Effect of landscape structure depends on habitat type in shaping spider communities of a natural mosaic of Eurasian forest-steppe
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Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/icad.12639" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1111/icad.12639</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/icad.12639" target="_blank" >10.1111/icad.12639</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Effect of landscape structure depends on habitat type in shaping spider communities of a natural mosaic of Eurasian forest-steppe
Original language description
Despite the important ecological role of forest-steppes in nature conservation, information on the contribution of individual components to arthropod conservation is scarce. Furthermore, the effect of landscape structure on the arthropod composition of a natural mosaic of habitats has been largely understudied. We investigated the effects of habitat type and landscape heterogeneity on spider diversity in forest-steppes of Kiskunság National Park, Hungary. We sampled ground-dwelling spiders using pitfall traps in the grasslands, forest edges and forest interiors along a gradient of landscape composition (forest amount) and configuration (edge length) within 18 landscapes. We collected a total of 22,550 adult specimens belonging to 153 species. The three habitats of forest-steppes showed a distinct community composition with a characteristic set of species traits. Xerothermic species of web-building spiders were primarily found in grasslands, whereas spiders with a preference for moisture habitats were in the forest interior. The forest edges had higher species richness than forest interiors. The trait diversity, measured as RaoQ, was the highest in grasslands, while the lowest in the forests. We found that the increasing amount of forests in the landscape positively affected species richness in grasslands but negatively in forest edges and interiors. Edge length did not have any effect on spider communities. Increased species richness in grasslands with the increasing amount of forests highlights that grasslands are more affected by spillover from the neighbouring forests than vice versa. Habitat type plays a more important role in shaping spider diversity of natural forest-steppe patches than landscape structure. However, landscape structure could modify the effect of habitat type. It emphasises the importance of habitat complementarity and therefore the high value of all components of the forest-steppe landscape.
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
40102 - Forestry
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Insect Conservation and Diversity
ISSN
1752-458X
e-ISSN
1752-4598
Volume of the periodical
16
Issue of the periodical within the volume
4
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
11
Pages from-to
497-507
UT code for WoS article
000953330600001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85150831604