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| DOI | 10.3390/insects12090804 |
| Long-Term Population Dynamics of Namib Desert Tenebrionid Beetles Reveal Complex Relationships to Pulse-Reserve Conditions | |
| Henschel, Joh R. | |
| 通讯作者 | Henschel, JR (corresponding author), South African Environm Observat Network, POB 110040,Hadison Pk, ZA-8301 Kimberley, South Africa. ; Henschel, JR (corresponding author), Univ Free State, Ctr Environm Management, POB 339, ZA-9300 Bloemfontein, South Africa. ; Henschel, JR (corresponding author), Gobabeb Namib Res Inst, POB 953, Walvis Bay 13103, Namibia. |
| 来源期刊 | INSECTS
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| EISSN | 2075-4450 |
| 出版年 | 2021 |
| 卷号 | 12期号:9 |
| 英文摘要 | Simple Summary Rain seldom falls in the extremely arid Namib Desert in Namibia, but when a certain amount falls, it causes seeds to germinate, grass to grow and seed, dry, and turn to litter that gradually decomposes over the years. It is thought that such periodic flushes and gradual decay are fundamental to the functioning of the animal populations of deserts. This notion was tested with litter-consuming darkling beetles, of which many species occur in the Namib. Beetles were trapped in buckets buried at ground level, identified, counted, and released. The numbers of most species changed with the quantity of litter, but some mainly fed on green grass and disappeared when this dried, while other species depended on the availability of moisture during winter. Several species required unusually heavy rainfalls to gradually increase their populations, while others the opposite, declining when wet, thriving when dry. All 26 beetle species experienced periods when their numbers were extremely low, but all had the capacity for a few remaining individuals to repopulate the area in good times. The remarkably different relationships of these beetles to common resources, litter, and moisture, explain how so many species can exist side by side in such a dry environment. Noy-Meir's paradigm concerning desert populations being predictably tied to unpredictable productivity pulses was tested by examining abundance trends of 26 species of flightless detritivorous tenebrionid beetles (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) in the hyper-arid Namib Desert (MAP = 25 mm). Over 45 years, tenebrionids were continuously pitfall trapped on a gravel plain. Species were categorised according to how their populations increased after 22 effective rainfall events (>11 mm in a week), and declined with decreasing detritus reserves (97.7-0.2 g m(-2)), while sustained by nonrainfall moisture. Six patterns of population variation were recognised: (a) increases triggered by effective summer rainfalls, tracking detritus over time (five species, 41% abundance); (b) irrupting upon summer rainfalls, crashing a year later (three, 18%); (c) increasing gradually after series of heavy (>40 mm) rainfall years, declining over the next decade (eight, 15%); (d) triggered by winter rainfall, population fluctuating moderately (two, 20%); (e) increasing during dry years, declining during wet (one, 0.4%); (f) erratic range expansions following heavy rain (seven, 5%). All species experienced population bottlenecks during a decade of scant reserves, followed by the community cycling back to its earlier composition after 30 years. By responding selectively to alternative configurations of resources, Namib tenebrionids showed temporal patterns and magnitudes of population fluctuation more diverse than predicted by Noy-Meir's original model, underpinning high species diversity. |
| 英文关键词 | tenebrionidae darkling beetle long term ecological research population signature irruption population crash rainfall nonrainfall moisture detritivore species diversity |
| 类型 | Article |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 开放获取类型 | Green Published, gold |
| 收录类别 | SCI-E |
| WOS记录号 | WOS:000699744400001 |
| WOS关键词 | STANDARD FOG COLLECTOR ; DARKLING BEETLES ; TEMPORAL PATTERNS ; COLEOPTERA ; DECOMPOSITION ; ABUNDANCE ; RAINFALL ; WATER ; PRECIPITATION ; PRODUCTIVITY |
| 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/2XILL650/363597 |
| 作者单位 | [Henschel, Joh R.] South African Environm Observat Network, POB 110040,Hadison Pk, ZA-8301 Kimberley, South Africa; [Henschel, Joh R.] Univ Free State, Ctr Environm Management, POB 339, ZA-9300 Bloemfontein, South Africa; [Henschel, Joh R.] Gobabeb Namib Res Inst, POB 953, Walvis Bay 13103, Namibia |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Henschel, Joh R.. Long-Term Population Dynamics of Namib Desert Tenebrionid Beetles Reveal Complex Relationships to Pulse-Reserve Conditions[J],2021,12(9). |
| APA | Henschel, Joh R..(2021).Long-Term Population Dynamics of Namib Desert Tenebrionid Beetles Reveal Complex Relationships to Pulse-Reserve Conditions.INSECTS,12(9). |
| MLA | Henschel, Joh R.."Long-Term Population Dynamics of Namib Desert Tenebrionid Beetles Reveal Complex Relationships to Pulse-Reserve Conditions".INSECTS 12.9(2021). |
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