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Sánchez Herrera M, Forero D, Calor AR, Romero GQ, Riyaz M, Callisto M, de Oliveira Roque F, Elme-Tumpay A, Khan MK, Justino de Faria AP, Pires MM, Silva de Azevêdo CA, Juen L, Zakka U, Samaila AE, Hussaini S, Kemabonta K, Guillermo-Ferreira R, Ríos-Touma B, Maharaj G. Systematic challenges and opportunities in insect monitoring: a Global South perspective. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2024; 379:20230102. [PMID: 38705182 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2023.0102] [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: 11/26/2023] [Accepted: 03/21/2024] [Indexed: 05/07/2024] Open
Abstract
Insect monitoring is pivotal for assessing biodiversity and informing conservation strategies. This study delves into the complex realm of insect monitoring in the Global South-world developing and least-developed countries as identified by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development-highlighting challenges and proposing strategic solutions. An analysis of publications from 1990 to 2024 reveals an imbalance in research contributions between the Global North and South, highlighting disparities in entomological research and the scarcity of taxonomic expertise in the Global South. We discuss the socio-economic factors that exacerbate the issues, including funding disparities, challenges in collaboration, infrastructure deficits, information technology obstacles and the impact of local currency devaluation. In addition, we emphasize the crucial role of environmental factors in shaping insect diversity, particularly in tropical regions facing multiple challenges including climate change, urbanization, pollution and various anthropogenic activities. We also stress the need for entomologists to advocate for ecosystem services provided by insects in addressing environmental issues. To enhance monitoring capacity, we propose strategies such as community engagement, outreach programmes and cultural activities to instill biodiversity appreciation. Further, language inclusivity and social media use are emphasized for effective communication. More collaborations with Global North counterparts, particularly in areas of molecular biology and remote sensing, are suggested for technological advancements. In conclusion, advocating for these strategies-global collaborations, a diverse entomological community and the integration of transverse disciplines-aims to address challenges and foster inclusive, sustainable insect monitoring in the Global South, contributing significantly to biodiversity conservation and overall ecosystem health. This article is part of the theme issue 'Towards a toolkit for global insect biodiversity monitoring'.
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- Melissa Sánchez Herrera
- Department of Museum Research and Collections, University of Alabama Museums, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, USA
- Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024, USA
- Laboratorio de Zoología y Ecología Acuática (LAZOEA), Biological Sciences Department, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, 111711, Colombia
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- Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, 11132, Colombia
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- Instituto de Biologia, Laboratório de Entomologia Aquática, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, 40000-000, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Interações Multitróficas e Biodiversidade, Departamento de Biologia Animal, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), CP 6109, Campinas-SP, CEP 13083-970, Brazil
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- St Xavier's College, Palayamkottai, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, CEP: 40170-115 7 - 627002, India
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- Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Genética, Ecologia e Evolução, Pampulha, Belo Horizonte - MG, 31270-901, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biología, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Ciudade Universitaria, Pioneiros, Campo Grande, MS, 79070-900, Brazil
- Centre for Tropical Environmental and Sustainability Science and College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Douglas, Cairns, 4811, Queensland, Australia
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- Laboratorio de Biodiversidad y Genética Ambiental (BioGeA), Universidad Nacional de Avellaneda, Mario Bravo 1460, CP1870 Piñeyro, Avellaneda, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Colección Entomológica, Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco, Gabinete C-338, Pabellón C, Ciudad Universitaria de Perayoc, Cusco, 08003, Peru
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- Department of Biology, Chemistry and Pharmacy, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, 14195, Germany
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- Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual do Piauí, Rua João Cabral - Matinha, Teresina - PI, 64018-030, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Ecology and Conservation of Aquatic Ecosystems, Universidade do Vale do Taquari - UNIVATES, Lajeado, RS, 95914-014 Brazil
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- Departamento de Biología, Universidade Estadual do Maranhão, Programa em Biodiversidade, Ambiente e Saúde, 65.055-310, Brazil
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- Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pará, UFPA, Belém - PA, 66077-830, Brazil
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- Department of Crop & Soil Science, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt 500272, Nigeria
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- Department of Agronomy, Federal University of Kashere: Kashere, P.M.B. 0182, Gombe State, Nigeria
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, 740272, Nigeria
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- Department of Zoology, University of Lagos: Akoka, Lagos, 100213, Nigeria
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- Centro de Pesquisas em Entomologia e Biologia Experimental, Universidade Federal do Triangulo Mineiro (UFTM), Uberaba - MG, 38061-500, Brazil
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- Grupo de Investigación en Biodiversidad, Medio Ambiente y Salud (BIOMAS), Universidad de Las Américas, Campus UDLAPARK, Quito, Ecuador 170513
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- University of Guyana, Centre for the Study of Biological Diversity, Georgetown, Guyana
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Boldorini GX, Mccary MA, Romero GQ, Mills KL, Sanders NJ, Reich PB, Michalko R, Gonçalves-Souza T. Predators control pests and increase yield across crop types and climates: a meta-analysis. Proc Biol Sci 2024; 291:20232522. [PMID: 38444337 PMCID: PMC10915543 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2023.2522] [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: 11/09/2023] [Accepted: 02/08/2024] [Indexed: 03/07/2024] Open
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Pesticides have well-documented negative consequences to control crop pests, and natural predators are alternatives and can provide an ecosystem service as biological control agents. However, there remains considerable uncertainty regarding whether such biological control can be a widely applicable solution, especially given ongoing climatic variation and climate change. Here, we performed a meta-analysis focused on field studies with natural predators to explore broadly whether and how predators might control pests and in turn increase yield. We also contrasted across studies pest suppression by a single and multiple predators and how climate influence biological control. Predators reduced pest populations by 73% on average, and increased crop yield by 25% on average. Surprisingly, the impact of predators did not depend on whether there were many or a single predator species. Precipitation seasonality was a key climatic influence on biological control: as seasonality increased, the impact of predators on pest populations increased. Taken together, the positive contribution of predators in controlling pests and increasing yield, and the consistency of such responses in the face of precipitation variability, suggest that biocontrol has the potential to be an important part of pest management and increasing food supplies as the planet precipitation patterns become increasingly variable.
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- Gabriel X. Boldorini
- Department of Biology, Ecological Synthesis and Biodiversity Conservation Lab, Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
- Graduate Program in Ethnobiology and Nature Conservation, Department of Biology, Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
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- Department of Animal Biology, Institute of Biology, State University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Institute for Global Change Biology, School for Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Department of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN 55108, USA
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- Department of Forest Ecology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 3, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biology, Ecological Synthesis and Biodiversity Conservation Lab, Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
- Graduate Program in Ethnobiology and Nature Conservation, Department of Biology, Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Institute for Global Change Biology, School for Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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Piccoli GCDO, Antiqueira PAP, Srivastava DS, Romero GQ. Trophic cascades within and across ecosystems: The role of anti-predatory defences, predator type and detritus quality. J Anim Ecol 2024. [PMID: 38404168 DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.14063] [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: 11/08/2022] [Accepted: 01/30/2024] [Indexed: 02/27/2024]
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Species in one ecosystem can indirectly affect multiple biodiversity components and ecosystem functions of adjacent ecosystems. The magnitude of these cross-ecosystem effects depends on the attributes of the organisms involved in the interactions, including traits of the predator, prey and basal resource. However, it is unclear how predators with cross-ecosystem habitat interact with predators with single-ecosystem habitat to affect their shared ecosystem. Also, unknown is how such complex top-down effects may be mediated by the anti-predatory traits of prey and quality of the basal resource. We used the aquatic invertebrate food webs in tank bromeliads as a model system to investigate these questions. We manipulated the presence of a strictly aquatic predator (damselfly larvae) and a predator with both terrestrial and aquatic habitats (spider), and examined effects on survival of prey (detritivores grouped by anti-predator defence), detrital decomposition (of two plant species differing in litter quality), nitrogen flux and host plant growth. To evaluate the direct and indirect effects each predator type on multiple detritivore groups and ultimately on multiple ecosystem processes, we used piecewise structural equation models. For each response variable, we isolated the contribution of different detritivore groups to overall effects by comparing alternate model formulations. Alone, damselfly larvae and spiders each directly decreased survival of detritivores and caused multiple indirect negative effects on detritus decomposition, nutrient cycling and host plant growth. However, when predators co-occurred, the spider caused a negative non-consumptive effect on the damselfly larva, diminishing the net direct and indirect top-down effects on the aquatic detritivore community and ecosystem functioning. Both detritivore traits and detritus quality modulated the strength and mechanism of these trophic cascades. Predator interference was mediated by undefended or partially defended detritivores as detritivores with anti-predatory defences evaded consumption by damselfly larvae but not spiders. Predators and detritivores affected ecosystem decomposition and nutrient cycling only in the presence of high-quality detritus, as the low-quality detritus was consumed more by microbes than invertebrates. The complex responses of this system to predators from both recipient and adjacent ecosystems highlight the critical role of maintaining biodiversity components across multiple ecosystems.
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- Gustavo Cauê de O Piccoli
- Laboratório de Interações Multitróficas e Biodiversidade, Instituto de Biologia (IB), Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Interações Multitróficas e Biodiversidade, Instituto de Biologia (IB), Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
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- Department of Zoology & Biodiversity Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Laboratório de Interações Multitróficas e Biodiversidade, Instituto de Biologia (IB), Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
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Nash LN, Kratina P, Recalde FC, Jones JI, Izzo T, Romero GQ. Tropical and temperate differences in the trophic structure and aquatic prey use of riparian predators. Ecol Lett 2023; 26:2122-2134. [PMID: 37807844 DOI: 10.1111/ele.14322] [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: 02/27/2023] [Revised: 09/18/2023] [Accepted: 09/19/2023] [Indexed: 10/10/2023]
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The influence of aquatic resource-inputs on terrestrial communities is poorly understood, particularly in the tropics. We used stable isotope analysis of carbon and nitrogen to trace aquatic prey use and quantify the impact on trophic structure in 240 riparian arthropod communities in tropical and temperate forests. Riparian predators consumed more aquatic prey and were more trophically diverse in the tropics than temperate regions, indicating tropical riparian communities are both more reliant on and impacted by aquatic resources than temperate communities. This suggests they are more vulnerable to disruption of aquatic-terrestrial linkages. Although aquatic resource use declined strongly with distance from water, we observed no correlated change in trophic structure, suggesting trophic flexibility to changing resource availability within riparian predator communities in both tropical and temperate regions. Our findings highlight the importance of aquatic resources for riparian communities, especially in the tropics, but suggest distance from water is less important than resource diversity in maintaining terrestrial trophic structure.
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- Liam N Nash
- School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
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- School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
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- Laboratory of Multitrophic Interactions and Biodiversity, Department of Animal Biology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
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- School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
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- Laboratório de Ecologia de Comunidades, Departamento de Botânica e Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Multitrophic Interactions and Biodiversity, Department of Animal Biology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
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Moi DA, Barrios M, Tesitore G, Burwood M, Romero GQ, Mormul RP, Kratina P, Juen L, Michelan TS, Montag LFA, Cruz GM, García-Girón J, Heino J, Hughes RM, Figueiredo BRS, Teixeira de Mello F. Human land-uses homogenize stream assemblages and reduce animal biomass production. J Anim Ecol 2023. [PMID: 36994670 DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.13924] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2022] [Accepted: 03/23/2023] [Indexed: 03/31/2023]
Abstract
1. Human land-use change is a major threat to natural ecosystems worldwide. Nonetheless, the effects of human land-uses on the structure of plant and animal assemblages and their functional characteristics need to be better understood. Furthermore, the pathways by which human land uses affect ecosystem functions, such as biomass production, still need to be clarified. 2. We compiled a unique dataset of fish, arthropod and macrophyte assemblages from 61 stream ecosystems in two Neotropical biomes: Amazonian rainforest and Uruguayan grasslands. We then tested how the cover of agriculture, pasture, urbanization and afforestation affected the taxonomic richness and functional diversity of those three species assemblages, and the consequences of these effects for animal biomass production. Single trait categories and functional diversity were evaluated, combining recruitment and life-history, resource and habitat-use, and body size. 3.The effects of intensive human land-uses on taxonomic and functional diversities were as strong as other drivers known to affect biodiversity, such as local climate and environmental factors. In both biomes, the taxonomic richness and functional diversity of animal and macrophyte assemblages decreased with increasing cover of agriculture, pasture, and urbanization. Human land-uses were associated with functional homogenization of both animal and macrophyte assemblages. Human land-uses reduced animal biomass through direct and indirect pathways mediated by declines in taxonomic and functional diversities. 4. Our findings indicate that converting natural ecosystems to supply human demands results in species loss and trait homogenization across multiple biotic assemblages, ultimately reducing animal biomass production in streams.
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- Dieison A Moi
- Graduate Program in Ecology of Inland Water Ecosystems (PEA), Department of Biology (DBI), Center of Biological Sciences (CCB), State University of Maringá (UEM), Brazil
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- Departamento de Ecología y Gestión Ambiental CURE, Universidad de la República, Tacuarembó s/n, Maldonado, Uruguay
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- Departamento de Ecología y Gestión Ambiental CURE, Universidad de la República, Tacuarembó s/n, Maldonado, Uruguay
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- Departamento de Ecología y Gestión Ambiental CURE, Universidad de la República, Tacuarembó s/n, Maldonado, Uruguay
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- Laboratory of Multitrophic Interactions and Biodiversity, Department of Animal Biology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, SP, 13083-862, Brazil
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- Graduate Program in Ecology of Inland Water Ecosystems (PEA), Department of Biology (DBI), Center of Biological Sciences (CCB), State University of Maringá (UEM), Brazil
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- School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS, UK
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- Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia - Universidade Federal do Pará/Embrapa, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Belém, PA, Brazil
- Laboratory of Ecology and Conservation (LABECO), Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pará, Av. Bernardo Saião, Guamá, Belém, PA, 68625-150, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia - Universidade Federal do Pará/Embrapa, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Belém, PA, Brazil
- Laboratory of Ecology and Conservation (LABECO), Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pará, Av. Bernardo Saião, Guamá, Belém, PA, 68625-150, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia - Universidade Federal do Pará/Embrapa, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Belém, PA, Brazil
- Laboratory of Ecology and Conservation (LABECO), Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pará, Av. Bernardo Saião, Guamá, Belém, PA, 68625-150, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Ecology and Conservation (LABECO), Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pará, Av. Bernardo Saião, Guamá, Belém, PA, 68625-150, Brazil
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- Geography Research Unit, University of Oulu, P. O. Box 8000, FI-90014, Oulu, Finland
- Department of Biodiversity and Environmental Management, University of León, Campus de Vegazana, 24007, León, Spain
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- Geography Research Unit, University of Oulu, P. O. Box 8000, FI-90014, Oulu, Finland
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- Amnis Opes Institute, 2895 SE Glenn, Corvallis, Oregon, 97333, USA
- Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, & Conservation Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, 97331, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Zoology, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, SC, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ecología y Gestión Ambiental CURE, Universidad de la República, Tacuarembó s/n, Maldonado, Uruguay
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Progênio M, Antiqueira PAP, Oliveira FR, Meira BR, Lansac‐Tôha FM, Rodrigues LC, Romero GQ, Nash LN, Kratina P, Velho LFM. Effects of warming on the structure of aquatic communities in tropical bromeliad microecosystems. Ecol Evol 2023; 13:e9824. [PMID: 36844665 PMCID: PMC9944163 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.9824] [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: 11/07/2022] [Revised: 01/27/2023] [Accepted: 01/30/2023] [Indexed: 02/24/2023] Open
Abstract
Freshwaters are among the most vulnerable ecosystems to climate warming, with projected temperature increases over the coming decades leading to significant losses of aquatic biodiversity. Experimental studies that directly warm entire natural ecosystems in the tropics are needed, for understanding the disturbances on aquatic communities. Therefore, we conducted an experiment to test the impacts of predicted future warming on density, alpha diversity, and beta diversity of freshwater aquatic communities, inhabiting natural microecosystems-Neotropical tank bromeliads. Aquatic communities within the tanks bromeliads were experimentally exposed to warming, with temperatures ranging from 23.58 to 31.72°C. Linear regression analysis was used to test the impacts of warming. Next, distance-based redundancy analysis was performed to assess how warming might alter total beta diversity and its components. This experiment was conducted across a gradient of habitat size (bromeliad water volume) and availability of detrital basal resources. A combination of the highest detritus biomass and higher experimental temperatures resulted in the greatest density of flagellates. However, the density of flagellates declined in bromeliads with higher water volume and lower detritus biomass. Moreover, the combination of the highest water volume and high temperature reduced density of copepods. Finally, warming changed microfauna species composition, mostly through species substitution (β repl component of total beta-diversity). These findings indicate that warming strongly structures freshwater communities by reducing or increasing densities of different aquatic communities groups. It also enhances beta-diversity, and many of these effects are modulated by habitat size or detrital resources.
