Sun exposure as a main driver influencing the arriving communities of saproxylic beetles on deadwood
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60077344%3A_____%2F25%3A00616959" target="_blank" >RIV/60077344:_____/25:00616959 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/00094862:_____/25:10005211 RIV/60076658:12310/25:43909766 RIV/00027073:_____/25:N0000042
Result on the web
<a href="https://resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/een.13428" target="_blank" >https://resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/een.13428</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/een.13428" target="_blank" >10.1111/een.13428</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Sun exposure as a main driver influencing the arriving communities of saproxylic beetles on deadwood
Original language description
The ability to locate and colonise ephemeral deadwood resources is crucial to saproxylic beetle assemblages. Saproxylic beetles locate suitable substrates mainly through visual cues and via olfactory cues emitted by deadwood, other insects and fungi. For the conservation of saproxylic beetles, it is essential to understand which abiotic and biotic factors most significantly influence their habitat requirements when locating suitable substrates. In a field experiment, in sunny and shaded plots, we exposed 400 bundles of freshly cut deadwood, each consisting of three logs with a combination of different tree species and treatments (i.e., fungi inoculation), mimicking biotic interactions. We sampled arriving saproxylic beetles via sticky traps directly applied on deadwood to evaluate the effect of sun exposure and the biotic interactions on arriving saproxylic beetles. We found higher species numbers and abundance of saproxylic beetles under shaded than sunny conditions, but we detected no effect on the standardised number of species (diversity). However, we observed a shift in species diversity from sunny to shaded conditions from early to late season. Beetle assemblages differ between shaded and sun-exposed deadwood. Treatments (fungi inoculation, sterilisation and burning) did not affect the arriving saproxylic beetles. Our results suggest that saproxylic beetles' attraction to freshly cut deadwood is mainly driven by sun exposure rather than biotic interactions, despite assumed close associations between beetles and fungi. To protect the full spectrum of saproxylic beetle species, we recommend maintaining sunny and shaded areas, as each provides unique habitats supporting different assemblages.
Czech name
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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
<a href="/en/project/GA22-27166S" target="_blank" >GA22-27166S: Disentangling priority effects from environmental constraints in driving assembly mechanisms of wood decomposers – an experimental approach</a><br>
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Ecological Entomology
ISSN
0307-6946
e-ISSN
1365-2311
Volume of the periodical
50
Issue of the periodical within the volume
3
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
12
Pages from-to
565-576
UT code for WoS article
001409911300001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85216491042