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Reference Category Journals
DOI 10.3390/insects13020161
Licence creative commons licence
Title (Primary) Response of common and rare beetle species to tree species and vertical stratification in a floodplain forest
Author Haack, N.; Borges, P.A.V.; Grimm-Seyfarth, A.; Schlegel, M.; Wirth, C.; Bernhard, D.; Brunk, I.; Henle, K.; Pereira, H.M.
Source Titel Insects
Year 2022
Department NSF
Volume 13
Issue 2
Page From art. 161
Language englisch
Topic T5 Future Landscapes
Keywords alpha diversity; beta diversity; abundance; community patterns; Coleoptera; floodplain forest
Abstract Vertical stratification and host tree species are factors with a high influence on the structure of communities of xylobiont beetles. However, little is known about how this influence varies between common and rare species. Based on estimated species richness, we compared alpha and beta diversity patterns of common and rare species in the canopy of the Leipzig floodplain forest to assess their response to vertical stratification and tree species. We used two measures of rarity: threat level in red lists and abundance based on octaves. The understory displayed a significantly higher number of common species than the canopy strata. Conversely, the canopy strata harbored a higher number of rare species. Turnover was always dominant over richness differences in beta diversity partitions. Using Raup–Crick null models and non-metric multidimensional scaling, we found that the vertical strata accounted for 19% of the overall beta diversity of common species and for 15% of the overall beta diversity of rare species. The tree species accounted for 7% of the overall beta diversity of the common species and 3% of the beta diversity of the rare species. Our results indicate that studies carried out in the understory alone do not allow drawing conclusions regarding the biodiversity in the canopy strata, and thus regarding the overall community structure of xylobiont beetles in the canopy.
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Haack, N., Borges, P.A.V., Grimm-Seyfarth, A., Schlegel, M., Wirth, C., Bernhard, D., Brunk, I., Henle, K., Pereira, H.M. (2022):
Response of common and rare beetle species to tree species and vertical stratification in a floodplain forest
Insects 13 (2), art. 161 10.3390/insects13020161