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- Melissa Progênio
- Programa de Pós‐graduação em Ecologia de Ambientes Aquáticos ContinentaisUniversidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM)MaringáParanáBrazil
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- Programa de Pós‐Graduação em Ecologia, Instituto de Biologia (IB)Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)CampinasSão PauloBrazil
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- Programa de Pós‐graduação em Ecologia de Ambientes Aquáticos ContinentaisUniversidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM)MaringáParanáBrazil
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- Programa de Pós‐graduação em Ecologia de Ambientes Aquáticos ContinentaisUniversidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM)MaringáParanáBrazil,Departamento de Biodiversidade, Evolução e AmbienteUniversidade Federal de Ouro Preto (UFOP)Ouro PretoMinas GeraisBrazil
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- Programa de Pós‐graduação em Ecologia de Ambientes Aquáticos ContinentaisUniversidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM)MaringáParanáBrazil
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- Programa de Pós‐graduação em Ecologia de Ambientes Aquáticos ContinentaisUniversidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM)MaringáParanáBrazil,Núcleo de Pesquisas em Limnologia, Ictiologia e AquiculturaUniversidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM)MaringáParanáBrazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Animal, Instituto de Biologia (IB)Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)CampinasSão PauloBrazil
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- School of Biological and Behavioural SciencesQueen Mary University of LondonLondonUK
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- School of Biological and Behavioural SciencesQueen Mary University of LondonLondonUK
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- Programa de Pós‐graduação em Ecologia de Ambientes Aquáticos ContinentaisUniversidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM)MaringáParanáBrazil,Núcleo de Pesquisas em Limnologia, Ictiologia e AquiculturaUniversidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM)MaringáParanáBrazil
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Nessel MP, Konnovitch T, Romero GQ, González AL. Decline of insects and arachnids driven by nutrient enrichment: A meta-analysis. Ecology 2023; 104:e3897. [PMID: 36217891 PMCID: PMC10078409 DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3897] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2022] [Revised: 08/21/2022] [Accepted: 09/07/2022] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
Abstract
Recent studies have documented global declines in insects and their relatives, but the exact mechanisms explaining these patterns are not fully understood. A potential driver underlying arthropod population declines is increases in anthropogenic inputs of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P). Here, we synthesize the effects of N, P, and combined N + P enrichment on the abundance of hexapods (insects and collembola) and arachnids from 901 experiments reported in 84 studies. We found that N and combined N + P enrichment caused significant decreases in the abundance of these groups overall. While arthropod responses to nutrient enrichment across aquatic and terrestrial habitats and in temperate as well as tropical climatic zones differed in magnitude, our results suggest that arthropods are decreasing similarly in response to nitrogen and phosphorus enrichment. Further, despite previously shown differences in the nutrient demands of different insect metamorphosis groups, we found consistent negative effects of N + P enrichment on all groups. Our results also showed that the negative effects of nutrient additions are stronger for aquatic insects that are considered more sensitive to changes in physical-chemical parameters in their environments, Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, and Trichoptera (EPT), compared with other aquatic insects. In addition, N + P enrichment reduced the abundance of above-ground and below-ground arthropods, suggesting that a similar mechanism driving arthropod community change is acting on both groups. These findings suggest that changes in elemental cycles are a potential cause of the ongoing global decline of arthropods and underscore the serious effects of nutrient enrichment on ecological systems.
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- Mark P Nessel
- Center for Computational and Integrative Biology, Rutgers University, Camden, New Jersey, USA
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- Center for Computational and Integrative Biology, Rutgers University, Camden, New Jersey, USA.,Biology Department, La Salle University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Animal Biology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), São Paulo, Brazil
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- Center for Computational and Integrative Biology, Rutgers University, Camden, New Jersey, USA.,Biology Department, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
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Moi DA, Lansac-Tôha FM, Romero GQ, Sobral-Souza T, Cardinale BJ, Kratina P, Perkins DM, Teixeira de Mello F, Jeppesen E, Heino J, Lansac-Tôha FA, Velho LFM, Mormul RP. Human pressure drives biodiversity-multifunctionality relationships in large Neotropical wetlands. Nat Ecol Evol 2022; 6:1279-1289. [PMID: 35927315 DOI: 10.1038/s41559-022-01827-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2021] [Accepted: 06/13/2022] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
Abstract
Many studies have shown that biodiversity regulates multiple ecological functions that are needed to maintain the productivity of a variety of ecosystem types. What is unknown is how human activities may alter the 'multifunctionality' of ecosystems through both direct impacts on ecosystems and indirect effects mediated by the loss of multifaceted biodiversity. Using an extensive database of 72 lakes spanning four large Neotropical wetlands in Brazil, we demonstrate that species richness and functional diversity across multiple larger (fish and macrophytes) and smaller (microcrustaceans, rotifers, protists and phytoplankton) groups of aquatic organisms are positively associated with ecosystem multifunctionality. Whereas the positive association between smaller organisms and multifunctionality broke down with increasing human pressure, this positive relationship was maintained for larger organisms despite the increase in human pressure. Human pressure impacted multifunctionality both directly and indirectly through reducing species richness and functional diversity of multiple organismal groups. These findings provide further empirical evidence about the importance of aquatic biodiversity for maintaining wetland multifunctionality. Despite the key role of biodiversity, human pressure reduces the diversity of multiple groups of aquatic organisms, eroding their positive impacts on a suite of ecological functions that sustain wetlands.
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- Dieison A Moi
- Department of Biology (DBI), Center of Biological Sciences (CCB), State University of Maringá (UEM), Maringá, Brazil.
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- Department of Biology (DBI), Center of Biological Sciences (CCB), State University of Maringá (UEM), Maringá, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Multitrophic Interactions and Biodiversity, Department of Animal Biology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
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- Department of Botany and Ecology, Institute of Bioscience, Federal University of Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, Brazil
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- Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, Penn State University, University Park, PA, USA
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- School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
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- School of Life and Health Sciences, University of Roehampton, Whitelands College, London, UK
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- Departamento de Ecología y Gestión Ambiental CURE, Universidad de la República, Maldonado, Uruguay
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- Department of Ecoscience and WATEC, Aarhus University, Aarhus C, Denmark.,Sino-Danish Centre for Education and Research, Beijing, China.,Limnology Laboratory, Department of Biological Sciences and Centre for Ecosystem Research and Implementation, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.,Institute of Marine Sciences, Middle East Technical University, Erdemli-Mersin, Turkey
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- Freshwater Centre, Finnish Environment Institute, Oulu, Finland
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- Department of Biology (DBI), Center of Biological Sciences (CCB), State University of Maringá (UEM), Maringá, Brazil.,Research Centre in Limnology, Ichthyology and Aquaculture (NUPÉLIA), Centre of Biological Sciences (CCB), State University of Maringá (UEM), Maringá, Brazil
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- Department of Biology (DBI), Center of Biological Sciences (CCB), State University of Maringá (UEM), Maringá, Brazil.,Research Centre in Limnology, Ichthyology and Aquaculture (NUPÉLIA), Centre of Biological Sciences (CCB), State University of Maringá (UEM), Maringá, Brazil.,UniCesumar/ICETI, Maringá, Brazil
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- Department of Biology (DBI), Center of Biological Sciences (CCB), State University of Maringá (UEM), Maringá, Brazil.,Research Centre in Limnology, Ichthyology and Aquaculture (NUPÉLIA), Centre of Biological Sciences (CCB), State University of Maringá (UEM), Maringá, Brazil
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Romero GQ, Gonçalves-Souza T, Roslin T, Marquis RJ, Marino NAC, Novotny V, Cornelissen T, Orivel J, Sui S, Aires G, Antoniazzi R, Dáttilo W, Breviglieri CPB, Busse A, Gibb H, Izzo TJ, Kadlec T, Kemp V, Kersch-Becker M, Knapp M, Kratina P, Luke R, Majnarić S, Maritz R, Mateus Martins P, Mendesil E, Michalko J, Mrazova A, Novais S, Pereira CC, Perić MS, Petermann JS, Ribeiro SP, Sam K, Trzcinski MK, Vieira C, Westwood N, Bernaschini ML, Carvajal V, González E, Jausoro M, Kaensin S, Ospina F, Cristóbal-Pérez EJ, Quesada M, Rogy P, Srivastava DS, Szpryngiel S, Tack AJM, Teder T, Videla M, Viljur ML, Koricheva J. Climate variability and aridity modulate the role of leaf shelters for arthropods: A global experiment. Glob Chang Biol 2022; 28:3694-3710. [PMID: 35243726 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16150] [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] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2021] [Accepted: 02/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
Current climate change is disrupting biotic interactions and eroding biodiversity worldwide. However, species sensitive to aridity, high temperatures, and climate variability might find shelter in microclimatic refuges, such as leaf rolls built by arthropods. To explore how the importance of leaf shelters for terrestrial arthropods changes with latitude, elevation, and climate, we conducted a distributed experiment comparing arthropods in leaf rolls versus control leaves across 52 sites along an 11,790 km latitudinal gradient. We then probed the impact of short- versus long-term climatic impacts on roll use, by comparing the relative impact of conditions during the experiment versus average, baseline conditions at the site. Leaf shelters supported larger organisms and higher arthropod biomass and species diversity than non-rolled control leaves. However, the magnitude of the leaf rolls' effect differed between long- and short-term climate conditions, metrics (species richness, biomass, and body size), and trophic groups (predators vs. herbivores). The effect of leaf rolls on predator richness was influenced only by baseline climate, increasing in magnitude in regions experiencing increased long-term aridity, regardless of latitude, elevation, and weather during the experiment. This suggests that shelter use by predators may be innate, and thus, driven by natural selection. In contrast, the effect of leaf rolls on predator biomass and predator body size decreased with increasing temperature, and increased with increasing precipitation, respectively, during the experiment. The magnitude of shelter usage by herbivores increased with the abundance of predators and decreased with increasing temperature during the experiment. Taken together, these results highlight that leaf roll use may have both proximal and ultimate causes. Projected increases in climate variability and aridity are, therefore, likely to increase the importance of biotic refugia in mitigating the effects of climate change on species persistence.
