10.5061/DRYAD.N6K49
Zuo, Juan
VU University Amsterdam
Berg, Matty
Utrecht University
Klein, Roy
VU University Amsterdam
Nusselder, Jasper
Systems Ecology Department of Ecological Science Faculty of Earth and
Life Sciences Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam De Boelelaan 1085 1081 HV
Amsterdam The Netherlands
Neurink, Gert
Systems Ecology Department of Ecological Science Faculty of Earth and
Life Sciences Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam De Boelelaan 1085 1081 HV
Amsterdam The Netherlands
Decker, Orsi
La Trobe University
Hefting, Mariet M.
Utrecht University
Sass-Klaassen, Ute
Wageningen University & Research
van Logtestijn, Richard S. P.
VU University Amsterdam
Goudzwaard, Leo
Wageningen University & Research
van Hal, Jurgen
VU University Amsterdam
Sterck, Frank J.
Wageningen University & Research
Poorter, Lourens
Wageningen University & Research
Cornelissen, Johannes H. C.
VU University Amsterdam
Berg, Matty P.
VU University Amsterdam
University of Groningen
Data from: Faunal community consequence of interspecific bark trait
dissimilarity in early-stage decomposing logs
Dryad
dataset
2017
assembly rules
dead wood
afterlife effect
invertebrate community
cortisphere
macro-detritivore
2017-01-29T00:00:00Z
2017-01-29T00:00:00Z
en
https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.12676
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Dead tree trunks have significant ecosystem functions related to
biodiversity and biogeochemical cycles. When lying on the soil surface,
they are colonized by an array of invertebrate fauna, but what determines
their community composition is still unclear. We apply community assembly
theory to colonization of tree logs by invertebrates. During early
decomposition, the attached bark is critically important as an environment
filter for community assembly through habitat provision. Specifically, we
hypothesized that the more dissimilar bark traits were between tree
species, the more their faunal community compositions would differ. We
tested this hypothesis by investigating the effects of bark traits on the
invertebrate communities in the early-decomposing logs of 11 common,
temperate tree species placed in the ‘common garden’ experiment LOGLIFE.
Bark traits included bark looseness, fissure index, outer bark thickness,
ratio of inner to outer bark thickness, punch resistance, water storage
capacity and bark pH. The predominant faunal groups studied were Annelida,
Isopoda, Chilopoda, Diplopoda, Diptera and Coleoptera. Our results showed
(i) strong interspecific differences in bark traits, (ii) that bark traits
related to environmental buffering had profound effects on the abundance
of specific invertebrate groups, and (iii) the higher the overall bark
trait dissimilarity between tree species, the more dissimilar these tree
species were in faunal community composition, and the higher was the joint
invertebrate family richness. A suite of bark traits together has
fundamental afterlife effects on invertebrate community assembly, strongly
filtering the colonizing invertebrates in early-decomposing logs, driving
variation in their community composition and diversity. Our findings
indicate that bark trait dissimilarity among tree species in forest stands
is likely a better indicator of early-phase dead trunk fauna diversity
than tree species diversity per se.
Bark traits of 11 temperate tree speciesBark traits of 11 temperate tree
species after 15 months incubation in a common forest site in the LOGLIFE
experiment.Bark traits of the tree species.csvFauna data at Major clade
levelFauna data at major clades level. Fauna were collected from the logs
of 11 temperate tree species after 15 months incubation in a common forest
site in the LOGLIFE experiment.Fauna data at Family levelFauna data at
family level. Fauna were collected from the logs of 11 temperate tree
species after 15 months incubation in a common forest site in the LOGLIFE
experiment.Fauna data of Diplopoda and Isopoda speciesFauna data of
Diplopoda and Isopoda species. Fauna were collected from the logs of 11
temperate tree species after 15 months incubation in a common forest site
in the LOGLIFE experiment.