Trait diversity and spider community composition are associated with lower herbivory in young forest plantations
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Result code in IS VaVaI
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Alternative codes found
RIV/62156489:43410/25:43926059
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2024.105666" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2024.105666</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2024.105666" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.biocontrol.2024.105666</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Trait diversity and spider community composition are associated with lower herbivory in young forest plantations
Original language description
Spiders constitute a numerically dominant group of generalist predators in forest ecosystems, but their biocontrol function in forest plantations is not well understood. The biocontrol potential of spiders may depend upon interaction among pest type, forest type, season, trait composition, and spider community diversity. Using a correlative approach, we addressed this gap in knowledge in young (10-15 years) oak (Quercus spp.) and ash (Fraxinus spp.) forest plantations. We sampled (N = 103 samples) foliage-dwelling arthropods and leaves during late spring and autumn. We then measured traits of spiders (body size and hunting strategy) and examined two indicators of herbivory (leaf damage and leaf dry biomass). In oak plantations, abundances of Hemiptera negatively correlated with functional diversity of spiders consistently during the two seasons. Abundances of caterpillars negatively correlated with abundances of ambushers and marginally with abundances of orb-web building spiders during late spring. Abundances of herbivorous Coleoptera negatively correlated with functional evenness of spiders in autumn. Moreover, herbivory negatively correlated with abundances of Space-web builders and functional diversity of spiders in spring but with mean spider body size in autumn. In ash plantations, herbivory negatively correlated with spider abundances in autumn. Our findings provide indirect evidence that foliage-dwelling spiders can be useful for the biological control of forest pests. The biocontrol potential of spiders seems to depend on both functional diversity and identity. Therefore, forest pest management should focus not only on spider community composition but also functional trait diversity of spiders.
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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
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
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
Biological Control
ISSN
1049-9644
e-ISSN
1090-2112
Volume of the periodical
200
Issue of the periodical within the volume
January
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
8
Pages from-to
105666
UT code for WoS article
001377884200001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85211085005