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- Gustavo Q Romero
- Laboratory of Multitrophic Interactions and Biodiversity, Department of Animal Biology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Ecological Synthesis and Biodiversity Conservation, Department of Biology, Federal Rural University of Pernambuco (UFRPE), Recife, Brazil
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- Spatial Foodweb Ecology Group, Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
- Spatial Foodweb Ecology Group, Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Whitney R. Harris World Ecology Center, Department of Biology, University of Missouri-St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Entomology, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
- Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
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- Centre for Ecological Synthesis and Conservation, Department of Genetics, Ecology and Evolution, UFMG, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- CNRS, UMR Ecologie des Forêts de Guyane (EcoFoG), AgroParisTech, CIRAD, INRAE, Université de Guyane, Université des Antilles, Campus agronomique, Kourou cedex, France
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- New Guinea Binatang Research Center, Nagada Harbour, Madang, Papua New Guinea
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- Laboratory of Ecological Synthesis and Biodiversity Conservation, Department of Biology, Federal Rural University of Pernambuco (UFRPE), Recife, Brazil
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- Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas, USA
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- Red de Ecoetología, Instituto de Ecología A.C, Xalapa, Mexico
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- Laboratory of Multitrophic Interactions and Biodiversity, Department of Animal Biology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
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- Department of Nature Conservation and Research, Bavarian Forest National Park, Grafenau, Germany
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- Department of Ecology, Environment and Evolution, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Departamento de Botânica e Ecologia, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, Brasil
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- Department of Ecology, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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- School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
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- Department of Entomology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Ecology, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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- School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, Surrey, UK
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- Faculty of Science, Department of biology, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa
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- Laboratory of Ecological Synthesis and Biodiversity Conservation, Department of Biology, Federal Rural University of Pernambuco (UFRPE), Recife, Brazil
- Programa de Pós-graduação em Etnobiologia e Conservação da Natureza, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE) [Federal Rural University of Pernambuco], Recife, Brazil
- Department of Zoology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Department of Horticulture and Plant Sciences, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia
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- Institute of Biotechnology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Sciences, Slovak University of Agriculture, Nitra, Slovakia
- Mlynany Arboretum, Institute of Forest Ecology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Entomology, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
- Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
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- Red de Interacciones Multitróficas, Instituto de Ecología A.C, Xalapa, Mexico
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- Centre for Ecological Synthesis and Conservation, Department of Genetics, Ecology and Evolution, UFMG, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Faculty of Science, Department of biology, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Environment and Biodiversity, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Laboratory of Ecoehalth, Ecology of Canopy Insects and Natural Succession, NUPEB-Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, Brazil
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- Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Entomology, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
- Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
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- Department of Forest & Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Pós-graduação em Ecologia e Conservação de Recursos Naturais, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, MG, Brazil
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- Dept. of Zoology and Biodiversity Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal (CONICET-Universidad Nacional de Córdoba), Córdoba, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Ecologia, Grupo de Investigación en Ecosistemas Tropicales, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Caldas, Manizales, Colombia
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- Department of Ecology, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
- Institute for Environmental Science, University of Koblenz-Landau, Landau, Germany
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- Departamento de Ciencias Basicas, Universidad Nacional de Chilecito, Chilecito, Spain
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- New Guinea Binatang Research Center, Nagada Harbour, Madang, Papua New Guinea
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- Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Caldas, Manizales, Colombia
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- Laboratorio Nacional de Análisis y Síntesis Ecológica (LANASE), Escuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores Unidad Morelia
- Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Morelia, Michoacán, México
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- Laboratorio Nacional de Análisis y Síntesis Ecológica (LANASE), Escuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores Unidad Morelia
- Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Morelia, Michoacán, México
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- Dept. of Zoology and Biodiversity Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Dept. of Zoology and Biodiversity Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Zoology, The Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Ecology, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
- Department of Zoology, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal (CONICET-Universidad Nacional de Córdoba), Córdoba, Argentina
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- Department of Zoology, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
- Field Station Fabrikschleichach, Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology (Zoology III), Julius Maximilians University Würzburg, Rauhenebrach, Germany
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, Surrey, UK
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Srivastava DS, MacDonald AAM, Pillar VD, Kratina P, Debastiani VJ, Guzman LM, Trzcinski MK, Dézerald O, Barberis IM, de Omena PM, Romero GQ, Ospina Bautista F, Marino NAC, Leroy C, Farjalla VF, Richardson BA, Gonçalves AZ, Corbara B, Petermann JS, Richardson MJ, Melnychuk MC, Jocqué M, Ngai JT, Talaga S, Piccoli GCO, Montero G, Kirby KR, Starzomski BM, Céréghino R. Geographical variation in the trait‐based assembly patterns of multitrophic invertebrate communities. Funct Ecol 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.14096] [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: 11/26/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Diane S. Srivastava
- Department of Zoology & Biodiversity Research Centre University of British Columbia Vancouver BC Canada
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- Laboratoire Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Environnement, CNRS Université Toulouse 3 Paul Sabatier Toulouse France
- Centre for the Synthesis and Analysis of Biodiversity (CESAB‐FRB), Montpellier, France the Synthesis and Analysis of Biodiversity (CESAB‐FRB), Aix‐en‐Provence France
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- Department of Ecology and Graduate Program in Ecology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande Porto Alegre RS Brazil
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- School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences Queen Mary University of London London UK
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- Department of Ecology and Graduate Program in Ecology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande Porto Alegre RS Brazil
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- Department of Zoology & Biodiversity Research Centre University of British Columbia Vancouver BC Canada
- Department of Biological Sciences Simon Fraser University Burnaby BC Canada
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- Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences University of British Columbia Vancouver BC Canada
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- EcoFoG, Ecologie des Forêts de Guyane, CNRS UMR 8172 Kourou France
- ESE, Ecology and Ecosystems Health, INRAE, Agrocampus Ouest, 35042 Rennes France
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- Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias Agrarias de Rosario, IICAR‐CONICET‐UNR, Universidad Nacional de Rosario Zavalla Argentina
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- Laboratory of Multitrophic Interactions and Biodiversity, Department of Animal Biology, Institute of Biology University of Campinas Campinas SP Brazil
- Institute of Biological Sciences Federal University of Pará Belém PA Brazil
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- Laboratory of Multitrophic Interactions and Biodiversity, Department of Animal Biology, Institute of Biology University of Campinas Campinas SP Brazil
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- Department of Biological Sciences Andes University Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Caldas Colombia Colombia
- Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Caldas Colombia
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- Departamento de Ecologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro RJ Brazil
- Programa de Pós‐Graduação em Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro RJ Brazil
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- AMAP, Univ. Montpellier, CIRAD, CNRS, INRAE, IRD Montpellier France
- ECOFOG, CIRAD, CNRS, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Université de Guyane, Université des Kourou France
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- Departamento de Ecologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro RJ Brazil
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- Edinburgh UK
- Luquillo LTER, Institute for Tropical Ecosystem Studies University of Puerto Rico San Juan Puerto Rico
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- Department of Botany, Biosciences Institute University of São Paulo São Paulo Brazil
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- Laboratoire Microorganismes, Génome et Environnement Université Clermont Auvergne Aubière France
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- Edinburgh UK
- Luquillo LTER, Institute for Tropical Ecosystem Studies University of Puerto Rico San Juan Puerto Rico
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- Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecology Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences Brussels Belgium
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- Department of Zoology & Biodiversity Research Centre University of British Columbia Vancouver BC Canada
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- Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Unité d’Entomologie Médicale Cayenne France
- MIVEGEC, Univ. Montpellier, CNRS, IRD Montpellier France
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- Department of Zoology and Botany University of São Paulo State São José do Rio Preto SP Brazil
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- Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias Agrarias de Rosario, IICAR‐CONICET‐UNR, Universidad Nacional de Rosario Zavalla Argentina
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- Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences University of British Columbia Vancouver BC Canada
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- Laboratoire Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Environnement, CNRS Université Toulouse 3 Paul Sabatier Toulouse France
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Pereira TA, Vieira SA, Oliveira RS, Antiqueira PAP, Migliorini GH, Romero GQ. Local drivers of heterogeneity in a tropical forest: epiphytic tank bromeliads affect the availability of soil resources and conditions and indirectly affect the structure of seedling communities. Oecologia 2022; 199:205-215. [DOI: 10.1007/s00442-022-05179-8] [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] [Received: 08/24/2021] [Accepted: 04/25/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Céréghino R, Trzcinski MK, MacDonald AAM, Marino NA, Acosta Mercado D, Leroy C, Corbara B, Romero GQ, Farjalla VF, Barberis IM, Dézerald O, Hammill E, Atwood TB, Piccoli GC, Ospina Bautista F, Carrias J, Leal JS, Montero G, Antiqueira PA, Freire R, Realpe E, Amundrud SL, Omena PM, Campos AB, Srivastava DS. Functional redundancy dampens precipitation change impacts on species‐rich invertebrate communities across the Neotropics. Funct Ecol 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.14048] [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: 11/28/2022]
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- Régis Céréghino
- Laboratoire Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Environnement Université de Toulouse CNRS Toulouse France
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- Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences University of British Columbia Vancouver Canada
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- Quebec Centre for Biodiversity Science Montreal QC H3A 1B1 Canada
- Centre for the Synthesis and Analysis of Biodiversity (CESAB‐FRB) Aix‐en‐Provence France
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- Programa de Pós‐Graduação em Ecologia Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) CP 68020 Rio de Janeiro/RJ Brazil
- Departamento de Ecologia Instituto de Biologia Centro de Ciências da Saúde Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro PO Box 68020 Rio de Janeiro RJ Brazil
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- Department of Biology University of Puerto Rico ‐ Mayagüez Campus Mayagüez 00681 Puerto Rico USA
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- AMAP Univ. Montpellier CIRAD CNRS INRA IRD Montpellier France
- ECOFOG CIRAD CNRS INRAE Université de Guyane Université des Antilles AgroParisTech 97379 Kourou France
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- Université Clermont‐Auvergne CNRS LMGE (Laboratoire Microorganismes: Génome et Environnement) F‐63000 Clermont‐Ferrand France
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- Laboratory of Multitrophic Interactions and Biodiversity Department of Animal Biology Institute of Biology University of Campinas (UNICAMP) 13083‐862 Campinas‐SP Brazil
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- Departamento de Ecologia Instituto de Biologia Centro de Ciências da Saúde Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro PO Box 68020 Rio de Janeiro RJ Brazil
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- Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias Agrarias de Rosario IICAR‐CONICET‐UNR Universidad Nacional de Rosario S2125ZAA Zavalla Argentina
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- UMR ESE, Ecology and Ecosystem Health INRAE Agrocampus Ouest 35042 Rennes France
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- Department of Watershed Sciences and the Ecology Center Utah State University Logan 84322 USA
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- Department of Watershed Sciences and the Ecology Center Utah State University Logan 84322 USA
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- Dept. of Zoology and Botany University of São Paulo State (UNESP/IBILCE) São José do Rio Preto 15054 ‐ 000 SP Brazil
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- Université Clermont‐Auvergne CNRS LMGE (Laboratoire Microorganismes: Génome et Environnement) F‐63000 Clermont‐Ferrand France
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- Programa de Pós‐Graduação em Ecologia Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) CP 68020 Rio de Janeiro/RJ Brazil
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- Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias Agrarias de Rosario IICAR‐CONICET‐UNR Universidad Nacional de Rosario S2125ZAA Zavalla Argentina
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- Laboratory of Multitrophic Interactions and Biodiversity Department of Animal Biology Institute of Biology University of Campinas (UNICAMP) 13083‐862 Campinas‐SP Brazil
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- Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias Agrarias de Rosario IICAR‐CONICET‐UNR Universidad Nacional de Rosario S2125ZAA Zavalla Argentina
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- Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas Universidad de Caldas Manizales 170002 Colombia
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- Dept. of Zoology & Biodiversity Research Centre University of British Columbia Vancouver V6T 1Z4 Canada
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- Laboratory of Multitrophic Interactions and Biodiversity Department of Animal Biology Institute of Biology University of Campinas (UNICAMP) 13083‐862 Campinas‐SP Brazil
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- Programa de Pós‐Graduação em Ecologia Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) CP 68020 Rio de Janeiro/RJ Brazil
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- Dept. of Zoology & Biodiversity Research Centre University of British Columbia Vancouver V6T 1Z4 Canada
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Pereira CC, Novais S, Barbosa M, Negreiros D, Gonçalves‐Souza T, Roslin T, Marquis R, Marino N, Novotny V, Orivel J, Sui S, Aires G, Antoniazzi R, Dáttilo W, Breviglieri C, Busse A, Gibb H, Izzo T, Kadlec T, Kemp V, Kersch‐Becker M, Knapp M, Kratina P, Luke R, Majnarić S, Maritz R, Martins PM, Mendesil E, Michalko J, Mrazova A, Perić MS, Petermann J, Ribeiro S, Sam K, Trzcinski MK, Vieira C, Westwood N, Bernaschini M, Carvajal V, González E, Jausoro M, Kaensin S, Ospina F, Pérez JC, Quesada M, Rogy P, Srivastava DS, Szpryngiel S, Tack AJM, Teder T, Videla M, Viljur M, Koricheva J, Fernandes GW, Romero GQ, Cornelissen T. Subtle structures with not‐so‐subtle functions: A data set of arthropod constructs and their host plants. Ecology 2022; 103:e3639. [DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3639] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2021] [Revised: 10/18/2021] [Accepted: 10/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Cássio Cardoso Pereira
- Programa de Pós‐Graduação em Ecologia, Conservação e Manejo da Vida Silvestre, Centro de Síntese Ecológica e Conservação, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) Belo Horizonte Minas Gerais Brazil
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- Red de Interacciones Multitróficas, Instituto de Ecología A.C, Carretera Antigua a Coatepec 351, El Haya. , Xalapa Veracruz Mexico
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- Laboratório de Ecologia Evolutiva e Biodiversidade, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) Belo Horizonte MG Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ecologia Evolutiva e Biodiversidade, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) Belo Horizonte MG Brazil
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- Laboratory of Ecological Synthesis and Biodiversity Conservation, Department of Biology Federal Rural University of Pernambuco (UFRPE), 50710‐000, Recife‐Prince Edward Island Brazil
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- Spatial Foodweb Ecology Group, Department of Ecology Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Uppsala Sweden
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- Whitney R. Harris World Ecology Center and Department of Biology University of Missouri‐St. Louis, 1 University Boulevard St. Louis Missouri US
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- Programa de Pós‐Graduação em Ecologia Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro RJ Brazil
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- Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Entomology, Branisovska 31, 37005 Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic; and Faculty of Science University of South Bohemia, Branisovska 1760, 37005 Ceske Budejovice Czech Republic
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- CNRS, UMR Ecologie des Forêts de Guyane (EcoFoG), AgroParisTech, CIRAD, INRA Université de Guyane, Université des Antilles, Campus agronomique BP Kourou cedex France
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- New Guinea Binatang Research Center, PO Box 604, Nagada Harbour Madang Papua New Guinea
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- Laboratory of Ecological Synthesis and Biodiversity Conservation, Department of Biology Federal Rural University of Pernambuco (UFRPE), 50710‐000, Recife‐Prince Edward Island Brazil
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- Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture Stephen F. Austin State University, 419 East College St. Nacogdoches Texas US
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- Red de Ecoetología Instituto de Ecología A.C CP Veracruz Mexico
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- Laboratory of Multitrophic Interactions and Biodiversity, Department of Animal Biology, Institute of Biology University of Campinas (Unicamp), 13083‐862, Campinas São Paulo Brazil
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- Bavarian Forest National Park Department of Nature Conservation and Research, Freyunger Str. 2 Grafenau Germany
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- Department of Ecology, Environment and Evolution La Trobe University Melbourne Victoria Australia
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- Departamento de Botânica e Ecologia Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, Montana Brazil
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- Department of Ecology, Faculty of Environmental Sciences Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129 Prague ‐ Suchdol Czech Republic
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- School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road London UK
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- Department of Ecology, Faculty of Environmental Sciences Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129 Prague ‐ Suchdol Czech Republic
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- School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road London UK
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- Department of Biological Sciences Royal Holloway University of London Egham UK
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- Faculty of Science, Department of biology University of Zagreb Zagreb Croatia
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- Department of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology University of the Western Cape, Robert Sobukwe Road Bellville South Africa
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- Laboratory of Ecological Synthesis and Biodiversity Conservation, Department of Biology Federal Rural University of Pernambuco (UFRPE), 50710‐000, Recife‐Prince Edward Island Brazil
- Programa de Pós‐graduação em Etnobiologia e Conservação da Natureza, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, 50710‐000, Recife‐PE, Brazil; and Department of Zoology University of Otago Dunedin New Zealand
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- Department of Horticulture and Plant Sciences Jimma University, P.O. Box 307 Jimma Ethiopia
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- The Biofood Center, Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Sciences, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Tr. A. Hlinku 2, 949 76 Nitra, Slovakia; and Mlynany Arboretum Institute of Forest Ecology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Vieska nad Zitavou 178, 951 52 Slepcany Slovakia
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- Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Entomology, Branisovska 31, 37005 Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic; and Faculty of Science University of South Bohemia, Branisovska 1760, 37005 Ceske Budejovice Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Science, Department of biology University of Zagreb Zagreb Croatia
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- Department of Biosciences University of Salzburg, Hellbrunner Str. 34 Salzburg Austria
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- Laboratory of Ecohealth, Ecology of Canopy Insects and Natural Succession, Nupeb‐Ufop Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Campus Morro do Cruzeiro Ouro Preto Minas Gerais Brazil
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- Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Entomology, Branisovska 31, 37005 Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic; and Faculty of Science University of South Bohemia, Branisovska 1760, 37005 Ceske Budejovice Czech Republic
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- Department of Forest & Conservation Sciences University of British Columbia, 3041 ‐ 2424 Main Mall Vancouver British Columbia Canada
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- Pós‐graduação em Ecologia e Conservação de Recursos Naturais Universidade Federal de Uberlândia Uberlândia MG Brazil
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- Dept. of Zoology and Biodiversity Research Centre University of British Columbia, 6270 University Boulevard Vancouver British Columbia Canada
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- Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal (CONICET‐Universidad Nacional de Córdoba), Av. Vélez Sarsfield 1611‐(X5016GCA), Córdoba Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Ecologia, Grupo de Investigación en Ecosistemas Tropicales, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales Universidad de Caldas, Calle 65 # 26‐10 Manizales Colombia
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- Department of Ecology, Faculty of Environmental Sciences Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129 Prague ‐ Suchdol Czech Republic
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- Departamento de Ciencias Basicas Universidad Nacional de Chilecito, Ruta Los Peregrinos s7n CP Chilecito Argentina
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- New Guinea Binatang Research Center, PO Box 604, Nagada Harbour Madang Papua New Guinea
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- Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales Universidad de Caldas, Calle 65 # Manizales Colombia
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- Laboratorio Nacional de Análisis y Síntesis Ecológica (LANASE), Escuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores Unidad Morelia; and Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Morelia Michoacán Mexico
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- Laboratorio Nacional de Análisis y Síntesis Ecológica (LANASE), Escuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores Unidad Morelia; and Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Morelia Michoacán Mexico
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- Dept. of Zoology and Biodiversity Research Centre University of British Columbia, 6270 University Boulevard Vancouver British Columbia Canada
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- Dept. of Zoology and Biodiversity Research Centre University of British Columbia, 6270 University Boulevard Vancouver British Columbia Canada
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- Department of Zoology The Swedish Museum of Natural History, P. O. Box 50007 Stockholm Sweden
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- Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences Stockholm University Stockholm Sweden
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- Department of Ecology, Faculty of Environmental Sciences Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129 Prague ‐ Suchdol Czech Republic
- Department of Zoology, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences University of Tartu, Vanemuise 46 Tartu Estonia
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- Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal (CONICET‐Universidad Nacional de Córdoba), Av. Vélez Sarsfield 1611‐(X5016GCA), Córdoba Argentina
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- Field Station Fabrikschleichach, Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology (Zoology III), Julius Maximilians University Würzburg, Glashüttenstraße 5, 96181 Rauhenebrach, Germany; and Department of Zoology, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences University of Tartu, Vanemuise 46 Tartu Estonia
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- Department of Biological Sciences Royal Holloway University of London Egham UK
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- Laboratório de Ecologia Evolutiva e Biodiversidade, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) Belo Horizonte MG Brazil
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- Laboratory of Multitrophic Interactions and Biodiversity, Department of Animal Biology, Institute of Biology University of Campinas (Unicamp), 13083‐862, Campinas São Paulo Brazil
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- Programa de Pós‐Graduação em Ecologia, Conservação e Manejo da Vida Silvestre, Centro de Síntese Ecológica e Conservação, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) Belo Horizonte Minas Gerais Brazil
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Moi DA, Romero GQ, Jeppesen E, Kratina P, Alves DC, Antiqueira PAP, Teixeira de Mello F, Figueiredo BRS, Bonecker CC, Pires APF, Braghin LSM, Mormul RP. Regime shifts in a shallow lake over 12 years: consequences for taxonomic and functional diversity, and ecosystem multifunctionality. J Anim Ecol 2021; 91:551-565. [PMID: 34954827 DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.13658] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2021] [Accepted: 12/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Under increasing nutrient loading, shallow lakes may shift from a state of clear water dominated by submerged macrophytes to a turbid state dominated by phytoplankton or a shaded state dominated by floating macrophytes. How such regime shifts mediate the relationship between taxonomic and functional diversity and lake multifunctionality is poorly understood. We employed a detailed database describing a shallow lake over a 12-year period during which the lake has displayed all the three states (clear, turbid, and shaded) to investigate how species richness, functional diversity of fish and zooplankton, ecosystem multifunctionality, and five individual ecosystem functions (nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations, standing fish biomass, algae production, and light availability) differ among states. We also evaluated how the relationship between biodiversity (species richness and functional diversity) and multifunctionality is affected by regime shifts. We showed that species richness and the functional diversity of fish and zooplankton were highest during the clear state. The clear state also maintained the highest values of multifunctionality as well as standing fish biomass production, algae biomass, and light availability, whereas the turbid and shaded states had higher nutrient concentrations. Functional diversity was the best predictor of multifunctionality. The relationship between functional diversity and multifunctionality was strongly positive during the clear state, but such relationship became flatter after the shift to the turbid or shaded state. Our findings illustrate that focusing on functional traits may provide a more mechanistic understanding of how regime shifts affect biodiversity and the consequences for ecosystem functioning. Regime shifts towards a turbid or shaded state negatively affect the taxonomic and functional diversity of fish and zooplankton, which in turn impairs the multifunctionality of shallow lakes.
