Climate change effects on soil microarthropod abundance and community structure

Kardol, Paul; Reynolds, W. Nicholas; Norby, Richard J.; Classen, Aimée T.

doi:10.1016/j.apsoil.2010.11.001

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“…This can be explained by a higher sensitivity to changes of these four orders, so that small differences in rainfall amounts (9.8 mm) and variation were effective, whereas the other orders appear to be more tolerant against changes in rainfall. Others also found that mites were not responsive to precipitation treatments, but Collembola were (Kardol et al, 2011).…”

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Future rainfall variations reduce abundances of aboveground arthropods in model agroecosystems with different soil types

Zaller

Simmer

Santer

et al. 2014

Front. Environ. Sci.

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Climate change scenarios for Central Europe predict less frequent but heavier rainfalls and longer drought periods during the growing season. This is expected to alter arthropods in agroecosystems that are important as biocontrol agents, herbivores or food for predators (e.g., farmland birds). In a lysimeter facility (totally 18 3-m 2 -plots), we experimentally tested the effects of long-term current vs. prognosticated future rainfall variations (15% increased rainfall per event, 25% more dry days) according to regionalized climate change models from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on aboveground arthropods in winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cultivated at three different soil types (calcaric phaeozem, calcic chernozem and gleyic phaeozem). Soil types were established 17 years and rainfall treatments 1 month before arthropod sampling; treatments were fully crossed and replicated three times. Aboveground arthropods were assessed by suction sampling, their mean abundances (± SD) differed between April, May and June with 20 ± 3 m −2 , 90 ± 35 m −2 , and 289 ± 93 individuals m −2 , respectively. Averaged across sampling dates, future rainfall reduced the abundance of spiders (Araneae, −47%), cicadas and leafhoppers (Auchenorrhyncha, −39%), beetles (Coleoptera, −52%), ground beetles (Carabidae, −41%), leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae, −64%), spring tails (Collembola, −58%), flies (Diptera, −73%) and lacewings (Neuroptera, −73%) but increased the abundance of snails (Gastropoda, +69%). Across sampling dates, soil types had no effects on arthropod abundances. Arthropod diversity was neither affected by rainfall nor soil types. Arthropod abundance was positively correlated with weed biomass for almost all taxa; abundance of Hemiptera and of total arthropods was positively correlated with weed density. These detrimental effects of future rainfall variations on arthropod taxa in wheat fields can potentially alter arthropod-related agroecosystem services.

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Future rainfall variations reduce abundances of aboveground arthropods in model agroecosystems with different soil types

Zaller

Simmer

Santer

et al. 2014

Front. Environ. Sci.

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“…In Europe, studies concerning the influence of such abiotic factors on predator soil mite communities (Acari: Mesostigmata) have been conducted mainly in forest ecosystems, revealing that external factors, such as those caused by climate change, can have a direct effect on below-ground communities (Salmane 2000;Hasegawa 2001;Huhta & Hänninen 2001;Huhta & Räty 2005;Ruf & Beck 2005;Malmström 2006;Nielsen et al 2010Nielsen et al , 2012Kardol et al 2011;Xu et al 2012). Studies that highlight the correlations between abiotic factors and soil mite communities from other types of terrestrial ecosystems, such as grassland, are few (Cole et al 2005(Cole et al , 2006(Cole et al , 2008Briones et al 2009;Wissuwa et al 2012).…”

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“…Many studies have demonstrated that they are sensitive to modifications of the different physical (soil water content, temperature) and chemical [soil nutrients, organic matter, pH, N and carbon (C)] environmental factors (Ruf & Beck 2005;Chikoski et al 2006;Gulvik 2007;Nielsen et al 2010Nielsen et al , 2012Kardol et al 2011).…”

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The influence of environmental variables on soil mite communities (Acari: Mesostigmata) from overgrazed grassland ecosystems – Romania

Manu

Iordache

Băncilă

et al. 2015

Italian Journal of Zoology

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In 2013-2014, the soil mite communities from six overgrazed grassland ecosystems located in the Trascău Mountains, Romania, were investigated. Forty-six species were identified, with 645 individuals. Some abiotic factors from soil were measured (soil temperature -T, soil water content -H, soil acidity -pH, carbon content -C, total nitrogen -Nt, and C/Nt ratio). Significant statistical differences were obtained between environmental factors. Using a canonical correspondence analysis of mite species abundance, environmental variables and habitats, strong relationships between investigated factors were established.

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“…These findings are in line with the results obtained by Chen et al [12], who found that nematodes are one of the soil communities suitable as bioindicators. In their study on climate change, Kardol et al [35] emphasized the importance of moisture as one of the components that induces shifts and affects the abundance, community composition, and structure of a microarthropod community. The climaticgradient studied here conferred significant geographically oriented trends to the levels of abiotic parameters: soil moisture, water-holding capacity, and total organiccarbon levels, which were found to gradually increase with increasing total amount of rainfall.…”

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Changes in soil free-living nematode communities and their trophic composition along a climatic gradient

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Sherman²,

Pen-Mouratov³

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Ambiguity exists concerning the effects of climate on soil nematode-community composition. In this study, we examined the free-living nematode communities in soil along a climatic gradient representing humid-Mediterranean, Mediterranean, semi-arid, and arid climate types. The relationships between abiotic soil characteristics (organic carbon, soil moisture (SM), water-holding capacity) and nematode parameters, such as abundance, trophic group composition, and diversity indices, were explored in the context of climate and seasonality. Nematode abundance was lowest at the arid site. At the humidMediterranean and Mediterranean locations, nematode abundance reached its peak in winter, while at the semi-arid and arid sites, an almost opposite trend was observed, with lowest abundances in winter, presumably due to a nutrient washout from the soil profile during the rainy season. On the trophic level, one trophic group demonstrated a positive correlation with SM and one trophic group demonstrated a negative one at each location, while the other two groups remained constant. Fungi-feeding nematodes were found to be unaffected by SM at the humidMediterranean and Mediterranean locations, while at the semi-arid and arid sites their proportion increased in correlation with decreasing SM. Bacteria-feeders increased with SM at the arid site, were unaffected at the semi-arid location, and decreased with SM at the humid-Mediterranean and Mediterranean sites. Plant-parasites were associated with SM only at the humidMediterranean site. Omnivores-predators were positively affected by SM at the two middle locations, staying constant at the humid-Mediterranean and arid sites. These findings point to the strong linkage existing between nematode trophic behavior and climatic factors, demonstrating distinctive communal fingerprints for each climate type.

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Climate change effects on soil microarthropod abundance and community structure

Cited by 191 publications

References 47 publications

Future rainfall variations reduce abundances of aboveground arthropods in model agroecosystems with different soil types

Future rainfall variations reduce abundances of aboveground arthropods in model agroecosystems with different soil types

The influence of environmental variables on soil mite communities (Acari: Mesostigmata) from overgrazed grassland ecosystems – Romania

Changes in soil free-living nematode communities and their trophic composition along a climatic gradient

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