Oribatid mite communities on the bark of dead wood vary with log type, surrounding forest and regional factors

Bluhm, Christian; Scheu, Stefan; Maraun, Mark

doi:10.1016/j.apsoil.2015.01.013

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“…2a-c). This result supported the proposal that regional factors have a stronger effect than local factors in structuring Oribatida communities (Déchenê and Buddle, 2009;Erdmann et al, 2012;Bluhm et al, 2015). From these perspectives, the present findings are of significant importance.…”

Section: Trophic Interactions In the Soil Food Web Accounted For Disssupporting

confidence: 79%

“…Although the linkages between Oribatida community structure and soil pH (e.g., Van Straalen et al, 1988;Lebrun and van Straalen, 1995), forest stand age (Zaitev et al, 2002), tree species (Migge et al, 1998;Sylvain and Buddle, 2010), forest type and regional factors (Erdmann et al, 2012), as well as forest type, log type, and regional factors (Bluhm et al, 2015) have been comprehensively studied, the deterministic factors are still poorly understood. In the current study, no causal link between Oribatida assemblage and fruit yield were found, a result that has not previously been described.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Do shifts in soil Oribatida (Acari, Oribatida) give information on differences in fruit yield of Chinese star anise?

Yang

Liu

et al. 2015

Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment

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Section: Trophic Interactions In the Soil Food Web Accounted For Disssupporting

confidence: 79%

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confidence: 99%

Do shifts in soil Oribatida (Acari, Oribatida) give information on differences in fruit yield of Chinese star anise?

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Liu

et al. 2015

Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment

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“…Nevertheless, microhabitat complexity in our study recovered chronologically from young to old secondary forests and this increase in ecological complexity has documented benefits for vertebrates and invertebrate diversity and abundance even in young secondary forests (Lassauce, Paillet et al 2011;Jocque and Field 2014;Scheffers, Phillips et al 2014;Bluhm, Scheu et al 2015). As such, our study provides strong support for allocating secondary growth forests as an important conservation tool for recovering biodiversity and reversing extinction risk (Chazdon 2014;Queiroz, Beilin et al 2014).…”

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confidence: 88%

“…Deadwood -Deadwood is a critical requirement for many arthropod species since it provides a place to hide and forage (Lassauce, Paillet et al 2011;Bluhm, Scheu et al 2015), while the volume of deadwood can indicate a higher abundance of birds and beetles (Winter, Flade et al 2005). At each point we established a smaller 15 m x 5 m plot, within which we estimated the biomass of all standing or fallen dead trees (snags) >5 cm dbh (Gilroy, Woodcock et al 2014).…”

Section: Dead Vegetationmentioning

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Thermally buffered microhabitats recovery in tropical secondary forests following land abandonment

Pliego

Scheffers

Basham

et al. 2016

Biological Conservation

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Given the dramatic loss of tropical forests and accelerating climate change, secondary forest regeneration is increasingly recognised as being an important method for reversing losses in biodiversity and carbon stocks. The recolonisation of biodiversity within secondary forests depends upon the recovery of forest structure, including the range of microhabitats used by diverse communities. Here, we investigate the return of critical microhabitats along a successional gradient of secondary forest in the Tropical Andes of Colombia. We measured the abundance of live (bromeliads, tree ferns and moss) and dead (deadwood and leaf litter) microhabitats across three landscapes, each encompassing primary, and young and old secondary forests. Considering the increasing rate of climate warming in the region, we also explored whether these microhabitats provide thermally buffered microclimates. We found that secondary forests have different composition and lower complexity of microhabitats than primary forests, but that the abundance of bromeliads and deadwood recover towards primary levels. Each microhabitat reduces exposure to extreme temperatures, serving as thermal buffers by reducing maximum and increasing minimum temperatures among all forest types. These benefits exist despite ambient temperatures in secondary forests surpassing those of primary forests by 1-2⁰C on average. The protection of secondary forest and promotion of further forest regrowth in the Tropical Andes should represent an urgent investment for conservation, and the value of these secondary forests for offering critical microhabitats and buffered microclimates under climate change should not be overlooked.

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“…It is a preferred biotope for many oribatid species (sirra-PietiKainen et al 2008;Skubała & maślak 2009;hUhta et al 2012;Skubała & marzec 2013). Dead wood provides unique microclimatic conditions (lachat et al 2012) but only few species occurred exclusively in this microhabitat (seastedt et al 1989;johnston & crossley 1993;BlUhm et al 2015). However, some authors observed about 40% of oribatid species as obligate members of the dead wood fauna (Skubała & SokołowSka 2006;Skubała & duras 2008;Skubała & maślak 2009;Skubała & marzec 2013).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Microhabitats and oribatid fauna: comparison of 2 sampling approaches

Skubała

2016

Biological Letters

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Oribatid fauna highly varies among habitats, but different microhabitats within a habitat are also characterized by different mite species. The main goal of the research was to compare the observed structure of an oribatid community when samples were collected at random from the soil-litter layer of 0-10 cm in depth (standard approach) and selectively from 6 types of available microhabitats (complex approach). Samples were taken within a small plot (10 m × 10 m) in a forested area of the Silesian Park (Chorzów, south Poland). Overall, 2642 specimens of Oribatida belonging to 62 species were collected in 66 samples. The structure of the oribatid community observed by means of the 2 sampling approaches was completely different. The abundance and species richness of oribatid mites collected from 6 microhabitats were significantly higher than in the soil-litter layer alone. Results of this study show that random collecting of only soil-litter samples may reduce the evaluation of species richness in a study area by 40%. Each of the studied microhabitats supported a peculiar oribatid fauna.

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Oribatid mite communities on the bark of dead wood vary with log type, surrounding forest and regional factors

Cited by 34 publications

References 71 publications

Do shifts in soil Oribatida (Acari, Oribatida) give information on differences in fruit yield of Chinese star anise?

Do shifts in soil Oribatida (Acari, Oribatida) give information on differences in fruit yield of Chinese star anise?

Thermally buffered microhabitats recovery in tropical secondary forests following land abandonment

Microhabitats and oribatid fauna: comparison of 2 sampling approaches

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