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- Dieison A Moi
- Graduate Program in Ecology of Inland Water Ecosystems (PEA), Department of Biology (DBI), Center of Biological Sciences (CCB), State University of Maringá (UEM), Brazil
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- Laboratory of Multitrophic Interactions and Biodiversity, Department of Animal Biology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, SP, 13083-862, Brazil
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- Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, DK-8600, Silkeborg, Denmark.,Sino-Danish Centre for Education and Research (SDC), Beijing, China.,Limnology Laboratory, Department of Biological Sciences and Centre for Ecosystem Research and Implementation, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
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- School of Biological and Behavioral Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS, UK
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- Graduate Program in Ecology of Inland Water Ecosystems (PEA), Department of Biology (DBI), Center of Biological Sciences (CCB), State University of Maringá (UEM), Brazil.,Departamento de Estatística, Centro de Ciências Exatas, Universidade Estadual de Maringa´, Av. Colombo, 5790, Maringá, Paraná, 87020-900, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Multitrophic Interactions and Biodiversity, Department of Animal Biology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, SP, 13083-862, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ecología y Gestión Ambiental CURE, Universidad de la República, Tacuarembó s/n, Maldonado, Uruguay
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- Department of Ecology and Zoology, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, SC, Brazil
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- Graduate Program in Ecology of Inland Water Ecosystems (PEA), Department of Biology (DBI), Center of Biological Sciences (CCB), State University of Maringá (UEM), Brazil
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- Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Graduate Program in Ecology of Inland Water Ecosystems (PEA), Department of Biology (DBI), Center of Biological Sciences (CCB), State University of Maringá (UEM), Brazil
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- Graduate Program in Ecology of Inland Water Ecosystems (PEA), Department of Biology (DBI), Center of Biological Sciences (CCB), State University of Maringá (UEM), Brazil
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Recalde FC, Breviglieri CP, Kersch-Becker MF, Romero GQ. Contribution of emergent aquatic insects to the trophic variation of tropical birds and bats. Food Webs 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fooweb.2021.e00209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Rezende F, Antiqueira PAP, Petchey OL, Velho LFM, Rodrigues LC, Romero GQ. Trophic downgrading decreases species asynchrony and community stability regardless of climate warming. Ecol Lett 2021; 24:2660-2673. [PMID: 34537987 DOI: 10.1111/ele.13885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [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: 03/10/2021] [Revised: 08/26/2021] [Accepted: 08/30/2021] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Theory and some evidence suggest that biodiversity promotes stability. However, evidence of how trophic interactions and environmental changes modulate this relationship in multitrophic communities is lacking. Given the current scenario of biodiversity loss and climate changes, where top predators are disproportionately more affected, filling these knowledge gaps is crucial. We simulated climate warming and top predator loss in natural microcosms to investigate their direct and indirect effects on temporal stability of microbial communities and the role of underlying stabilising mechanisms. Community stability was insensitive to warming, but indirectly decreased due to top predator loss via increased mesopredator abundance and consequent reduction of species asynchrony and species stability. The magnitude of destabilising effects differed among trophic levels, being disproportionally higher at lower trophic levels (e.g. producers). Our study unravels major patterns and causal mechanisms by which trophic downgrading destabilises large food webs, regardless of climate warming scenarios.
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- Felipe Rezende
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas-SP, Brazil.,Laboratório de Interações Multitróficas e Biodiversidade, Departamento de Biologia Animal, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas-SP, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Interações Multitróficas e Biodiversidade, Departamento de Biologia Animal, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas-SP, Brazil
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- Institute for Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM), DBI/PEA/NUPÉLIA, Av. Colombo, Maringá-PR, Brazil
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- Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM), DBI/PEA/NUPÉLIA, Av. Colombo, Maringá-PR, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Interações Multitróficas e Biodiversidade, Departamento de Biologia Animal, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas-SP, Brazil
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Nessel MP, Konnovitch T, Romero GQ, González AL. Nitrogen and phosphorus enrichment cause declines in invertebrate populations: a global meta-analysis. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 2021; 96:2617-2637. [PMID: 34173704 DOI: 10.1111/brv.12771] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2020] [Revised: 06/15/2021] [Accepted: 06/17/2021] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Human-driven changes in nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) inputs are modifying biogeochemical cycles and the trophic state of many habitats worldwide. These alterations are predicted to continue to increase, with the potential for a wide range of impacts on invertebrates, key players in ecosystem-level processes. Here, we present a meta-analysis of 1679 cases from 207 studies reporting the effects of N, P, and combined N + P enrichment on the abundance, biomass, and richness of aquatic and terrestrial invertebrates. Nitrogen and phosphorus additions decreased invertebrate abundance in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, with stronger impacts under combined N + P additions. Likewise, N and N + P additions had stronger negative impacts on the abundance of tropical than temperate invertebrates. Overall, the effects of nutrient enrichment did not differ significantly among major invertebrate taxonomic groups, suggesting that changes in biogeochemical cycles are a pervasive threat to invertebrate populations across ecosystems. The effects of N and P additions differed significantly among invertebrate trophic groups but N + P addition had a consistent negative effect on invertebrates. Nutrient additions had weaker or inconclusive impacts on invertebrate biomass and richness, possibly due to the low number of case studies for these community responses. Our findings suggest that N and P enrichment affect invertebrate community structure mainly by decreasing invertebrate abundance, and these effects are dependent on the habitat and trophic identity of the invertebrates. These results highlight the important effects of human-driven nutrient enrichment on ecological systems and suggest a potential driver for the global invertebrate decline documented in recent years.
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- Mark P Nessel
- Center for Computational and Integrative Biology, Rutgers University, 201 S. Broadway, Camden, NJ, 08103, U.S.A
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- Center for Computational and Integrative Biology, Rutgers University, 201 S. Broadway, Camden, NJ, 08103, U.S.A.,Biology Department, La Salle University, 1900 W Olney Ave, Philadelphia, PA, 19141, U.S.A
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- Department of Animal Biology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), CP 6109, Campinas, São Paulo, 13083-862, Brazil
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- Center for Computational and Integrative Biology, Rutgers University, 201 S. Broadway, Camden, NJ, 08103, U.S.A.,Biology Department, Rutgers University, Science Building, 315 Penn Street, Camden, NJ, 08102, U.S.A
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Romero GQ, Moi DA, Nash LN, Antiqueira PAP, Mormul RP, Kratina P. Pervasive decline of subtropical aquatic insects over 20 years driven by water transparency, non-native fish and stoichiometric imbalance. Biol Lett 2021; 17:20210137. [PMID: 34102072 PMCID: PMC8187010 DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2021.0137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [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: 03/09/2021] [Accepted: 05/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
Abstract
Insect abundance and diversity are declining worldwide. Although recent research found freshwater insect populations to be increasing in some regions, there is a critical lack of data from tropical and subtropical regions. Here, we examine a 20-year monitoring dataset of freshwater insects from a subtropical floodplain comprising a diverse suite of rivers, shallow lakes, channels and backwaters. We found a pervasive decline in abundance of all major insect orders (Odonata, Ephemeroptera, Trichoptera, Megaloptera, Coleoptera, Hemiptera and Diptera) and families, regardless of their functional role or body size. Similarly, Chironomidae species richness decreased over the same time period. The main drivers of this pervasive insect decline were increased concurrent invasions of non-native insectivorous fish, water transparency and changes to water stoichiometry (i.e. N : P ratios) over time. All these drivers represent human impacts caused by reservoir construction. This work sheds light on the importance of long-term studies for a deeper understanding of human-induced impacts on aquatic insects. We highlight that extended anthropogenic impact monitoring and mitigation actions are pivotal in maintaining freshwater ecosystem integrity.
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- Gustavo Q. Romero
- Laboratory of Multitrophic Interactions and Biodiversity, Department of Animal Biology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, SP 13083-862, Brazil
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- Graduate Program in Ecology of Inland Water Ecosystems (PEA), Department of Biology (DBI), Center of Biological Sciences (CCB), State University of Maringá (UEM), Brazil
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- School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK
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- Laboratory of Multitrophic Interactions and Biodiversity, Department of Animal Biology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, SP 13083-862, Brazil
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- Graduate Program in Ecology of Inland Water Ecosystems (PEA), Department of Biology (DBI), Center of Biological Sciences (CCB), State University of Maringá (UEM), Brazil
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- School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK
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Nash LN, Antiqueira PAP, Romero GQ, de Omena PM, Kratina P. Warming of aquatic ecosystems disrupts aquatic-terrestrial linkages in the tropics. J Anim Ecol 2021; 90:1623-1634. [PMID: 33955003 DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.13505] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2021] [Accepted: 04/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Aquatic ecosystems are tightly linked to terrestrial ecosystems by exchanges of resources, which influence species interactions, community dynamics and functioning in both ecosystem types. However, our understanding of how this coupling responds to climate warming is restricted to temperate, boreal and arctic regions, with limited knowledge from tropical ecosystems. We investigated how warming aquatic ecosystems impact cross-ecosystem exchanges in the tropics, through the export of aquatic resources into the terrestrial environment and the breakdown of terrestrial resources within the aquatic environment. We experimentally heated 50 naturally assembled aquatic communities, contained within different-sized tank-bromeliads, to a 23.5-32°C gradient of mean water temperatures. The biomass, abundance and richness of aquatic insects emerging into the terrestrial environment all declined with rising temperatures over a 45-day experiment. Structural equation and linear mixed effects modelling suggested that these impacts were driven by deleterious effects of warming on insect development and survival, rather than being mediated by aquatic predation, nutrient availability or reduced body size. Decomposition was primarily driven by microbial activity. However, total decomposition by both microbes and macroinvertebrates increased with temperature in all but the largest ecosystems, where it decreased. Thus, warming decoupled aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, by reducing the flux of aquatic resources to terrestrial ecosystems but variably enhancing or reducing terrestrial resource breakdown in aquatic ecosystems. In contrast with increased emergence observed in warmed temperate ecosystems, future climate change is likely to reduce connectivity between tropical terrestrial and aquatic habitats, potentially impacting consumers in both ecosystem types. As tropical ectotherms live closer to their thermal tolerance limits compared to temperate species, warming can disrupt cross-ecosystem dynamics in an interconnected tropical landscape and should be considered when investigating ecosystem-level consequences of climate change.
