/wlb.00786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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- Jennifer-Justine Kirsch
- J.-J. Kirsch, M. Jonker and M. Basile (https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0237-5482) ✉ , Chair of Wildlife Ecology and Management, Univ. of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany. MJ also at: Forest Research Inst. of Baden-Württemberg (FVA), Frei
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- J. Sermon, Kölner Büro für Faunistik, Köln, Germany
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- J.-J. Kirsch, M. Jonker and M. Basile (https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0237-5482) ✉ , Chair of Wildlife Ecology and Management, Univ. of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany. MJ also at: Forest Research Inst. of Baden-Württemberg (FVA), Frei
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- T. Asbeck (https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4786-9312), Chair of Silviculture, Univ. of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- M. M. Gossner (https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1516-6364), Forest Entomology, Swiss Federal Research Inst. WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- J. S. Petermann, Dept of Biosciences, Univ. of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- J.-J. Kirsch, M. Jonker and M. Basile (https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0237-5482) ✉ , Chair of Wildlife Ecology and Management, Univ. of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany. MJ also at: Forest Research Inst. of Baden-Württemberg (FVA), Frei
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Doerfler I, Cadotte MW, Weisser WW, Müller J, Gossner MM, Heibl C, Bässler C, Thorn S, Seibold S. Restoration‐oriented forest management affects community assembly patterns of deadwood‐dependent organisms. J Appl Ecol 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.13741] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Inken Doerfler
- Terrestrial Ecology Research Group Technical University of Munich Freising Germany
- Vegetation Science & Nature Conservation Institute of Biology and Environmental ScienceUniversity of Oldenburg Oldenburg Germany
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- Department of Biological Sciences University of Toronto Scarborough Toronto ON Canada
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- Terrestrial Ecology Research Group Technical University of Munich Freising Germany
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- Field Station Fabrikschleichach Biozentrum University of Würzburg Rauhenebrach Germany
- Department of Conservation and Research Bavarian Forest National Park Grafenau Germany
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- Forest Entomology Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL Birmensdorf Switzerland
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- Department of Conservation and Research Bavarian Forest National Park Grafenau Germany
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- Department of Conservation and Research Bavarian Forest National Park Grafenau Germany
- Department of Biodiversity Conservation Faculty of Biological Sciences Institute for Ecology, Evolution and DiversityGoethe University Frankfurt Frankfurt am Main Germany
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- Field Station Fabrikschleichach Biozentrum University of Würzburg Rauhenebrach Germany
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- Ecosystem Dynamics and Forest Management Technical University of Munich Freising Germany
- Berchtesgaden National Park Berchtesgaden Germany
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Bae S, Heidrich L, Levick SR, Gossner MM, Seibold S, Weisser WW, Magdon P, Serebryanyk A, Bässler C, Schäfer D, Schulze E, Doerfler I, Müller J, Jung K, Heurich M, Fischer M, Roth N, Schall P, Boch S, Wöllauer S, Renner SC, Müller J. Dispersal ability, trophic position and body size mediate species turnover processes: Insights from a multi‐taxa and multi‐scale approach. DIVERS DISTRIB 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/ddi.13204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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- Soyeon Bae
- Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology University of Würzburg Würzburg Germany
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- Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology University of Würzburg Würzburg Germany
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- Forest Entomology WSL Swiss Federal Research Institute Birmensdorf Switzerland
- Department of Environmental Systems Science Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems ETH Zurich Zurich Switzerland
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- Terrestrial Ecology Research Group Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Management Technical University of Munich Freising Germany
- Ecosystem Dynamics and Forest Management Group Technical University of MunichFreising and Berchtesgaden National Park Berchtesgaden Germany
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- Terrestrial Ecology Research Group Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Management Technical University of Munich Freising Germany
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- Forest Inventory and Remote Sensing Faculty of Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology University of Göttingen Göttingen Germany
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- Department of Geoinformatics Munich University of Applied Sciences München Germany
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- Bavarian Forest National Park Grafenau Germany
- Faculty of Biological Sciences Institute for Ecology, Evolution and DiversityGoethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main Germany
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- Plant Biodiversity Research Group Department of Ecology & Ecosystem Management Technical University of Munich Freising Germany
- Institute of Biology and Environmental Science Vegetation Science & Nature ConservationUniversity of Oldenburg Oldenburg Germany
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- Department of Nature Conservation Heinz Sielmann Foundation Wustermark Germany
- Institute of Biology and Biochemistry University of Potsdam Potsdam Germany
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- Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation Genomics University Ulm Ulm Germany
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- Bavarian Forest National Park Grafenau Germany
- Chair of Wildlife Ecology and Wildlife Management University of Freiburg Freiburg im Breisgau Germany
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- Institute of Plant Sciences University of Bern Bern Switzerland
- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (SBiK‐F) Frankfurt am Main Germany
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- Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology University of Würzburg Würzburg Germany
- Forest Entomology WSL Swiss Federal Research Institute Birmensdorf Switzerland
- School of Agricultural Forest and Food Sciences Bern University of Applied Sciences Zollikofen Switzerland
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- Silviculture and Forest Ecology of the Temperate Zones University of Göttingen Göttingen Germany
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- Research Unit Biodiversity & Conservation Biology WSL Swiss Federal Research Institute Birmensdorf Switzerland
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- Faculty of Geography Philipps‐University Marburg Marburg Germany
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- Head of Ornithology Natural History Museum Vienna Vienna Austria
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- Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology University of Würzburg Würzburg Germany
- Bavarian Forest National Park Grafenau Germany
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