Response of Common and Rare Beetle Species to Tree Species and Vertical Stratification in a Floodplain Forest
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 pa...
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| author | Nora Haack Paulo A. V. Borges Annegret Grimm-Seyfarth Martin Schlegel Christian Wirth Detlef Bernhard Ingo Brunk Klaus Henle Henrique M. Pereira |
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj.art-33da3702b42a42a0b5088f045ca2f1362023-11-23T20:27:10ZengMDPI AGInsects2075-44502022-02-0113216110.3390/insects13020161Response of Common and Rare Beetle Species to Tree Species and Vertical Stratification in a Floodplain ForestNora Haack0Paulo A. V. Borges1Annegret Grimm-Seyfarth2Martin Schlegel3Christian Wirth4Detlef Bernhard5Ingo Brunk6Klaus Henle7Henrique M. Pereira8Biodiversity and Evolution, University of Leipzig, Talstraße 33, 04103 Leipzig, GermanyCE3C—Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes/Azorean Biodiversity Group, Universidade dos Açores, Rua Capitão João d’Ávlia, Angra do Heroísmo, 9700-042 Açores, PortugalDepartment of Conservation Biology and Social-Ecological Systems, UFZ—Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Permoserstraße 15, 04318 Leipzig, GermanyBiodiversity and Evolution, University of Leipzig, Talstraße 33, 04103 Leipzig, GermanyGerman Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5e, 04103 Leipzig, GermanyMolecular Evolution & Animal Systematics, University of Leipzig, Talstraße 33, 04103 Leipzig, GermanyBüro für Ökologische Gutachten, Cossebauder Strasse 3, 01157 Dresden, GermanyGerman Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5e, 04103 Leipzig, GermanyGerman Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5e, 04103 Leipzig, GermanyVertical 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.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/13/2/161alpha diversitybeta diversityabundancecommunity patternsColeopterafloodplain forest |
| spellingShingle | Nora Haack Paulo A. V. Borges Annegret Grimm-Seyfarth Martin Schlegel Christian Wirth Detlef Bernhard Ingo Brunk Klaus Henle Henrique M. Pereira Response of Common and Rare Beetle Species to Tree Species and Vertical Stratification in a Floodplain Forest Insects alpha diversity beta diversity abundance community patterns Coleoptera floodplain forest |
| title | Response of Common and Rare Beetle Species to Tree Species and Vertical Stratification in a Floodplain Forest |
| title_full | Response of Common and Rare Beetle Species to Tree Species and Vertical Stratification in a Floodplain Forest |
| title_fullStr | Response of Common and Rare Beetle Species to Tree Species and Vertical Stratification in a Floodplain Forest |
| title_full_unstemmed | Response of Common and Rare Beetle Species to Tree Species and Vertical Stratification in a Floodplain Forest |
| title_short | Response of Common and Rare Beetle Species to Tree Species and Vertical Stratification in a Floodplain Forest |
| title_sort | response of common and rare beetle species to tree species and vertical stratification in a floodplain forest |
| topic | alpha diversity beta diversity abundance community patterns Coleoptera floodplain forest |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/13/2/161 |
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