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- Liam N Nash
- School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
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- Departamento de Biologia Animal, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Animal, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
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- Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA), Belém, Brazil
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- School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
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Mendes GM, Silveira FAO, Oliveira C, Dáttilo W, Guevara R, Ruiz‐Guerra B, Boaventura MG, Sershen, Ramdhani S, Phartyal SS, Ribeiro SP, Pinto VD, Vasconcelos HL, Tito R, Pereira CC, Carvalho B, Carvalho GM, del‐Val E, Buisson E, Arruda AJ, Toth J, Roque FDO, Souza AH, Bolzan F, Neves F, Kuchenbecker J, Demetrio GR, Seixas L, Romero GQ, Omena PM, Silva JO, Paolucci L, Queiroz E, Ooi MKJ, Mills CH, Gerhold P, Merzin A, Massante JC, Aguilar R, Carbone LM, Campos R, Gomes I, Zorzal G, Solar R, Ramos L, Sobrinho T, Sanders P, Cornelissen T. How much leaf area do insects eat? A data set of insect herbivory sampled globally with a standardized protocol. Ecology 2021; 102:e03301. [DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2020] [Revised: 11/23/2020] [Accepted: 11/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Gisele M. Mendes
- Programa de Pós‐Graduação em Ecologia Conservação e Manejo da Vida Silvestre Centro de Síntese Ecológica e Conservação L3‐175, ICB Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) Avenida Presidente Antônio Carlos 6627 Belo Horizonte Minas Gerais31270‐910Brazil
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- Centro de Síntese Ecológica e Conservação L3‐175 Instituto de Ciências Biológicas Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) Avenida Presidente Antônio Carlos 6627 Belo Horizonte Minas Gerais31270‐910Brazil
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- Programa de Pós‐Graduação em Ecologia Conservação e Manejo da Vida Silvestre Centro de Síntese Ecológica e Conservação L3‐175, ICB Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) Avenida Presidente Antônio Carlos 6627 Belo Horizonte Minas Gerais31270‐910Brazil
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- Red de Ecoetología Instituto de Ecología AC carretera antigua a Coatepec 351, El Haya Xalapa VeracruzCP 91073Mexico
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- Red de Biología Evolutiva Instituto de Ecología AC carretera antigua a Coatepec 351, El Haya Xalapa VeracruzCP 91073Mexico
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- Red de Interacciones Multitróficas Instituto de Ecología AC carretera antigua a Coatepec 351, El Haya Xalapa VeracruzCP 91073Mexico
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- Programa de Pós‐Graduação em Ecologia Conservação e Manejo da Vida Silvestre Centro de Síntese Ecológica e Conservação L3‐175, ICB Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) Avenida Presidente Antônio Carlos 6627 Belo Horizonte Minas Gerais31270‐910Brazil
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- Department for Biodiversity & Conservation Biology University of the Western Cape Private Bag X17 Bellville7535South Africa
- Institute of Natural Resources P.O. Box 100396 Scottsville3209South Africa
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- School of Life Sciences University of KwaZulu‐Natal Westville CampusPrivate Bag X54001 Durban4000South Africa
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- School of Ecology & Environment Studies (SEES) Nalanda University Rajgir Bihar803116India
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- Laboratory of Ecohealth Ecology of Canopy Insects and Natural Succession Nupeb‐Ufop Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto Campus Morro do Cruzeiro Ouro Preto Minas Gerais Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Geral Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV) Viçosa Minas Gerais36570‐900Brazil
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- Instituto de Biologia Universidade Federal de Uberlândia Av. Pará 1720 Uberlândia Minas Gerais38405‐302Brazil
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- Instituto de Ciencias de la Naturaleza Territorio y Energías Renovables Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú Lima15088Peru
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- Programa de Pós‐Graduação em Ecologia Conservação e Manejo da Vida Silvestre Centro de Síntese Ecológica e Conservação L3‐175, ICB Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) Avenida Presidente Antônio Carlos 6627 Belo Horizonte Minas Gerais31270‐910Brazil
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- Departamento de Biogeografía y Cambio Global Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN‐CSIC) C/Serrano 115 dpdo Madrid28006Spain
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- Departamento de Biología Geología, Física y Química Inorgánica Universidad Rey Juan Carlos Calle Tulipán s/n Móstoles Madrid28933Spain
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad (Unam) Antigua Carretera a Pátzcuaro 8701, Col. San José de La Huerta Morelia Michoacán58190México
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- Avignon Université Institut Méditerranéen de Biodiversité et d'Ecologie (IMBE) CNRS, IRD, Aix Marseille Université IUT site Agroparc AgroparcBP 61207, F‐84911, Avignon cedex 09France
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- Avignon Université Institut Méditerranéen de Biodiversité et d'Ecologie (IMBE) CNRS, IRD, Aix Marseille Université IUT site Agroparc AgroparcBP 61207, F‐84911, Avignon cedex 09France
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- Avignon Université Institut Méditerranéen de Biodiversité et d'Ecologie (IMBE) CNRS, IRD, Aix Marseille Université IUT site Agroparc AgroparcBP 61207, F‐84911, Avignon cedex 09France
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- Laboratório de Ecologia Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do SulMato Grosso do Sul Caixa Postal 549 Campo Grande79070‐900Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ecologia de Plantas Instituto de Biociências Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS) Campo Grande Mato Grosso do SulCP 549, 79070‐900Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ecologia Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do SulMato Grosso do Sul Caixa Postal 549 Campo Grande79070‐900Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ecologia de Insetos E3‐257 Instituto de Ciências BiológicasUniversidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) Avenida Presidente Antônio Carlos 6627 Belo Horizonte Minas Gerais31270‐910Brazil
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- Programa de Pós‐Graduação em Ecologia Conservação e Manejo da Vida Silvestre Laboratório de Ecologia de Insetos E3‐257 Instituto de Ciências Biológicas Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) Avenida Presidente Antônio Carlos 6627 Belo Horizonte Minas Gerais31270‐910Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ecologia Vegetal Unidade Educacional Penedo Universidade de Alagoas Campus Arapiraca Penedo Alagoas57200‐000Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ecologia Vegetal Unidade Educacional Penedo Universidade de Alagoas Campus Arapiraca Penedo Alagoas57200‐000Brazil
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- Laboratory of Multitrophic Interactions and Biodiversity Department of Animal Biology Institute of Biology University of Campinas (Unicamp) Campinas São Paulo13083‐862Brazil
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- Institute of Biological Sciences Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA) Av. Perimetral 2‐224 Belém Pará66077‐830Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ecologia Básica e Aplicada Colegiado de Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco (UNIVASF) Thomaz Guimarães S/Nº Senhor do Bonfim Bahia48970‐000Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Geral Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV) Viçosa Minas Gerais36570‐900Brazil
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- Laboratório de Interações Inseto‐microrganismo Departamento de Entomologia Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV) Viçosa Minas Gerais36570‐900Brazil
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- Centre for Ecosystem Science School of Biological Earth and Environmental Sciences UNSW Sydney Sydney NSW2052Australia
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- Centre for Ecosystem Science School of Biological Earth and Environmental Sciences UNSW Sydney Sydney NSW2052Australia
- School of Biological Sciences University of Reading Whiteknights ReadingRG6 6AJUK
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- Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences University of Tartu Vanemuise 46 Tartu51014Estonia
- Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Estonian University of Life Sciences Kreutzwaldi 5 Tartu51006Estonia
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- Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences University of Tartu Vanemuise 46 Tartu51014Estonia
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- Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences University of Tartu Vanemuise 46 Tartu51014Estonia
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- Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal Universidad Nacional de Cordoba – Conicet C.C. 495, (X5000JJC) Cordoba Argentina
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- Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal Universidad Nacional de Cordoba – Conicet C.C. 495, (X5000JJC) Cordoba Argentina
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- Departamento de Biologia Geral Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV) Viçosa Minas Gerais36570‐900Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Geral Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV) Viçosa Minas Gerais36570‐900Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Geral Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV) Viçosa Minas Gerais36570‐900Brazil
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- Centro de Síntese Ecológica e Conservação L3‐175 Instituto de Ciências Biológicas Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) Avenida Presidente Antônio Carlos 6627 Belo Horizonte Minas Gerais31270‐910Brazil
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- Programa de Pós‐Graduação em Ecologia Conservação e Manejo da Vida Silvestre Centro de Síntese Ecológica e Conservação L3‐175, ICB Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) Avenida Presidente Antônio Carlos 6627 Belo Horizonte Minas Gerais31270‐910Brazil
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- Laboratório de Sistemática e Ecologia de Insetos Departamento de Ciências Agrárias e Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (Ufes) Rodovia BR 101 Norte, Km 60 São Mateus Espírito Santo29932‐540Brazil
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- Laboratório de Sistemática e Ecologia de Insetos Departamento de Ciências Agrárias e Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (Ufes) Rodovia BR 101 Norte, Km 60 São Mateus Espírito Santo29932‐540Brazil
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- Centro de Síntese Ecológica e Conservação L3‐175 Instituto de Ciências Biológicas Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) Avenida Presidente Antônio Carlos 6627 Belo Horizonte Minas Gerais31270‐910Brazil
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Moi DA, Romero GQ, Antiqueira PAP, Mormul RP, Teixeira de Mello F, Bonecker CC. Multitrophic richness enhances ecosystem multifunctionality of tropical shallow lakes. Funct Ecol 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Dieison A. Moi
- Graduate Program in Ecology of Inland Water Ecosystems Department of Biology State University of Maringá Maringá Brazil
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- Laboratory of Multitrophic Interactions and Biodiversity Department of Animal Biology Institute of Biology University of Campinas (UNICAMP) Campinas Brazil
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- Laboratory of Multitrophic Interactions and Biodiversity Department of Animal Biology Institute of Biology University of Campinas (UNICAMP) Campinas Brazil
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- Graduate Program in Ecology of Inland Water Ecosystems Department of Biology State University of Maringá Maringá Brazil
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- Graduate Program in Ecology of Inland Water Ecosystems Department of Biology State University of Maringá Maringá Brazil
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Recalde FC, Breviglieri CPB, Romero GQ. Allochthonous aquatic subsidies alleviate predation pressure in terrestrial ecosystems. Ecology 2020; 101:e03074. [PMID: 32304220 DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2019] [Revised: 03/01/2020] [Accepted: 03/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
The input of external energy and matter in recipient ecosystems can act as a bottom-up force that subsidizes consumers, with subsequent cascading effects throughout the food web. Depending on the amount of input, dietary preference, and the strength of trophic links, allochthonous resources generally play a stabilizing role on food webs. In this study, we investigated the stabilizing role of allochthonous aquatic resources on intraguild predation (IGP) and their consequences on shared prey in a terrestrial ecosystem. To this end, we manipulated the input of emergent aquatic insects (the allochthonous resources) from streams to land, and predation pressure by bats and birds (the top predators), in a multitrophic food web using an orthogonal exclusion experiment. Using stable isotope metrics, we found that bats, birds, and spiders (the mesopredators), were highly subsidized by emergent aquatic insects. Moreover, among terrestrial prey, top predators fed more on spiders than insects. As predicted, spiders were strongly affected by the presence of top predators when allochthonous resources were excluded. Consequently, in this scenario terrestrial insects were two times more abundant. Because spiders showed a higher preference for consuming aquatic resources, we suggest that nonconsumptive effects of spiders upon terrestrial insects could be mediating the strong response of those shared prey. We demonstrate that the input of allochthonous aquatic resources can play a fundamental role in stabilizing terrestrial trophic interactions and trophic cascades in riparian zones via decreasing predation pressure.
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- Fátima C Recalde
- Programa de Pós Graduação em Ecologia, Institute of Biology, State University of Campinas - UNICAMP, Campinas, 13083-970, Brazil.,Department of Basic Sciences, Polytechnic Faculty, National University of Asunción - UNA, San Lorenzo, 2160, Paraguay
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- Department of Animal Biology, Institute of Biology, State University of Campinas - UNICAMP, Campinas, 13083-970, Brazil
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- Department of Animal Biology, Institute of Biology, State University of Campinas - UNICAMP, Campinas, 13083-970, Brazil
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Srivastava DS, Céréghino R, Trzcinski MK, MacDonald AAM, Marino NAC, Mercado DA, Leroy C, Corbara B, Romero GQ, Farjalla VF, Barberis IM, Dézerald O, Hammill E, Atwood TB, Piccoli GCO, Ospina-Bautista F, Carrias JF, Leal JS, Montero G, Antiqueira PAP, Freire R, Realpe E, Amundrud SL, de Omena PM, Campos ABA. Ecological response to altered rainfall differs across the Neotropics. Ecology 2020; 101:e02984. [PMID: 31958151 DOI: 10.1002/ecy.2984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2019] [Revised: 10/17/2019] [Accepted: 11/12/2019] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
Abstract
There is growing recognition that ecosystems may be more impacted by infrequent extreme climatic events than by changes in mean climatic conditions. This has led to calls for experiments that explore the sensitivity of ecosystems over broad ranges of climatic parameter space. However, because such response surface experiments have so far been limited in geographic and biological scope, it is not clear if differences between studies reflect geographic location or the ecosystem component considered. In this study, we manipulated rainfall entering tank bromeliads in seven sites across the Neotropics, and characterized the response of the aquatic ecosystem in terms of invertebrate functional composition, biological stocks (total invertebrate biomass, bacterial density) and ecosystem fluxes (decomposition, carbon, nitrogen). Of these response types, invertebrate functional composition was the most sensitive, even though, in some sites, the species pool had a high proportion of drought-tolerant families. Total invertebrate biomass was universally insensitive to rainfall change because of statistical averaging of divergent responses between functional groups. The response of invertebrate functional composition to rain differed between geographical locations because (1) the effect of rainfall on bromeliad hydrology differed between sites, and invertebrates directly experience hydrology not rainfall and (2) the taxonomic composition of some functional groups differed between sites, and families differed in their response to bromeliad hydrology. These findings suggest that it will be difficult to establish thresholds of "safe ecosystem functioning" when ecosystem components differ in their sensitivity to climatic variables, and such thresholds may not be broadly applicable over geographic space. In particular, ecological forecast horizons for climate change may be spatially restricted in systems where habitat properties mediate climatic impacts, and those, like the tropics, with high spatial turnover in species composition.
