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Shen Y, Zou Y, Song K, Wan X. Dispersal limitation and environmental filtering effects: The taxonomic and functional beta diversity of ground beetles along the altitudinal gradient in Chinese warm-temperature forests. Ecol Evol 2024; 14:e11492. [PMID: 38932955 PMCID: PMC11199336 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.11492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2024] [Revised: 05/12/2024] [Accepted: 05/15/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024] Open
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Beta diversity patterns along environmental gradients and underlying mechanisms constitute key research inquiries in biogeography. However, ecological processes often also influence the functional traits of biological communities, making the assessment of functional β-diversity crucial. Ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) are one of the most species-rich groups in the insect community, displaying strong habitat specificity and morphological differences. In this study, we explored the patterns of taxonomic and functional beta diversity in ground beetle communities along the altitudinal gradient of warm-temperature forests. By partitioning beta diversity into turnover and nestedness components, we evaluated their relationship with spatial distance. Our findings indicate a decline in species and functional trait similarity with increasing elevation and geographic distance. Further analysis attributed both types of beta diversity in carabids to a combination of dispersal limitation and environmental filtering, with elevation and geographic distance emerging as significant factors. Interestingly, forest-type variations were found to have no impact on the beta diversity of these communities. Our study reveals the impact of environmental filtering and dispersal limitation on both taxonomic and functional beta-diversity, shedding light on carabid community assembly in localized warm-temperature forest areas in eastern China.
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- Yagang Shen
- School of Resources and EngineeringAnhui UniversityHefeiChina
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- Department of Health and Environmental Sciences, School of ScienceXi'an Jiaotong‐Liverpool UniversitySuzhouChina
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- Zhejiang Tiantong Forest Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, School of Ecological and Environmental SciencesEast China Normal UniversityShanghaiChina
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- School of Resources and EngineeringAnhui UniversityHefeiChina
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Zalewski M, Hajdamowicz I, Stańska M, Dudek-Godeau D, Tykarski P, Sienkiewicz P, Ciurzycki W, Ulrich W. β-diversity decreases with increasing trophic rank in plant - arthropod food chains on lake islands. Sci Rep 2018; 8:17425. [PMID: 30479354 PMCID: PMC6258687 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-34768-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2017] [Accepted: 08/19/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Contrasting trophic theories of island biogeography try to link spatial patterns in species distribution and richness with dietary preferences, arguing that the spatial turnover of species among habitat patches changes with trophic rank causing a systematic change in the proportion of plants, herbivores, and predators across habitats of different size. Here we test these predictions using quantitative surveys of plants, spiders, and herbivores as well as of omnivorous and predatory ground beetles on undisturbed Polish lake islands. We found decreased proportions of predators and habitat generalists on larger islands. Environmental niches and niche overlap were highest in predators. Variability in environmental niche width among species increased at higher trophic levels. Our results confirm models that predict a decrease in spatial species turnover (β-diversity) with increasing trophic level. We speculate that the major trigger for these differences is a reduced dispersal ability in plants at basal trophic ranks when compared to higher trophic levels.
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- Marcin Zalewski
- Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wilcza 64, 00-679, Warsaw, Poland.
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- Department of Zoology, Institute of Biology, Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and Humanities, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Prusa 12, 08-110, Siedlce, Poland
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- Department of Zoology, Institute of Biology, Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and Humanities, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Prusa 12, 08-110, Siedlce, Poland
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- Faculty of Biology and Environmental Sciences, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University, Wóycickiego1/3, building 23, 01-938, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Ecology, Faculty of Biology, The University of Warsaw, Biological and Chemical Research Centre, Żwirki i Wigury 101, 02-089, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Entomology and Environmental Protection, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Dąbrowskiego 159, 60-594, Poznań, Poland
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- Department of Forest Botany, Faculty of Forestry, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Nowoursynowska 159, 02-776, Warsaw, Poland
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- Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Department of Ecology and Biogeography, Lwowska 1, 87-100, Toruń, Poland
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Species traits modify the species-area relationship in ground-beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) assemblages on islands in a boreal lake. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0190174. [PMID: 29261805 PMCID: PMC5738139 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0190174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2017] [Accepted: 12/08/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Life-history traits influence colonization, persistence, and extinction of species on islands and are important aspects of theories predicting the geographical distribution and evolution of species. We used data collected from a large freshwater lake (1,413 km2) in central Canada to test the effects of island area and isolation on species richness and abundance of carabid beetles as a function of body size, wing length, and breeding season. A total of 10,018 individual beetles from 37 species were collected during the frost-free period of 2013 using transects of pitfall traps on 30 forested islands ranging in area from 0.2 to 980.7 ha. Life-history traits improved the predictive ability and significantly modified the shape of species-area and abundance-area curves. Abundance and richness of small-bodied (< 13.9 mm), macropterous (winged), and spring-breeding species decreased with island area and increased with isolation. In contrast, richness and abundance of larger-bodied (> 14.0 mm) and flightless species increased with area, but not isolation. Body size of female Carabus taedatus Fabricius, the largest-bodied species, was positively related to island area, while body size on the adjacent mainland was most similar to that on smaller islands. Overall, species with large body size and low dispersal ability, as indicated by flightlessness, were most sensitive to reductions in area. We suggest that large-bodied, flightless species are rare on small islands because habitat is less suitable for them and immigration rates are lower because they depend on freshwater drift for dispersal to islands.
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Perry KI, Herms DA. Short-Term Responses of Ground Beetles to Forest Changes Caused by Early Stages of Emerald Ash Borer (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)-Induced Ash Mortality. ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY 2016; 45:616-626. [PMID: 27106817 DOI: 10.1093/ee/nvw038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2016] [Accepted: 03/18/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire), an invasive wood-boring beetle native to Asia, has killed hundreds of millions of ash trees since its accidental introduction into North America, resulting in widespread formation of canopy gaps and accumulations of coarse woody debris (CWD) in forests. The objective was to quantify effects of canopy gaps and CWD caused by early stages of emerald ash borer-induced ash mortality, and their interaction on ground beetle assemblages. The impact of canopy gaps and CWD varied, as gaps affected beetle assemblages in 2011, while effects of CWD were only observed in 2012. Gaps decreased beetle activity-abundance, and marginally decreased richness, driving changes in species composition, but evenness and diversity were unaffected. Effects of the CWD treatment alone were minimal, but CWD interacted with the canopy treatment, resulting in an increase in activity-abundance of ground beetles in canopy gaps without CWD, and a marginal increase in species richness in canopy gaps with CWD. Although there were some initial changes in species composition, these were ephemeral, suggesting that ground beetle assemblages may be resilient to disturbance caused by emerald ash borer. This study contributes to our understanding of the cascading ecological impacts of biological invasions on forest ecosystems.
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- Kayla I Perry
- Department of Entomology, 1680 Madison Ave., The Ohio State University, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Wooster, Ohio 44691 (; ), and
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- Department of Entomology, 1680 Madison Ave., The Ohio State University, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Wooster, Ohio 44691 (; ), and
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Zalewski M, Dudek D, Tiunov AV, Godeau JF, Okuzaki Y, Ikeda H, Sienkiewicz P, Ulrich W. High Niche Overlap in the Stable Isotope Space Of Ground Beetles. ANN ZOOL FENN 2014. [DOI: 10.5735/086.051.0302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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