Drivers of community assembly change during succession in wood‐decomposing beetle communities

Seibold, Sebastian; Weisser, Wolfgang W.; Ambarlı, Didem; Goßner, Martin M.; Mori, Akira; Cadotte, Marc W.; Hagge, Jonas; Bässler, Claus; Thorn, Simon

doi:10.1111/1365-2656.13843

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“…combining a space-for-time substitution approach with a real-time series). Despite some successes, such as the German Biodiversity Exploratories [93][94][95], the long-term funding stability of observational research to drive both science and education remains a major challenge. Although the next generation of researchers will be responsible for carrying on ecosystem observations, the value of long-term observational data as an asset to be passed on to the next generation has not been duly appreciated.…”

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Perspective: sustainability challenges, opportunities and solutions for long-term ecosystem observations

Mori,

Suzuki,

Hori

et al. 2023

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B

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As interest in natural capital grows and society increasingly recognizes the value of biodiversity, we must discuss how ecosystem observations to detect changes in biodiversity can be sustained through collaboration across regions and sectors. However, there are many barriers to establishing and sustaining large-scale, fine-resolution ecosystem observations. First, comprehensive monitoring data on both biodiversity and possible anthropogenic factors are lacking. Second, some in situ ecosystem observations cannot be systematically established and maintained across locations. Third, equitable solutions across sectors and countries are needed to build a global network. Here, by examining individual cases and emerging frameworks, mainly from (but not limited to) Japan, we illustrate how ecological science relies on long-term data and how neglecting basic monitoring of our home planet further reduces our chances of overcoming the environmental crisis. We also discuss emerging techniques and opportunities, such as environmental DNA and citizen science as well as using the existing and forgotten sites of monitoring, that can help overcome some of the difficulties in establishing and sustaining ecosystem observations at a large scale with fine resolution. Overall, this paper presents a call to action for joint monitoring of biodiversity and anthropogenic factors, the systematic establishment and maintenance of in situ observations, and equitable solutions across sectors and countries to build a global network, beyond cultures, languages, and economic status. We hope that our proposed framework and the examples from Japan can serve as a starting point for further discussions and collaborations among stakeholders across multiple sectors of society. It is time to take the next step in detecting changes in socio-ecological systems, and if monitoring and observation can be made more equitable and feasible, they will play an even more important role in ensuring global sustainability for future generations. This article is part of the theme issue ‘Detecting and attributing the causes of biodiversity change: needs, gaps and solutions’.

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Perspective: sustainability challenges, opportunities and solutions for long-term ecosystem observations

Mori,

Suzuki,

Hori

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Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B

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“…Seibold et al (2022) examined successional patterns of deadwood beetle communities over 8 years in a large‐scale experiment that included 379 logs from 13 different tree species in 30 forest stands in three regions of Germany. They tested predictions of beta diversity over time, phylogenetic distance among trees, and space and climate.…”

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“…This may suggest that successional patterns differ among saproxylic organisms. Second, how do other initial differences in deadwood impact succession given that community assembly in early Seibold et al (2022) examined successional patterns of deadwood beetle communities over 8 years in a large-scale experiment that included 379 logs from 13 different tree species in 30 forest stands in three regions of Germany. They tested predictions of beta diversity over time, phylogenetic distance among trees, and space and climate.…”

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Let sleeping logs lie: Beta diversity increases in deadwood beetle communities over time

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2023

Journal of Animal Ecology

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Research Highlight: Seibold, S., Weisser, W., Ambarli, D., Gossner, M. M., Mori, A., Cadotte, M., Hagge, J., Bässler, C. & Thorn, S. (2022). Drivers of community assembly change during succession in wood‐decomposing beetle communities. Journal of Animal Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13843. Paradigms of succession and its drivers have largely developed from systems relying on living plants. A substantial portion of terrestrial biodiversity and biomass exists in detrital systems that rely on dead organic matter, yet successional patterns in detrital systems have received far less attention. In particular, deadwood significantly contributes to forest ecosystem nutrient cycling and storage and represents a relatively long‐lived detrital system in which to study patterns of succession. Seibold et al. examined successional patterns of deadwood beetle communities over 8 years in a large‐scale experiment that included 379 logs from 13 different tree species in 30 forest stands in three regions of Germany. They predicted that deadwood beetle communities would initially differ among deadwood tree species, across space, and with climatic differences but would become more similar over time as deadwood decomposed and characteristics of remaining habitat become more homogeneous. However, Seibold et al. predicted that beetle communities would become increasingly different across space along deadwood succession if late successional species were weaker dispersers than early successional species. Surprisingly, beetle communities became more dissimilar over time contrary to predictions. But, as predicted, increasing phylogenetic distance among tree species led to increasingly dissimilar deadwood beetle communities. Lastly, differences across space, forest structure and climate led to different deadwood beetle communities, but these effects remained constant over time. These results suggest that deadwood succession is influenced by both deterministic and stochastic processes and that stochastic processes may be increasingly important in late successional stages. Seibold et al. reveal important drivers of detrital successional patterns in deadwood that indicate that deadwood beetle biodiversity can be promoted via maintaining a diversity of deadwood decay stages across a large phylogenetic diversity of trees species and structurally diverse forests. Future studies that test the mechanisms driving these patterns and whether these results hold for other saproxylic organisms will help inform forest conservation and management strategies.

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Understanding the relative importance of biotic and abiotic factors in driving community assembly is central for evaluating and predicting responses to environmental disturbance (Chen et al, 2020;Meiners et al, 2015;Seibold et al, 2023). Because environmental disturbances are becoming ubiquitous, there is a pressing need to study community-wide responses to perturbation.

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Succession and seasonality drive tropical butterfly assembly after an extreme hurricane

Aparicio‐Jiménez,

Terry,

Massol‐Deyá

et al. 2024

Biotropica

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The composition and biodiversity of insect community assemblages are mediated by a complex set of biotic and abiotic factors. Among these factors are forest structure and atmospheric variables (like temperature and humidity), which are heavily influenced by frequent hurricane activity in the Caribbean. Despite this, changes in Caribbean insect assemblages as forests recover from hurricane disturbance are poorly documented. Butterflies represent a charismatic model taxon in biodiversity and conservation, and are thus an ideal subject for exemplifying these shifts in insect abundances and diversity across ecological succession. Here, we monitored butterfly communities in two Puerto Rican forests differing in structure (i.e., canopy height, tree size) to assess butterfly diversity, abundances, and community level wing traits (size and color) over 1 year, beginning 6 months after Hurricane Maria. Monthly sampling over the course of 1 year revealed no relationships between abundances and canopy openness or humidity; instead, species abundances fluctuated seasonally and were nonlinearly correlated with temperature. In contrast, wing size and color were linearly correlated with abiotic variables. Specifically, wings were larger in cooler and more open conditions. Wing color saturation and brightness were negatively correlated with humidity. Our results suggest that, first, a functional approach may provide better insight into the factors mediating species responses to disturbances. Second, further disentangling abundance seasonality from impacts of extreme disturbances necessitates long‐term monitoring.Abstract in Spanish is available with online material.

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Drivers of community assembly change during succession in wood‐decomposing beetle communities

Cited by 19 publications

References 128 publications

Perspective: sustainability challenges, opportunities and solutions for long-term ecosystem observations

Perspective: sustainability challenges, opportunities and solutions for long-term ecosystem observations

Let sleeping logs lie: Beta diversity increases in deadwood beetle communities over time

Succession and seasonality drive tropical butterfly assembly after an extreme hurricane

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