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- Diane S Srivastava
- Departmetn of Zoology and Biodiversity Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Ecolab, Laboratoire Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Environnement, CNRS, UPS, INPT, Université de Toulouse, Toulouse, 21941-901, France
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- Ecolab, Laboratoire Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Environnement, CNRS, UPS, INPT, Université de Toulouse, Toulouse, 21941-901, France
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- Departmetn of Zoology and Biodiversity Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z4, Canada.,Ecolab, Laboratoire Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Environnement, CNRS, UPS, INPT, Université de Toulouse, Toulouse, 21941-901, France
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- Departamento de Ecologia, Instituto de Biologia, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Ilha do Fundão, 68020, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.,Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Ilha do Fundão, 68020, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez Campus, Mayaguez, 00681, Puerto Rico, USA
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- AMAP, IRD, CIRAD, CNRS, INRA, Université Montpellier, Montpellier, CEDEX-5, 34095, France.,ECOFOG (AgroParisTech, CIRAD, CNRS, INRA, Université de Guyane, Université des Antilles), 97379, Kourou, France
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- CNRS, LMGE (Laboratoire Microorganismes: Génome et Environnement), Université Clermont-Auvergne, F-63000, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Laboratory of Multitrophic Interactions and Biodiversity, Department of Animal Biology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), 13083-862, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ecologia, Instituto de Biologia, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Ilha do Fundão, 68020, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias Agrarias de Rosario, IICAR-CONICET-UNR, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, S2125ZAA, Zavalla, Argentina
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- ECOFOG (AgroParisTech, CIRAD, CNRS, INRA, Université de Guyane, Université des Antilles), 97379, Kourou, France.,Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Environnements Continentaux (LIEC)-CNRS UMR 7360, Université de Lorraine, Campus Bridoux, 57070, Metz, France.,INRA, Agrocampus-Ouest, Ecology and Ecosystem Health, 65 rue de Saint-Brieuc, F-35042, Rennes, France
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- Departmetn of Zoology and Biodiversity Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z4, Canada.,Department of Watershed Sciences and the Ecology Center, Utah State University, Logan, 84322, USA
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- Department of Watershed Sciences and the Ecology Center, Utah State University, Logan, 84322, USA.,Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Department of Zoology and Botany, University of São Paulo State (UNESP/IBILCE), 15054 - 000, São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Andes University, Bogotá, 111711, Colombia.,Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Caldas, Caldas, 170001, Colombia
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- CNRS, LMGE (Laboratoire Microorganismes: Génome et Environnement), Université Clermont-Auvergne, F-63000, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Departamento de Ecologia, Instituto de Biologia, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Ilha do Fundão, 68020, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias Agrarias de Rosario, IICAR-CONICET-UNR, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, S2125ZAA, Zavalla, Argentina
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- Laboratory of Multitrophic Interactions and Biodiversity, Department of Animal Biology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), 13083-862, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias Agrarias de Rosario, IICAR-CONICET-UNR, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, S2125ZAA, Zavalla, Argentina
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Andes University, Bogotá, 111711, Colombia
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- Departmetn of Zoology and Biodiversity Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Laboratory of Multitrophic Interactions and Biodiversity, Department of Animal Biology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), 13083-862, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ecologia, Instituto de Biologia, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Ilha do Fundão, 68020, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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Antiqueira PAP, de Omena PM, Gonçalves-Souza T, Vieira C, Migliorini GH, Kersch-Becker MF, Bernabé TN, Recalde FC, Gordillo SB, Romero GQ. Precipitation and predation risk alter the diversity and behavior of pollinators and reduce plant fitness. Oecologia 2020; 192:745-753. [PMID: 32016526 DOI: 10.1007/s00442-020-04612-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2019] [Accepted: 01/20/2020] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
Abstract
Biotic and abiotic factors may individually or interactively disrupt plant-pollinator interactions, influencing plant fitness. Although variations in temperature and precipitation are expected to modify the overall impact of predators on plant-pollinator interactions, few empirical studies have assessed if these weather conditions influence anti-predator behaviors and how this context-dependent response may cascade down to plant fitness. To answer this question, we manipulated predation risk (using artificial spiders) in different years to investigate how natural variation in temperature and precipitation may affect diversity (richness and composition) and behavioral (visitation) responses of flower-visiting insects to predation risk, and how these effects influence plant fitness. Our findings indicate that predation risk and an increase in precipitation independently reduced plant fitness (i.e., seed set) by decreasing flower visitation. Predation risk reduced pollinator visitation and richness, and altered species composition of pollinators. Additionally, an increase in precipitation was associated with lower flower visitation and pollinator richness but did not alter pollinator species composition. However, maximum daily temperature did not affect any component of the pollinator assemblage or plant fitness. Our results indicate that biotic and abiotic drivers have different impacts on pollinator behavior and diversity with consequences for plant fitness components. Even small variation in precipitation conditions promotes complex and substantial cascading effects on plants by affecting both pollinator communities and the outcome of plant-pollinator interactions. Tropical communities are expected to be highly susceptible to climatic changes, and these changes may have drastic consequences for biotic interactions in the tropics.
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- Pablo A P Antiqueira
- Laboratório de Interações Multitróficas e Biodiversidade, Departamento de Biologia Animal, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), CP 6109, Campinas, SP, 13083-970, Brazil.
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- Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, PA, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Síntese Ecológica e Conservação da Biodiversidade, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE), Recife, PE, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Interações Multitróficas e Biodiversidade, Departamento de Biologia Animal, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), CP 6109, Campinas, SP, 13083-970, Brazil.,Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação de Recursos Naturais, Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Interações Multitróficas e Biodiversidade, Departamento de Biologia Animal, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), CP 6109, Campinas, SP, 13083-970, Brazil.,Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Animal, Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho", São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Interações Multitróficas e Biodiversidade, Departamento de Biologia Animal, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), CP 6109, Campinas, SP, 13083-970, Brazil.,Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Animal, Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho", São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Interações Multitróficas e Biodiversidade, Departamento de Biologia Animal, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), CP 6109, Campinas, SP, 13083-970, Brazil.,Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Interações Multitróficas e Biodiversidade, Departamento de Biologia Animal, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), CP 6109, Campinas, SP, 13083-970, Brazil.,Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Interações Multitróficas e Biodiversidade, Departamento de Biologia Animal, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), CP 6109, Campinas, SP, 13083-970, Brazil
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Breviglieri CPB, Romero GQ, Mega ACG, Silva FR. Are
Cecropia
trees ecosystem engineers? The effect of decomposing
Cecropia
leaves on arthropod communities. Biotropica 2019. [DOI: 10.1111/btp.12674] [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: 11/27/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Crasso Paulo B. Breviglieri
- Departamento de Biologia Animal Instituto de BiologiaUniversidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) Campinas São Paulo Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Animal Instituto de BiologiaUniversidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) Campinas São Paulo Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ecologia Teórica: Integrando Tempo Biologia e Espaço (LET.IT.BE) Departamento de Ciências Ambientais Universidade Federal de São Carlos ‐ UFSCar Sorocaba São Paulo Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ecologia Teórica: Integrando Tempo Biologia e Espaço (LET.IT.BE) Departamento de Ciências Ambientais Universidade Federal de São Carlos ‐ UFSCar Sorocaba São Paulo Brazil
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Greenspan SE, Lyra ML, Migliorini GH, Kersch-Becker MF, Bletz MC, Lisboa CS, Pontes MR, Ribeiro LP, Neely WJ, Rezende F, Romero GQ, Woodhams DC, Haddad CFB, Toledo LF, Becker CG. Arthropod-bacteria interactions influence assembly of aquatic host microbiome and pathogen defense. Proc Biol Sci 2019; 286:20190924. [PMID: 31238845 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2019.0924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
The host-associated microbiome is vital to host immunity and pathogen defense. In aquatic ecosystems, organisms may interact with environmental bacteria to influence the pool of potential symbionts, but the effects of these interactions on host microbiome assembly and pathogen resistance are unresolved. We used replicated bromeliad microecosystems to test for indirect effects of arthropod-bacteria interactions on host microbiome assembly and pathogen burden, using tadpoles and the fungal amphibian pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis as a model host-pathogen system. Arthropods influenced host microbiome assembly by altering the pool of environmental bacteria, with arthropod-bacteria interactions specifically reducing host colonization by transient bacteria and promoting antimicrobial components of aquatic bacterial communities. Arthropods also reduced fungal zoospores in the environment, but fungal infection burdens in tadpoles corresponded most closely with arthropod-mediated patterns in microbiome assembly. This result indicates that the cascading effects of arthropods on the maintenance of a protective host microbiome may be more strongly linked to host health than negative effects of arthropods on pools of pathogenic zoospores. Our work reveals tight links between healthy ecosystem dynamics and the functioning of host microbiomes, suggesting that ecosystem disturbances such as loss of arthropods may have downstream effects on host-associated microbial pathogen defenses and host fitness.
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- Sasha E Greenspan
- 1 Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Alabama , Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 , USA
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- 2 Department of Zoology and Aquaculture Center (CAUNESP), Universidade Estadual Paulista , Rio Claro , SP 13506-900 , Brazil
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- 3 Programa de Pós-graduação em Biologia Animal, Universidade Estadual Paulista 'Júlio de Mesquita Filho' , São José do Rio Preto SP 15054-000 , Brazil
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- 1 Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Alabama , Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 , USA
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- 4 Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts Boston , Boston, MA 02125 , USA
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- 6 Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas , Campinas, SP 13083-862 , Brazil.,8 Laboratório de História Natural de Anfíbios Brasileiros (LaHNAB), Departamento de Biologia Animal, Universidade Estadual de Campinas , Campinas, SP 13083-862 , Brazil
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- 6 Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas , Campinas, SP 13083-862 , Brazil.,8 Laboratório de História Natural de Anfíbios Brasileiros (LaHNAB), Departamento de Biologia Animal, Universidade Estadual de Campinas , Campinas, SP 13083-862 , Brazil
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- 1 Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Alabama , Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 , USA
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- 6 Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas , Campinas, SP 13083-862 , Brazil
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- 7 Departamento de Biologia Animal, Universidade Estadual de Campinas , Campinas SP 13083-862 , Brazil
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- 4 Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts Boston , Boston, MA 02125 , USA
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- 2 Department of Zoology and Aquaculture Center (CAUNESP), Universidade Estadual Paulista , Rio Claro , SP 13506-900 , Brazil
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- 8 Laboratório de História Natural de Anfíbios Brasileiros (LaHNAB), Departamento de Biologia Animal, Universidade Estadual de Campinas , Campinas, SP 13083-862 , Brazil
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- 1 Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Alabama , Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 , USA
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- Crasso Paulo B. Breviglieri
- Department of Animal Biology; Institute of Biology; University of Campinas (UNICAMP); Campinas São Paulo 13083-970 Brazil
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- Department of Animal Biology; Institute of Biology; University of Campinas (UNICAMP); Campinas São Paulo 13083-970 Brazil
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Price EL, Sertić Perić M, Romero GQ, Kratina P. Land use alters trophic redundancy and resource flow through stream food webs. J Anim Ecol 2019; 88:677-689. [PMID: 30712255 DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12955] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [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: 09/14/2018] [Accepted: 12/14/2018] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The changes to physical and chemical ecosystem characteristics as a response to pervasive and intensifying land use have the potential to alter the consumer-resource interactions and to rewire the flow of energy through entire food webs. We investigated these structural and functional properties of food webs in stream ecosystems distributed across woodland, agricultural and urban areas in the Zagreb region of Croatia. We compared resource availability and consumer diet composition using stable isotope mixing models and tested how the isotopic variance of basal resources, primary consumers, macroinvertebrate predators and other food web characteristics change with different land-use types. Combination of increased loading and altered composition of nutrients, lower water discharge and higher light availability at urban sites likely promoted the contribution of aquatic macrophytes to diets of primary consumers. Macroinvertebrate predators shifted their diet, relying more on active filterers at urban sites relative to woodland and agricultural sites. Urban food webs also had lower trophic redundancy (i.e. fewer species at each trophic level) and a more homogenized energy flow from lower to higher trophic levels. There was no effect of land use on isotopic variation of basal resources, primary consumers or macroinvertebrate predators, but all these trophic groups at urban and agricultural sites were 15 N-enriched relative to their counterparts in woodland stream food webs. The physical and chemical ecosystem characteristics associated with intensive land use altered the resource availability, trophic redundancy and the flow of energy to other trophic levels, with potentially negative consequences for community dynamics and ecosystem functioning. These empirical findings indicate that reducing nutrient pollution, agricultural runoffs and maintaining riparian vegetation can mitigate the impacts of land use on structure and function of stream ecosystems.
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- Elliott L Price
- School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
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- Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Departamento de Biologia Animal, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
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- School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
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Breviglieri CPB, Romero GQ. Prey stimuli trigger trophic interception across ecosystems. AUSTRAL ECOL 2018. [DOI: 10.1111/aec.12683] [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: 11/28/2022]
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- Crasso Paulo B. Breviglieri
- Department of Animal Biology; Institute of Biology; University of Campinas (UNICAMP); Campinas São Paulo 13083-970 Brazil
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- Department of Animal Biology; Institute of Biology; University of Campinas (UNICAMP); Campinas São Paulo 13083-970 Brazil
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Leal BSS, Medeiros LR, Peres EA, Sobral-Souza T, Palma-Silva C, Romero GQ, Carareto CMA. Insights into the evolutionary dynamics of Neotropical biomes from the phylogeography and paleodistribution modeling of Bromelia balansae. Am J Bot 2018; 105:1725-1734. [PMID: 30324691 DOI: 10.1002/ajb2.1167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [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: 03/31/2018] [Accepted: 07/04/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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PREMISE OF THE STUDY Historical abiotic and biotic factors have strongly affected species diversification and speciation. Although pre-Pleistocene events have been linked to the divergence of several Neotropical organisms, studies have highlighted a more prominent role of Pleistocene climatic oscillations in shaping current patterns of genetic variation of plants. METHODS We performed phylogeographic analyses based on plastidial markers and modeled the current distribution and paleodistribution of Bromelia balansae (Bromeliaceae), an herbaceous species with a wide geographical distribution in South America, to infer the processes underlying its evolutionary history. KEY RESULTS Combined molecular and paleodistributional modeling analyses indicated retraction during the Last Glacial Maximum followed by interglacial expansion. Populations occurring in the semideciduous Atlantic Forest and the Cerrado formed two distinct genetic clusters, which have been historically or ecologically isolated since late Pliocene to early Pleistocene. Populations located in the transition zone had higher levels of genetic diversity, as expected by the long-term climatic stability in the region detected in our ecological niche models. CONCLUSIONS Our study adds important information on how herbaceous species have been affected by past climate in Central and Southeast Brazil, helping to disentangle the complex processes that have triggered the evolution of Neotropical biota.
