Multi-trophic guilds respond differently to changing elevation in a subtropical forest

doi:10.1111/ecog.03086

	Multi-trophic guilds respond differently to changing elevation in a subtropical forest
	Binkenstein, Julia ; Klein, Alexandra-Maria ; Assmann, Thorsten 1; Buscot, Francois 2,4; Erfmeier, Alexandra 2; Ma, Keping5 ; Pietsch, Katherina A.; Schmidt, Karsten 7; Scholten, Thomas 7; Wubet, Tesfaye 2,4; Bruelheide, Helge 2,3; Schuldt, Andreas 1,3; Staab, Michael
	2018
发表期刊	ECOGRAPHY
ISSN	0906-7590
卷号	41 期号:6 页码:1013-1023
摘要	Negative relationships between species richness and elevation are common and attributed to changes in single environmental properties associated to elevation, such as temperature and habitat area. However, research has lacked taxonomic breadth and comprehensive elevation studies that consider multiple groups from different trophic levels are rare. We thus analysed 24 groups of plants, arthropods, and microorganisms grouped into six trophic guilds (predators, detritivores, herbivores, plants, bacteria and fungi) along a relatively short elevational gradient (similar to 600 m) in a subtropical forest in south-east China. The total species richness of all organisms was not related to elevation, nor was the richness of plants, herbivores or microorganisms. However, species richness and abundance in two major trophic guilds of arthropods changed with elevation, which was mediated by changes in elevation-associated habitat properties. Specifically, deadwood mass increased with elevation, which increased detritivore richness indirectly via detritivore abundance, thus supporting the 'more individuals hypothesis'. In contrast, lower predator richness at higher elevations was directly related to lower mean temperatures, which had no effect on abundance. Our study demonstrates that even along relatively short gradients, elevation can have strong direct and abundance-mediated effects on species richness, but with effects varying from positive to negative signs depending on local resource availability and the characteristics of groups or trophic guilds. If elevation positively influences local environmental properties that benefit a given group, richness can increase towards higher elevations. Thus, the effect of global change in mountainous regions should be evaluated within the local environmental context using multi-taxon approaches.
学科领域	Biodiversity Conservation ; Ecology
DOI	10.1111/ecog.03086
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
WOS关键词	SPECIES RICHNESS ; INDIVIDUALS HYPOTHESIS ; MONTANE BIODIVERSITY ; ALTITUDINAL GRADIENT ; ARTHROPOD DIVERSITY ; FUNGAL COMMUNITIES ; ICE STORM ; ENERGY ; ANTS ; AREA
WOS记录号	WOS:000434091800013
出版者	WILEY
文献子类	Article
出版地	HOBOKEN
EISSN	1600-0587
作者邮箱	julia.binkenstein@gmx.de
作品OA属性	Bronze
引用统计	被引频次：18[WOS] [WOS记录] [WOS相关记录]
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://ir.ibcas.ac.cn/handle/2S10CLM1/20735
专题	植被与环境变化国家重点实验室
作者单位	1.Univ Freiburg, Fac Environm & Nat Resources, Dept Nat Conservat & Landscape Ecol, Freiburg, Germany 2.Leuphana Univ, Luneburg Inst Ecol, Luneburg, Germany 3.German Ctr Integrat Biodivers Res iDiv, Leipzig, Germany 4.Martin Luther Univ Halle Wittenberg, Inst Biol Geobot & Bot Garden, Halle, Germany 5.UFZ Helmholtz Ctr Environm Res, Dept Soil Ecol, Halle, Saale, Germany 6.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Bot, Beijing, Peoples R China 7.Pietsch, Katherina A.] Univ Leipzig, Dept Special Bot & Funct Biodivers, Leipzig, Germany 8.Univ Tubingen, Dept Geosci, Chair Soil Sci & Geomorphol, Tubingen, Germany
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Binkenstein, Julia,Klein, Alexandra-Maria,Assmann, Thorsten,et al. Multi-trophic guilds respond differently to changing elevation in a subtropical forest[J]. ECOGRAPHY,2018,41(6):1013-1023.
APA	Binkenstein, Julia.,Klein, Alexandra-Maria.,Assmann, Thorsten.,Buscot, Francois.,Erfmeier, Alexandra.,...&Staab, Michael.(2018).Multi-trophic guilds respond differently to changing elevation in a subtropical forest.ECOGRAPHY,41(6),1013-1023.
MLA	Binkenstein, Julia,et al."Multi-trophic guilds respond differently to changing elevation in a subtropical forest".ECOGRAPHY 41.6(2018):1013-1023.

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