Relationships between Plant Diversity and the Abundance and alpha-Diversity of Predatory Ground Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in a Mature Asian Temperate Forest Ecosystem

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0082792

	Relationships between Plant Diversity and the Abundance and alpha-Diversity of Predatory Ground Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in a Mature Asian Temperate Forest Ecosystem
	Zou, Yi ; Sang, Weiguo 1,2; Bai, Fan 1; Axmacher, Jan Christoph
	2013
发表期刊	PLOS ONE
ISSN	1932-6203
卷号	8 期号:12
摘要	A positive relationship between plant diversity and both abundance and diversity of predatory arthropods is postulated by the Enemies Hypothesis, a central ecological top-down control hypothesis. It has been supported by experimental studies and investigations of agricultural and grassland ecosystems, while evidence from more complex mature forest ecosystems is limited. Our study was conducted on Changbai Mountain in one of the last remaining large pristine temperate forest environments in China. We used predatory ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) as target taxon to establish the relationship between phytodiversity and their activity abundance and diversity. Results showed that elevation was the only variable included in both models predicting carabid activity abundance and alpha-diversity. Shrub diversity was negatively and herb diversity positively correlated with beetle abundance, while shrub diversity was positively correlated with beetle alpha-diversity. Within the different forest types, a negative relationship between plant diversity and carabid activity abundance was observed, which stands in direct contrast to the Enemies Hypothesis. Furthermore, plant species density did not predict carabid alpha-diversity. In addition, the density of herbs, which is commonly believed to influence carabid movement, had little impact on the beetle activity abundance recorded on Changbai Mountain. Our study indicates that in a relatively large and heterogeneous mature forest area, relationships between plant and carabid diversity are driven by variations in environmental factors linked with altitudinal change. In addition, traditional top-down control theories that are suitable in explaining diversity patterns in ecosystems of low diversity appear to play a much less pronounced role in highly complex forest ecosystems.
学科领域	Multidisciplinary Sciences
DOI	10.1371/journal.pone.0082792
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
WOS关键词	SPECIES-DIVERSITY ; LEAF-LITTER ; MULTITROPHIC INTERACTIONS ; AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE ; VEGETATIONAL DIVERSITY ; INVERTEBRATE HERBIVORY ; ENEMIES HYPOTHESIS ; GEOMETRID MOTHS ; NORTHERN CHINA ; PITFALL TRAPS
WOS研究方向	Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)
WOS记录号	WOS:000328745100057
出版者	PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE
文献子类	Article
出版地	SAN FRANCISCO
资助机构	National Natural Science Foundation of China(National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)) ; '111 Program' of the Bureau of China Foreign Experts ; Ministry of Education ; Chinese Academy of Science(Chinese Academy of Sciences)
作者邮箱	Axmacher, Jan/C-4412-2008 ; Zou, Yi/AAH-1226-2021
作品OA属性	Green Published, gold, Green Submitted
引用统计	被引频次：33[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/2S10CLM1/27808
专题	植被与环境变化国家重点实验室
作者单位	1.UCL, UCL Dept Geog, London, England 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Bot, State Key Lab Vegetat & Environm Change, Beijing, Peoples R China 3.Minzu Univ China, Coll Life & Environm Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Zou, Yi,Sang, Weiguo,Bai, Fan,et al. Relationships between Plant Diversity and the Abundance and alpha-Diversity of Predatory Ground Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in a Mature Asian Temperate Forest Ecosystem[J]. PLOS ONE,2013,8(12).
APA	Zou, Yi,Sang, Weiguo,Bai, Fan,&Axmacher, Jan Christoph.(2013).Relationships between Plant Diversity and the Abundance and alpha-Diversity of Predatory Ground Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in a Mature Asian Temperate Forest Ecosystem.PLOS ONE,8(12).
MLA	Zou, Yi,et al."Relationships between Plant Diversity and the Abundance and alpha-Diversity of Predatory Ground Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in a Mature Asian Temperate Forest Ecosystem".PLOS ONE 8.12(2013).

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