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- Bárbara S S Leal
- Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Instituto de Biociências, Câmpus de Rio Claro, SP, 13506-900, Brazil
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- Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Instituto de Biociências Letras e Ciências Exatas (Ibilce), Câmpus São José do Rio Preto, SP, 15054-000, Brazil
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- Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Instituto de Biociências, São Paulo, SP, 05508-090, Brazil
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- Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Instituto de Biociências, Câmpus de Rio Claro, SP, 13506-900, Brazil
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- Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Instituto de Biociências, Câmpus de Rio Claro, SP, 13506-900, Brazil
- Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp), Instituto de Biologia, Campinas, SP, 13083-862, Brazil
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- Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp), Instituto de Biologia, Campinas, SP, 13083-862, Brazil
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- Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Instituto de Biociências Letras e Ciências Exatas (Ibilce), Câmpus São José do Rio Preto, SP, 15054-000, Brazil
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González AL, Céréghino R, Dézerald O, Farjalla VF, Leroy C, Richardson BA, Richardson MJ, Romero GQ, Srivastava DS. Ecological mechanisms and phylogeny shape invertebrate stoichiometry: A test using detritus‐based communities across Central and South America. Funct Ecol 2018. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Angélica L. González
- Biology Department & Center for Computational and Integrative Biology Rutgers University Camden New JerseyUSA
- Department of Zoology and Biodiversity Research CentreUniversity of British Columbia Vancouver British Columbia Canada
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- EcoLab, Laboratoire Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Environnement (UMR 5245Université de Toulouse, CNRS Toulouse France
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- Biology Department & Center for Computational and Integrative Biology Rutgers University Camden New JerseyUSA
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- Department of Ecology, Biology InstituteFederal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Ilha do Fundão Rio de Janeiro Brazil
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- IRDUMR AMAP (botAnique et Modélisation de l'Architecture des Plantes et des végétations) Montpellier France
- UMR Ecologie des Forêts de Guyane (AgroParisTech, CIRAD, CNRS, INRA, Université de Guyane, Université des Antilles) Kourou France
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- Edinburgh UK
- Luquillo LTER, Inst. for Tropical Ecosystem StudiesUniv. of Puerto Rico Río Piedras Puerto Rico
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- Edinburgh UK
- Luquillo LTER, Inst. for Tropical Ecosystem StudiesUniv. of Puerto Rico Río Piedras Puerto Rico
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- Departamento de Biologia Animal, Instituto de Biologia (IB)Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) Campinas‐SP Brazil
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- Department of Zoology and Biodiversity Research CentreUniversity of British Columbia Vancouver British Columbia Canada
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Farjalla VF, González AL, Céréghino R, Dézerald O, Marino NAC, Piccoli GCO, Richardson BA, Richardson MJ, Romero GQ, Srivastava DS. Terrestrial support of aquatic food webs depends on light inputs: a geographically-replicated test using tank bromeliads. Ecology 2018; 97:2147-2156. [PMID: 27859200 DOI: 10.1002/ecy.1432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2015] [Revised: 03/18/2016] [Accepted: 03/22/2016] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Food webs of freshwater ecosystems can be subsidized by allochthonous resources. However, it is still unknown which environmental factors regulate the relative consumption of allochthonous resources in relation to autochthonous resources. Here, we evaluated the importance of allochthonous resources (litterfall) for the aquatic food webs in Neotropical tank bromeliads, a naturally replicated aquatic microcosm. Aquatic invertebrates were sampled in more than 100 bromeliads within either open or shaded habitats and within five geographically distinct sites located in four different countries. Using stable isotope analyses, we determined that allochthonous sources comprised 74% (±17%) of the food resources of aquatic invertebrates. However, the allochthonous contribution to aquatic invertebrates strongly decreased from shaded to open habitats, as light incidence increased in the tanks. The density of detritus in the tanks had no impact on the importance of allochthonous sources to aquatic invertebrates. This overall pattern held for all invertebrates, irrespective of the taxonomic or functional group to which they belonged. We concluded that, over a broad geographic range, aquatic food webs of tank bromeliads are mostly allochthonous-based, but the relative importance of allochthonous subsidies decreases when light incidence favors autochthonous primary production. These results suggest that, for other freshwater systems, some of the between-study variation in the importance of allochthonous subsidies may similarly be driven by the relative availability of autochthonous resources.
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- Vinicius F Farjalla
- Departamento de Ecologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Ilha do Fundão, PO Box 68020, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, Brazil
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- Department of Zoology & Biodiversity Research Centre, University of British Columbia, 6270 University Blvd., Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z4, Canada.,Biology Department and Center for Computational and Integrative Biology, Rutgers, The State University of NJ, Camden, New Jersey, 08103, USA
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- Ecolab (UMR-CNRS 5245), Université de Toulouse, 118 route de Narbonne, 31062, Toulouse, France
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- CNRS, Ecologie des Forêts de Guyane (UMR-CNRS 8172), Campus Agronomique, F-97379, Kourou Cedex, France
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- Departamento de Ecologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Ilha do Fundão, PO Box 68020, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, Brazil
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- Graduate Program in Animal Biology, IBILCE, State University of São Paulo (UNESP), São José do Rio Preto-SP, Brazil
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- 165 Braid Road, Edinburgh, EH10 6JE, UK.,Luquillo LTER, Institute for Tropical Ecosystem Studies, College of Natural Sciences, University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras, P.O. Box 70377, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 00936-8377, USA
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- 165 Braid Road, Edinburgh, EH10 6JE, UK.,Luquillo LTER, Institute for Tropical Ecosystem Studies, College of Natural Sciences, University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras, P.O. Box 70377, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 00936-8377, USA
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- Department of Animal Biology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), PO Box 6109, Campinas-SP, CEP 13083-970, Brazil
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- Department of Zoology & Biodiversity Research Centre, University of British Columbia, 6270 University Blvd., Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z4, Canada
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Bernabé TN, de Omena PM, Santos VPD, de Siqueira VM, de Oliveira VM, Romero GQ. Warming weakens facilitative interactions between decomposers and detritivores, and modifies freshwater ecosystem functioning. Glob Chang Biol 2018; 24:3170-3186. [PMID: 29485732 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.14109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [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: 07/03/2017] [Accepted: 01/23/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Warming is among the major drivers of changes in biotic interactions and, in turn, ecosystem functioning. The decomposition process occurs in a chain of facilitative interactions between detritivores and microorganisms. It remains unclear, however, what effect warming may have on the interrelations between detritivores and microorganisms, and the consequences for the functioning of natural freshwater ecosystems. To address these gaps, we performed a field experiment using tank bromeliads and their associated aquatic fauna. We manipulated the presence of bacteria and detritivorous macroinvertebrates (control, "bacteria," and "bacteria + macroinvertebrates") under ambient and warming scenarios, and analyzed the effects on the microorganisms and ecosystem functioning (detritus mass loss, colored dissolved organic matter, and nitrogen flux). We applied antibiotic solution to eliminate or reduce bacteria from control bromeliads. After 60 days incubation, bacterial density was higher in the presence than in the absence of macroinvertebrates. In the absence of macroinvertebrates, temperature did not influence bacterial density. However, in the presence of macroinvertebrates, bacterial density decreased by 54% with warming. The magnitude of the effects of organisms on ecosystem functioning was higher in the combined presence of bacteria and macroinvertebrates. However, warming reduced the overall positive effects of detritivores on bacterial density, which in turn, cascaded down to ecosystem functioning by decreasing decomposition and nitrogen flux. These results show the existence of facilitative mechanisms between bacteria and detritivores in the decomposition process, which might collapse due to warming. Detritivores seem to contribute to nutrient cycling as they facilitate bacterial populations, probably by increasing nutrient input (feces) in the ecosystem. However, increased temperature mitigated these beneficial effects. Our results add to a growing research body that shows that warming can affect the structure of aquatic communities, and highlight the importance of considering the interactive effects between facilitation and climatic drivers on the functioning of freshwater ecosystems.
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- Tiago N Bernabé
- Pós-Graduação em Biologia Animal, Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho", São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brasil
- Laboratory of Multitrophic Interactions and Biodiversity (LIMBIO), Department of Animal Biology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Multitrophic Interactions and Biodiversity (LIMBIO), Department of Animal Biology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
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- Microbial Resources Division, Research Center for Chemistry, Biology and Agriculture (CPQBA), University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
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- Microbial Resources Division, Research Center for Chemistry, Biology and Agriculture (CPQBA), University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
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- Microbial Resources Division, Research Center for Chemistry, Biology and Agriculture (CPQBA), University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Multitrophic Interactions and Biodiversity (LIMBIO), Department of Animal Biology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
- Brazilian Research Network on Climate Change (Rede Clima), São Paulo, Brazil
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Céréghino R, Pillar VD, Srivastava DS, Omena PM, MacDonald AAM, Barberis IM, Corbara B, Guzman LM, Leroy C, Ospina Bautista F, Romero GQ, Trzcinski MK, Kratina P, Debastiani VJ, Gonçalves AZ, Marino NAC, Farjalla VF, Richardson BA, Richardson MJ, Dézerald O, Gilbert B, Petermann J, Talaga S, Piccoli GCO, Jocqué M, Montero G. Constraints on the functional trait space of aquatic invertebrates in bromeliads. Funct Ecol 2018. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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- Department of Ecology and Graduate Program in EcologyUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul Porto Alegre RS Brazil
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- Department of Zoology & Biodiversity Research CentreUniversity of British Columbia Vancouver BC Canada
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- Laboratory of Multitrophic Interactions and BiodiversityDepartment of Animal BiologyInstitute of BiologyUniversity of Campinas Campinas SP Brazil
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- ECOLABCNRSUniversité de Toulouse Toulouse France
- Centre for the Synthesis and Analysis of Biodiversity (CESAB‐FRB) Aix‐en‐Provence France
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- Facultad de Ciencias AgrariasInstituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias AgrariasUniversidad Nacional de Rosario Zavalla Argentina
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- Laboratoire Microorganismes, Génome et EnvironnementUniversité Clermont Auvergne Aubière France
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- Department of Zoology & Biodiversity Research CentreUniversity of British Columbia Vancouver BC Canada
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- AMAPIRDCIRADCNRSINRAUniversité de Montpellier Montpellier France
- ECOFOG, Campus Agronomique Kourou France
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- Laboratory of Multitrophic Interactions and BiodiversityDepartment of Animal BiologyInstitute of BiologyUniversity of Campinas Campinas SP Brazil
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- Department of Forest and Conservation SciencesUniversity of British Columbia Vancouver BC Canada
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- School of Biological and Chemical SciencesQueen Mary University of London London UK
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- Department of Ecology and Graduate Program in EcologyUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul Porto Alegre RS Brazil
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- Department of BotanyBiosciences InstituteUniversity of São Paulo São Paulo Brazil
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- Departamento de EcologiaInstituto de BiologiaUniversidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro RJ Brazil
- Programa de Pós‐Graduação em EcologiaUniversidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro RJ Brazil
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- Departamento de EcologiaInstituto de BiologiaUniversidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro RJ Brazil
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- Edinburgh UK
- Luquillo LTERInstitute for Tropical Ecosystem StudiesUniversity of Puerto Rico San Juan Puerto Rico
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- Edinburgh UK
- Luquillo LTERInstitute for Tropical Ecosystem StudiesUniversity of Puerto Rico San Juan Puerto Rico
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- Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Environnements ContinentauxCNRSUniversité de Lorraine Metz France
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary BiologyUniversity of Toronto Toronto ON Canada
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- Berlin‐Brandenburg Institute of Advanced Biodiversity Research Berlin Germany
- Department of BiosciencesUniversity of Salzburg Salzburg Austria
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- Institut Pasteur de la GuyaneUnité d'Entomologie Médicale Cayenne France
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- Department of Zoology and BotanyUniversity of São Paulo State São José do Rio Preto SP Brazil
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- Aquatic and Terrestrial EcologyRoyal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences Brussels Belgium
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- Facultad de Ciencias AgrariasUniversidad Nacional de Rosario Zavalla Argentina
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Dézerald O, Srivastava DS, Céréghino R, Carrias J, Corbara B, Farjalla VF, Leroy C, Marino NAC, Piccoli GCO, Richardson BA, Richardson MJ, Romero GQ, González AL. Functional traits and environmental conditions predict community isotopic niches and energy pathways across spatial scales. Funct Ecol 2018. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Olivier Dézerald
- Department of Biology and Center for Computational and Integrative BiologyRutgers, The State University of NJ Camden New Jersey
- Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Environnements Continentaux (LIEC)‐CNRS UMR 7360Université de Lorraine Metz France
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- Department of Zoology & Biodiversity Research CentreUniversity of British Columbia Vancouver BC Canada
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- EcolabLaboratoire Ecologie Fonctionnelle et EnvironnementCNRSUniversité de Toulouse Toulouse France
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- CNRSLMGE (Laboratoire Microorganismes: Génome et Environnement)Université Clermont Auvergne Clermont‐Ferrand France
- CNRS, UMR 6023, LMGECampus Universitaire des Cézeaux Aubière Cedex France
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- CNRSLMGE (Laboratoire Microorganismes: Génome et Environnement)Université Clermont Auvergne Clermont‐Ferrand France
- CNRS, UMR 6023, LMGECampus Universitaire des Cézeaux Aubière Cedex France
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- Departamento de EcologiaInstituto de BiologiaUniversidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) Rio de Janeiro RJ Brazil
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- AMAP, IRD, CIRAD, CNRS, INRAUniversité Montpellier Montpellier France
- UMR Ecologie des Forêts de Guyane (AgroParisTech, CIRAD, CNRS, INRA, Université de Guyane, Université des Antilles) Kourou cedex France
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- Departamento de EcologiaInstituto de BiologiaUniversidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) Rio de Janeiro RJ Brazil
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- Graduate Program in Animal BiologyIBILCEState University of São Paulo (UNESP) São José do Rio Preto SP Brazil
- Department of Animal BiologyInstitute of BiologyUniversity of Campinas (UNICAMP) Campinas SP Brazil
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- Edinburgh UK
- Luquillo LTERInstitute for Tropical Ecosystem StudiesCollege of Natural SciencesUniversity of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras San Juan Puerto Rico
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- Edinburgh UK
- Luquillo LTERInstitute for Tropical Ecosystem StudiesCollege of Natural SciencesUniversity of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras San Juan Puerto Rico
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- Department of Animal BiologyInstitute of BiologyUniversity of Campinas (UNICAMP) Campinas SP Brazil
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- Department of Biology and Center for Computational and Integrative BiologyRutgers, The State University of NJ Camden New Jersey
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Kersch-Becker MF, Grisolia BB, Campos MJO, Romero GQ. The role of spider hunting mode on the strength of spider–plant mutualisms. Oecologia 2018; 188:213-222. [DOI: 10.1007/s00442-018-4170-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2017] [Accepted: 05/16/2018] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Busse A, Antiqueira PAP, Neutzling AS, Wolf AM, Romero GQ, Petermann JS. Different in the dark: The effect of habitat characteristics on community composition and beta diversity in bromeliad microfauna. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0191426. [PMID: 29401522 PMCID: PMC5798767 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0191426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [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: 04/21/2017] [Accepted: 01/04/2018] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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The mechanisms which structure communities have been the focus of a large body of research. Here, we address the question if habitat characteristics describing habitat quality may drive changes in community composition and beta diversity of bromeliad-inhabiting microfauna. In our system, changes in canopy cover along an environmental gradient may affect resource availability, disturbance in form of daily water temperature fluctuations and predation, and thus may lead to changes in community structure of bromeliad microfauna through differences in habitat quality along this gradient. Indeed, we observed distinct changes in microfauna community composition along the environmental gradient explained by changes in the extent of daily water temperature fluctuations. We found beta diversity to be higher under low habitat quality (low canopy cover) than under high habitat quality (high canopy cover), which could potentially be explained by a higher relative importance of stochastic processes under low habitat quality. We also partitioned beta diversity into turnover and nestedness components and we found a nested pattern of beta diversity along the environmental gradient, with communities from the lower-quality habitat being nested subsets of communities from the higher-quality habitat. However, this pattern resulted from an increase in microfauna alpha diversity with an increase in habitat quality. By providing insights into microfauna-environment relationships our results contribute to the mechanistic understanding of community dynamics in small freshwater bodies. Here, we highlight the importance of habitat characteristics representing habitat quality in structuring communities, and suggest that this information may help to improve conservation practices of small freshwater ecosystems.
