Drivers of Collembola assemblages along an altitudinal gradient in northeast China
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8840876/pdf/ECE3-12-e8559.pdf" target="_blank" >https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8840876/pdf/ECE3-12-e8559.pdf</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8559" target="_blank" >10.1002/ece3.8559</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Drivers of Collembola assemblages along an altitudinal gradient in northeast China
Original language description
Altitudinal changes in the diversity of plants and animals have been well documented, however, soil animals received little attention in this context and it is unclear whether their diversity follows general altitudinal distribution patterns. Changbai Mountain is one of few well-conserved mountain regions comprising natural ecosystems on the Eurasian continent. Here, we present a comprehensive analysis of the diversity and community composition of Collembola along ten altitudinal sites representing five vegetation types from forest to alpine tundra. Among 7834 Collembola individuals, 84 morphospecies were identified. Species richness varied marginally significant with altitude and generally followed a unimodal relationship with altitude. By contrast, the density of Collembola did not change in a consistent way with altitude. Collembola communities changed gradually with altitude, with local habitat-related factors (soil and litter carbon-to-nitrogen ratio, litter carbon content, and soil pH) and climatic variables (precipitation seasonality) identified as major drivers of changes in Collembola community composition. Notably, local habitat-related factors explained more variation in Collembola assemblages than climatic variables. The results suggest that local habitat-related factors including precipitation and temperature are the main drivers of changes in Collembola communities with altitude. Specifically, soil and litter carbon-to-nitrogen ratio correlated positively with Collembola communities at high altitudes, whereas soil pH correlated positively at low altitudes. This documents that altitudinal gradients provide unique opportunities for identifying factors driving the community composition of not only above- but also belowground invertebrates.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10618 - Ecology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Ecology and Evolution
ISSN
2045-7758
e-ISSN
2045-7758
Volume of the periodical
12
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
11
Pages from-to
e8559
UT code for WoS article
000760366500024
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85125133239