Arthropod Distribution in a Tropical Rainforest: Tackling a Four Dimensional Puzzle
Language English Country United States Media electronic-ecollection
Document type Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
PubMed
26633187
PubMed Central
PMC4669110
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0144110
PII: PONE-D-15-05978
Knihovny.cz E-resources
- MeSH
- Biodiversity * MeSH
- Arthropods physiology MeSH
- Rainforest MeSH
- Ecosystem * MeSH
- Phylogeny MeSH
- Animal Distribution physiology MeSH
- Tropical Climate MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Check Tag
- Animals MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't MeSH
- Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. MeSH
- Geographicals
- Panama MeSH
Quantifying the spatio-temporal distribution of arthropods in tropical rainforests represents a first step towards scrutinizing the global distribution of biodiversity on Earth. To date most studies have focused on narrow taxonomic groups or lack a design that allows partitioning of the components of diversity. Here, we consider an exceptionally large dataset (113,952 individuals representing 5,858 species), obtained from the San Lorenzo forest in Panama, where the phylogenetic breadth of arthropod taxa was surveyed using 14 protocols targeting the soil, litter, understory, lower and upper canopy habitats, replicated across seasons in 2003 and 2004. This dataset is used to explore the relative influence of horizontal, vertical and seasonal drivers of arthropod distribution in this forest. We considered arthropod abundance, observed and estimated species richness, additive decomposition of species richness, multiplicative partitioning of species diversity, variation in species composition, species turnover and guild structure as components of diversity. At the scale of our study (2 km of distance, 40 m in height and 400 days), the effects related to the vertical and seasonal dimensions were most important. Most adult arthropods were collected from the soil/litter or the upper canopy and species richness was highest in the canopy. We compared the distribution of arthropods and trees within our study system. Effects related to the seasonal dimension were stronger for arthropods than for trees. We conclude that: (1) models of beta diversity developed for tropical trees are unlikely to be applicable to tropical arthropods; (2) it is imperative that estimates of global biodiversity derived from mass collecting of arthropods in tropical rainforests embrace the strong vertical and seasonal partitioning observed here; and (3) given the high species turnover observed between seasons, global climate change may have severe consequences for rainforest arthropods.
Am Ehrenbach 8 91356 Kirchehrenbach Germany
Centro Universitário Una Ciências Biológicas 30180 100 Belo Horizonte Brazil
Chemin de la Treille 7b 1297 Founex Switzerland
Cirad Centre de Biologie pour la Gestion des populations 34988 Montferrier sur Lez France
CNRS UMR 6023 63177 Aubière and Université Blaise Pascal 63000 Clermont Ferrand France
CNRS UMR EcoFoG 97379 Kourou France
Griffith University School of Environment Nathan QLD 4111 Australia
Le bois Gervaz 74440 Mieussy France
Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 10022 Carmagnola Italy
Norwegian Institute for Nature Research Trondheim 7485 Trondheim Norway
Research Institute for Nature and Forest Research Group Species Diversity 1070 Brussels Belgium
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute STRI Research 080814 Panama City Republic of Panama
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Department of Ecology SE 750 07 Uppsala Sweden
Universidad de Panamá Maestria de Entomologia 080814 Panama City Republic of Panama
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Facultad de Ciencias 76230 Querétaro México
Universität Würzburg Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology 97070 Würzburg Germany
Université Libre de Bruxelles Evolutionary Biology and Ecology 1050 Brussels Belgium
University of Bristol School of Biological Sciences Bristol BS8 1TH United Kingdom
University of Campinas Departamento de Biologia Animal 13083 870 Campinas Brazil
University of Erlangen Nuremberg Department of Biology 91058 Erlangen Germany
University of South Bohemia Biological Faculy 370 05 Ceske Budejovice Czech Republic
University of Toulouse 3 UMR EcoFoG 31062 Toulouse France
University of Victoria Department of Biology Victoria BC V8W 2Y2 Canada
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