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| DOI | 10.3390/insects11010059 |
| Vegetation Pattern Modulates Ground Arthropod Diversity in Semi-Arid Mediterranean Steppes | |
| Meloni, Fernando1,2,3,4; Civieta, Berta F.2,3; Zaragoza, Juan A.2,3; Lourdes Moraza, Maria5; Bautista, Susana2,3 | |
| 通讯作者 | Meloni, Fernando |
| 来源期刊 | INSECTS
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| EISSN | 2075-4450 |
| 出版年 | 2020 |
| 卷号 | 11期号:1 |
| 英文摘要 | The ecological functioning of dryland ecosystems is closely related to the spatial pattern of the vegetation, which is typically structured in patches. Ground arthropods mediate key soil functions and ecological processes, yet little is known about the influence of dryland vegetation pattern on their abundance and diversity. Here, we investigate how patch size and cover, and distance between patches relate to the abundance and diversity of meso-and microarthropods in semi-arid steppes. We found that species richness and abundance of ground arthropods exponentially increase with vegetation cover, patch size, and patch closeness. The communities under vegetation patches mainly respond to patch size, while the communities in the bare-soil interpatches are mostly controlled by the average distance between patches, independently of the concurrent changes in vegetation cover. Large patches seem to play a critical role as reserve and source of ground arthropod diversity. Our results suggest that decreasing vegetation cover and/or changes in vegetation pattern towards small and over-dispersed vegetation patches can fast lead to a significant loss of ground arthropods diversity in drylands. |
| 英文关键词 | arthropods diversity drylands soil fauna spatial pattern vegetation patches |
| 类型 | Article |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 国家 | Brazil ; Spain |
| 开放获取类型 | Green Published, gold |
| 收录类别 | SCI-E |
| WOS记录号 | WOS:000513130200025 |
| WOS关键词 | LANDSCAPE-LEVEL FACTORS ; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION ; REGIME SHIFTS ; SOIL FAUNA ; BIODIVERSITY ; DESERTIFICATION ; PLANT ; SUCCESSION ; RUNOFF ; LITTER |
| WOS类目 | Entomology |
| WOS研究方向 | Entomology |
| 资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/314729 |
| 作者单位 | 1.Univ Sao Paulo, Fac Filosofia Ciencias & Letras Ribeirao Preto, Dept Fis, BR-14040901 Ribeirao Preto, Brazil; 2.Univ Alicante, Dept Ecol, E-03690 Alicante, Spain; 3.Univ Alicante, IMEM, E-03690 Alicante, Spain; 4.Natl Inst Sci & Technol Complex Syst, BR-22290180 Rio De Janeiro, Brazil; 5.Univ Navarra, Dept Environm Biol, E-31080 Pamplona, Spain |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Meloni, Fernando,Civieta, Berta F.,Zaragoza, Juan A.,et al. Vegetation Pattern Modulates Ground Arthropod Diversity in Semi-Arid Mediterranean Steppes[J],2020,11(1). |
| APA | Meloni, Fernando,Civieta, Berta F.,Zaragoza, Juan A.,Lourdes Moraza, Maria,&Bautista, Susana.(2020).Vegetation Pattern Modulates Ground Arthropod Diversity in Semi-Arid Mediterranean Steppes.INSECTS,11(1). |
| MLA | Meloni, Fernando,et al."Vegetation Pattern Modulates Ground Arthropod Diversity in Semi-Arid Mediterranean Steppes".INSECTS 11.1(2020). |
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