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- Annika Busse
- Department of Biosciences, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
- Berlin-Brandenburg Institute of Advanced Biodiversity Research (BBIB), Berlin, Germany
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- Graduate Program in Ecology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas-SP, Brazil
- Multitrophic Interactions and Biodiversity Lab, Department of Animal Biology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas-SP, Brazil
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- Graduate Program in Ecology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas-SP, Brazil
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- Institute of Biology, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Multitrophic Interactions and Biodiversity Lab, Department of Animal Biology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas-SP, Brazil
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- Department of Biosciences, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
- Berlin-Brandenburg Institute of Advanced Biodiversity Research (BBIB), Berlin, Germany
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Ma A, Bohan DA, Canard E, Derocles SA, Gray C, Lu X, Macfadyen S, Romero GQ, Kratina P. A Replicated Network Approach to ‘Big Data’ in Ecology. ADV ECOL RES 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/bs.aecr.2018.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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de Omena PM, Bernabé TN, Kersch-Becker MF, Recalde FC, Antiqueira PAP, Vieira C, Migliorini GH, Benavides-Gordillo S, Romero GQ. Plant architectural traits influence residence time of a specialist jumping spider. J ETHOL 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s10164-017-0520-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Gonçalves AZ, Srivastava DS, Oliveira PS, Romero GQ. Effects of predatory ants within and across ecosystems in bromeliad food webs. J Anim Ecol 2017; 86:790-799. [PMID: 28342283 DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2016] [Accepted: 03/01/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Predation is one of the most fundamental ecological processes affecting biotic communities. Terrestrial predators that live at ecosystem boundaries may alter the diversity of terrestrial organisms, but they may also have cross-ecosystem cascading effects when they feed on organisms with complex life cycles (i.e. organisms that shift from aquatic juvenile stages to terrestrial adult stages) or inhibit female oviposition in the aquatic environment. The predatory ant Odontomachus hastatus establishes its colonies among roots of Vriesea procera, an epiphytic bromeliad species with water-filled tanks that shelters many terrestrial and aquatic organisms. Ants may impact terrestrial communities and deter adult insects from ovipositing in the water of bromeliads via consumptive and non-consumptive effects. Ants do not forage within the aquatic environment; thus, they may be more efficient predators on terrestrial organisms. Therefore, we predict that ants will have stronger effects on terrestrial than aquatic food webs. However, such effects may also be site contingent and depend on the local composition of food webs. To test our hypothesis, we surveyed bromeliads with and without O. hastatus colonies from three different coastal field sites in the Atlantic Forest of southeast Brazil, and quantified the effect of this predatory ant on the composition, density and richness of aquatic and terrestrial metazoans found in these bromeliads. We found that ants changed the composition and reduced the overall density of aquatic and terrestrial metazoans in bromeliad ecosystems. However, effects of ants on species diversity were contingent on site. In general terms, the effects of the ant on aquatic and terrestrial metazoan communities were similar in strength and magnitude. Ants reduced the density of virtually all aquatic functional groups, especially detritivore insects as well as metazoans that reach bromeliads through phoresy on the skin of terrestrial animals (i.e. Ostracoda and Helobdella sp.). Our results suggest that the cross-ecosystem effect of this terrestrial predator on the aquatic metazoans was at least as strong as its within-ecosystem effect on the terrestrial ecosystem, and demonstrates that the same predator can simultaneously initiate cascades in multiple ecosystems.
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- Ana Z Gonçalves
- Department of Botany, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Zoology & Biodiversity Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Animal Biology, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
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- Department of Animal Biology, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
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Breviglieri CPB, Oliveira PS, Romero GQ. Fear Mediates Trophic Cascades: Nonconsumptive Effects of Predators Drive Aquatic Ecosystem Function. Am Nat 2017; 189:490-500. [PMID: 28410025 DOI: 10.1086/691262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Predators control prey populations and influence communities and the functioning of ecosystems through a combination of consumptive and nonconsumptive effects. These effects can be locally confined to one ecosystem but can also be extended to neighboring ecosystems. In this study, we investigated the nonconsumptive effects of terrestrial avian predators on the communities of aquatic invertebrates inhabiting bromeliads and on the functioning of these natural ecosystems. Bromeliads with stuffed birds placed nearby showed a decrease in aquatic damselfly larvae abundance and biomass, and we can infer that these changes were caused by antipredator responses. These larvae, which are top predators in bromeliad ecosystems, changed the composition of the entire aquatic invertebrate community. While total species richness, mesopredator richness, and shredder abundance increased in the presence of birds, scraper biomass decreased, possibly as a consequence of the increase in mesopredator richness. High scraper biomass in the absence of birds may have accelerated detrital decomposition, making more nutrients available for bromeliads, which grew more. These results show that nonconsumptive effects triggered by terrestrial predators can cascade down to lower trophic levels and dramatically affect the functioning of aquatic ecosystems, which can in turn alter nutrient provision to terrestrial ecosystems.
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Romero GQ, Piccoli GCO, de Omena PM, Gonçalves-Souza T. Food web structure shaped by habitat size and climate across a latitudinal gradient. Ecology 2016; 97:2705-2715. [DOI: 10.1002/ecy.1496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2016] [Revised: 05/09/2016] [Accepted: 05/31/2016] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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- Gustavo Q. Romero
- Laboratory of Multitrophic Interactions and Biodiversity (LIMBIO); Department of Animal Biology; Institute of Biology; University of Campinas (UNICAMP); CP 6109 Campinas SP 13083-970 Brazil
- Brazilian Research Network on Climate Change (Rede Clima)
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- Laboratory of Multitrophic Interactions and Biodiversity (LIMBIO); Department of Animal Biology; Institute of Biology; University of Campinas (UNICAMP); CP 6109 Campinas SP 13083-970 Brazil
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- Laboratory of Multitrophic Interactions and Biodiversity (LIMBIO); Department of Animal Biology; Institute of Biology; University of Campinas (UNICAMP); CP 6109 Campinas SP 13083-970 Brazil
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- Laboratory of Phylogenetic and Functional Ecology (ECOFFUN); Department of Biology; Area of Ecology; Federal Rural University of Pernambuco (UFRPE); R. Dom Manoel de Medeiros s/n Recife PE 52171-900 Brazil
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Gonçalves AZ, Oliveira RS, Oliveira PS, Romero GQ. Species-Specific Effects of Ant Inhabitants on Bromeliad Nutrition. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0152113. [PMID: 27002980 PMCID: PMC4803186 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0152113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2015] [Accepted: 03/09/2016] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Predator activities may lead to the accumulation of nutrients in specific areas of terrestrial habitats where they dispose of prey carcasses. In their feeding sites, predators may increase nutrient availability in the soil and favor plant nutrition and growth. However, the translocation of nutrients from one habitat to another may depend on predator identity and diet, as well as on the amount of prey intake. Here we used isotopic (15N) and physiological methods in greenhouse experiments to evaluate the effects of the identity of predatory ants (i.e., the consumption of prey and nest sites) on the nutrition and growth of the bromeliad Quesnelia arvensis. We showed that predatory ants with protein-based nutrition (i.e., Odontomachus hastatus, Gnamptogenys moelleri) improved the performance of their host bromeliads (i.e., increased foliar N, production of soluble proteins and growth). On the other hand, the contribution of Camponotus crassus for the nutritional status of bromeliads did not differ from bromeliads without ants, possibly because this ant does not have arthropod prey as a preferred food source. Our results show, for the first time, that predatory ants can translocate nutrients from one habitat to another within forests, accumulating nutrients in their feeding sites that become available to bromeliads. Additionally, we highlight that ant contribution to plant nutrition may depend on predator identity and its dietary requirements. Nest debris may be especially important for epiphytic and terrestrial bromeliads in nutrient-poor environments.
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- Ana Z. Gonçalves
- Pós-graduação em Ecologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), CP 6109, CEP 13083–970, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), CP 6109, CEP 13083–970, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Animal, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), CP 6109, CEP 13083–970, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Animal, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), CP 6109, CEP 13083–970, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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Breviglieri CPB, Romero GQ. Snakes and forbidden fruits: non-consumptive effects of snakes on the behaviors of frugivorous birds. Behav Ecol Sociobiol 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s00265-016-2101-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Recalde FC, Postali TC, Romero GQ. Unravelling the role of allochthonous aquatic resources to food web structure in a tropical riparian forest. J Anim Ecol 2015; 85:525-36. [PMID: 26590144 DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [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: 07/06/2015] [Accepted: 11/10/2015] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The role of matter and energy flow across ecosystem boundaries for the subsidized consumer populations is well known. However, little is known on the effects of allochthonous subsidies on food web structure and trophic niche dimensions of consumers in the tropics. We excluded allochthonous aquatic insects from tropical streams using greenhouse-type exclosures to test the influence of aquatic allochthonous subsidies on the trophic structure and niche dimensions of terrestrial predators using stable isotope methods. In exclosure treatments, abundance and biomass of terrestrial predators, and biomass of phytophages decreased and increased, respectively. Vegetation-living predators were more responsive to allochthonous inputs than those living on the ground. Overall, lower availability of allochthonous inputs did not affect community-wide metrics and niche width of predators. However, the niche width of some spider families had very low overlap between treatments, and others had wider isotopic niches in the control than in the exclusion treatment. Most of the C and N in predators living in control stretches came from aquatic subsidies, and those predators living in the exclusion treatments switched their diets to terrestrial sources, showing a preference of predators for allochthonous subsidies. Our results suggest that allochthonous subsidies are also relevant to tropical fauna living upon vegetation. Moreover, allochthonous resources may amplify the niche dimension of certain predators or considerably change the trophic niche of others. Our study highlights the importance of including modern isotopic tools in elucidating the role of allochthonous resources on the patterns of trophic structure and niche dimensions of consumers from donor ecosystems.
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- Fátima C Recalde
- Graduate Program in Ecology, Institute of Biology, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), CP 6109, CEP 13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Graduate Program in Ecology, Institute of Biology, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), CP 6109, CEP 13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Animal Biology, Institute of Biology, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), CP 6109, CEP 13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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Gonçalves-Souza T, Araújo MS, Barbosa EP, Lopes SM, Kaminski LA, Shimizu GH, Santos AJ, Romero GQ. Fine-scale Beta-diversity Patterns Across Multiple Arthropod Taxa Over a Neotropical Latitudinal Gradient. Biotropica 2015. [DOI: 10.1111/btp.12242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Thiago Gonçalves-Souza
- Departamento de Biologia, Área de Ecologia; Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE); Rua Dom Manoel de Medeiros s/n CEP 52171-900 Recife PE Brazil
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- Departamento de Zoologia e Botânica; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Animal; IBILCE; Universidade Estadual Paulista; UNESP; Rua Cristóvão Colombo 2265 CEP 15054-000 São José do Rio Preto SP Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia; Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP); CP 6109 CEP 13083-970 Campinas SP Brazil
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- Museu Nacional; Setor de Blattaria; Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; CEP20940-040 Rio de Janeiro RJ Brazil
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- Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (CSIC-Universitat Pompeu Fabra); Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta 37 08003 Barcelona Spain
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- Departamento de Biologia Vegetal; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Vegetal; Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP); CEP 13083-970 Campinas SP Brazil
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- Departamento de Zoologia; Instituto de Ciências Biológicas; Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG); Av. Antônio Carlos 6627 CEP 31270-901 Belo Horizonte MG Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Animal; Instituto de Biologia; Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP); CP 6109 CEP 13083-970 Campinas SP Brazil
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Petermann JS, Farjalla VF, Jocque M, Kratina P, MacDonald AAM, Marino NAC, De Omena PM, Piccoli GCO, Richardson BA, Richardson MJ, Romero GQ, Videla M, Srivastava DS. Dominant predators mediate the impact of habitat size on trophic structure in bromeliad invertebrate communities. Ecology 2015; 96:428-39. [PMID: 26240864 DOI: 10.1890/14-0304.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Local habitat size has been shown to influence colonization and extinction processes of species in patchy environments. However, species differ in body size, mobility, and trophic level, and may not respond in the same way to habitat size. Thus far, we have a limited understanding of how habitat size influences the structure of multitrophic communities and to what extent the effects may be generalizable over a broad geographic range. Here, we used water-filled bromeliads of different sizes as a natural model system to examine the effects of habitat size on the trophic structure of their inhabiting invertebrate communities. We collected composition and biomass data from 651 bromeliad communities from eight sites across Central and South America differing in environmental conditions, species pools, and the presence of large-bodied odonate predators. We found that trophic structure in the communities changed dramatically with changes in habitat (bromeliad) size. Detritivore : resource ratios showed a consistent negative relationship with habitat size across sites. In contrast, changes in predator: detritivore (prey) ratios depended on the presence of odonates as dominant predators in the regional pool. At sites without odonates, predator: detritivore biomass ratios decreased with increasing habitat size. At sites with odonates, we found odonates to be more frequently present in large than in small bromeliads, and predator: detritivore biomass ratios increased with increasing habitat size to the point where some trophic pyramids became inverted. Our results show that the distribution of biomass amongst food-web levels depends strongly on habitat size, largely irrespective of geographic differences in environmental conditions or detritivore species compositions. However, the presence of large-bodied predators in the regional species pool may fundamentally alter this relationship between habitat size and trophic structure. We conclude that taking into account the response and multitrophic effects of dominant, mobile species may be critical when predicting changes in community structure along a habitat-size gradient.
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Romero GQ, Gonçalves-Souza T, Vieira C, Koricheva J. Ecosystem engineering effects on species diversity across ecosystems: a meta-analysis. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 2014; 90:877-90. [PMID: 25174581 DOI: 10.1111/brv.12138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [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: 01/03/2014] [Revised: 07/14/2014] [Accepted: 07/16/2014] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Ecosystem engineering is increasingly recognized as a relevant ecological driver of diversity and community composition. Although engineering impacts on the biota can vary from negative to positive, and from trivial to enormous, patterns and causes of variation in the magnitude of engineering effects across ecosystems and engineer types remain largely unknown. To elucidate the above patterns, we conducted a meta-analysis of 122 studies which explored effects of animal ecosystem engineers on species richness of other organisms in the community. The analysis revealed that the overall effect of ecosystem engineers on diversity is positive and corresponds to a 25% increase in species richness, indicating that ecosystem engineering is a facilitative process globally. Engineering effects were stronger in the tropics than at higher latitudes, likely because new or modified habitats provided by engineers in the tropics may help minimize competition and predation pressures on resident species. Within aquatic environments, engineering impacts were stronger in marine ecosystems (rocky shores) than in streams. In terrestrial ecosystems, engineers displayed stronger positive effects in arid environments (e.g. deserts). Ecosystem engineers that create new habitats or microhabitats had stronger effects than those that modify habitats or cause bioturbation. Invertebrate engineers and those with lower engineering persistence (<1 year) affected species richness more than vertebrate engineers which persisted for >1 year. Invertebrate species richness was particularly responsive to engineering impacts. This study is the first attempt to build an integrative framework of engineering effects on species diversity; it highlights the importance of considering latitude, habitat, engineering functional group, taxon and persistence of their effects in future theoretical and empirical studies.
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- Gustavo Q Romero
- Departamento de Biologia Animal, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), CP 6109, CEP 13083-970 Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Animal, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), CP 6109, CEP 13083-970 Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Graduate Course in Ecology, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), CP 6109, CEP 13083-970 Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- School of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, U.K
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- Robin M. LeCraw
- Biodiversity Research Centre, Dept of Zoology; Univ. of British Columbia; 6270 University Blvd. Vancouver BC Canada
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- Biodiversity Research Centre, Dept of Zoology; Univ. of British Columbia; 6270 University Blvd. Vancouver BC Canada
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- Depto de Biologia Animal; Univ. Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP); CEP 13083-970 Campinas São Paulo Brazil
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