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Linking macrodetritivore distribution to desiccation resistance in small forest fragments embedded in agricultural landscapes in Europe

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Title: Linking macrodetritivore distribution to desiccation resistance in small forest fragments embedded in agricultural landscapes in Europe
Authors: Martin Hermy, Emilie Gallet-Moron, Ludmilla Martin, Brice Giffard, Martin Diekmann, Guillaume Decocq, Monika Wulf, Kris Verheyen, Alicia Valdés, Marc Deconchat, Lander Baeten, Astra Ooms, Jaan Liira, Willem Proesmans, Pallieter De Smedt, Dries Bonte, Sara A. O. Cousins, Jörg Brunet, Matty P. Berg
Contributors: ProdInra, Migration, Forest & Nature Lab Melle-Gontrode (ForNaLab), Universiteit Gent = Ghent University = Université de Gand (UGENT), University of Amsterdam Amsterdam = Universiteit van Amsterdam (UvA), Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences = Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet (SLU), Stockholm University, Ecologie et Dynamique des Systèmes Anthropisés - UMR CNRS 7058 UPJV (EDYSAN), Université de Picardie Jules Verne (UPJV)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Dynamiques Forestières dans l'Espace Rural (DYNAFOR), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-École nationale supérieure agronomique de Toulouse (ENSAT), Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT), Universität Bremen Deutschland = University of Bremen Germany = Université de Brême Allemagne, Bordeaux Sciences Agro, Université de Bordeaux, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences Tartu, Tartu University Hospital, Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences, Leibniz-Zentrum für Agrarlandschaftsforschung = Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Division of Forest, Nature and Landscape, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences Leuven (EES), Catholic University of Leuven = Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven)-Catholic University of Leuven = Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven), ANR-11-EBID-0001,smallFOREST,Biodiversité et services écosystémiques des petits fragments forestiers dans les paysages européens(2011)
Source: Landscape Ecology
Publisher Information: Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2018.
Publication Year: 2018
Subject Terms: 0106 biological sciences, DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], litter dwelling soil fauna, GRADIENTS, Nutrient cycling, 01 natural sciences, [SHS]Humanities and Social Sciences, LITTER DECOMPOSITION, NORTHERN FRANCE, forest edges, woodlice, SDG 2 - Zero Hunger, Woodlice, SDG 15 - Life on Land, millipedes, nutrient cycling, LAND-USE INTENSITY, TERRESTRIAL ISOPODS, Forest edges, 15. Life on land, Landscape use intensity, [SDV] Life Sciences [q-bio], WOODLICE ISOPODA ONISCIDEA, Litter dwelling soil fauna, Millipedes, EDGE, landscape use intensity, [SHS] Humanities and Social Sciences, MILLIPEDES, LEAF-LITTER
Description: Purpose: Most of the agricultural landscape in Europe, and elsewhere, consists of mosaics with scattered fragments of semi-natural habitat like small forest fragments. Mutual interactions between forest fragments and agricultural areas influence ecosystem processes such as nutrient cycling, a process strongly mediated by the macrodetritivore community, which is however, poorly studied. We investigated macrodetritivore distribution patterns at local and landscape-level and used a key functional trait (desiccation resistance) to gain mechanistic insights of the putative drivers. Methods: Macrodetritivores were sampled in forest edges-centres of 224 European forest fragments across 14 landscapes opposing in land use intensity. We used a multilevel analysis of variance to assess the relative contribution of different spatial scales in explaining activity-density and Shannon-diversity of woodlice and millipedes, together with a model-based analysis of the multivariate activity-density data testing the effect on species composition. Secondly, we tested if desiccation resistance of macrodetritivores varied across communities at different spatial scales using linear mixed effect models. Results: Forest edge-centre and landscape use intensity determined activity-density and community composition of macrodetritivores in forest fragments, while fragment characteristics like size and continuity were relatively unimportant. Forest edges and higher intensity landscapes supported higher activity-density of macrodetritivores and determined species composition. Forest edges sustained woodlouse communities dominated by more drought tolerant species. Conclusions: Landscape use intensity and forest edges are main drivers in macrodetritivore distribution in forest fragments with desiccation resistance a good predictor of macrodetritivore distribution. Key functional traits can help us to predict changes in community structure in changing landscapes.
Document Type: Article
Language: English
ISSN: 1572-9761
0921-2973
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-017-0607-7
Access URL: https://pure.rug.nl/ws/files/78531507/Smedt2018_Article_LinkingMacrodetritivoreDistrib.pdf
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Abstract:Purpose: Most of the agricultural landscape in Europe, and elsewhere, consists of mosaics with scattered fragments of semi-natural habitat like small forest fragments. Mutual interactions between forest fragments and agricultural areas influence ecosystem processes such as nutrient cycling, a process strongly mediated by the macrodetritivore community, which is however, poorly studied. We investigated macrodetritivore distribution patterns at local and landscape-level and used a key functional trait (desiccation resistance) to gain mechanistic insights of the putative drivers. Methods: Macrodetritivores were sampled in forest edges-centres of 224 European forest fragments across 14 landscapes opposing in land use intensity. We used a multilevel analysis of variance to assess the relative contribution of different spatial scales in explaining activity-density and Shannon-diversity of woodlice and millipedes, together with a model-based analysis of the multivariate activity-density data testing the effect on species composition. Secondly, we tested if desiccation resistance of macrodetritivores varied across communities at different spatial scales using linear mixed effect models. Results: Forest edge-centre and landscape use intensity determined activity-density and community composition of macrodetritivores in forest fragments, while fragment characteristics like size and continuity were relatively unimportant. Forest edges and higher intensity landscapes supported higher activity-density of macrodetritivores and determined species composition. Forest edges sustained woodlouse communities dominated by more drought tolerant species. Conclusions: Landscape use intensity and forest edges are main drivers in macrodetritivore distribution in forest fragments with desiccation resistance a good predictor of macrodetritivore distribution. Key functional traits can help us to predict changes in community structure in changing landscapes.
ISSN:15729761
09212973
DOI:10.1007/s10980-017-0607-7