Tree diversity promotes predatory wasps and parasitoids but not pollinator bees in a subtropical experimental forest
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in: Basic and Applied Ecology, Jahrgang 53, 06.2021, S. 134-142.
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T1 - Tree diversity promotes predatory wasps and parasitoids but not pollinator bees in a subtropical experimental forest
AU - Guo, Peng Fei
AU - Wang, Ming Qiang
AU - Orr, Michael
AU - Li, Yi
AU - Chen, Jing Ting
AU - Zhou, Qing Song
AU - Staab, Michael
AU - Fornoff, Felix
AU - Chen, Guo Hua
AU - Zhang, Nai Li
AU - Klein, Alexandra Maria
AU - Zhu, Chao Dong
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2021
PY - 2021/6
Y1 - 2021/6
N2 - From regional to global scales, anthropogenic environmental change is causing biodiversity loss and reducing ecosystem functionality. Previous studies have investigated the relationship between plant diversity and functional insect communities in temperate and also in tropical grasslands and forests. However, few studies have explored these dynamics in subtropical forests. Here, cavity-nesting Hymenoptera and associated parasitoids were collected across a controlled tree diversity experiment in subtropical China to test how predatory wasps, bees and parasitoids respond to tree species richness. Abundance and species richness of predatory wasps and parasitoids were positively correlated with tree species richness, while bee abundance and bee species richness were unrelated to tree species richness. Our results indicate that tree species richness increases the abundance and species richness of important communities such as predators and parasitoids. Moreover, the results highlight the importance of subtropical forests in maintaining abundance and species richness of key functional insect groups.
AB - From regional to global scales, anthropogenic environmental change is causing biodiversity loss and reducing ecosystem functionality. Previous studies have investigated the relationship between plant diversity and functional insect communities in temperate and also in tropical grasslands and forests. However, few studies have explored these dynamics in subtropical forests. Here, cavity-nesting Hymenoptera and associated parasitoids were collected across a controlled tree diversity experiment in subtropical China to test how predatory wasps, bees and parasitoids respond to tree species richness. Abundance and species richness of predatory wasps and parasitoids were positively correlated with tree species richness, while bee abundance and bee species richness were unrelated to tree species richness. Our results indicate that tree species richness increases the abundance and species richness of important communities such as predators and parasitoids. Moreover, the results highlight the importance of subtropical forests in maintaining abundance and species richness of key functional insect groups.
KW - Abundance
KW - BEF-China
KW - Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning
KW - Cavity-nesting Hymenoptera
KW - Functional Insect Groups
KW - Species richness
KW - Biology
KW - Ecosystems Research
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85103122527&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.baae.2021.03.007
DO - 10.1016/j.baae.2021.03.007
M3 - Journal articles
AN - SCOPUS:85103122527
VL - 53
SP - 134
EP - 142
JO - Basic and Applied Ecology
JF - Basic and Applied Ecology
SN - 1439-1791
ER -