Conservation of Leafhoppers in Floodplain Grasslands – Trade-off between Diversity and Naturalness in a Northern German National Park

Rothenbücher, Judith; Schaefer, Matthias

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“…Non‐flooded habitats had the highest species richness, whereas species richness was intermediate in moderately flooded habitats and lowest on sites subject to extended inundation. Rothenbücher and Schaefer (2005) observed most leafhopper species in sites that were not flooded; sites with medium flood intensities had the lowest species richness. Carabid beetles and spiders responded differently to flooding events in regard to their life history traits (Lambeets et al.…”

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“…The main research focus in floodplains is usually on monitoring of vegetation (van Diggelen et al, 2006), birds (Vaughan et al, 2007), fish (Lasne et al, 2007) and aquatic invertebrates (Bunn & Arthington, 2002). Less attention has been paid to the abundance, diversity and community struc-ture of terrestrial invertebrates in floodplain forests (Ballinger et al, 2005;Rothenbu¨cher & Schaefer, 2005).…”

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“…Less attention has been paid to the abundance, diversity and community structure of terrestrial invertebrates in floodplain forests (Ballinger et al. , 2005; Rothenbücher & Schaefer, 2005).…”

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Down in the flood? How moth communities are shaped in temperate floodplain forests

Truxa

Fiedler

2011

Insect Conserv Diversity

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1. We investigated moth communities in relation to flood regime across three riparian regions in lowland eastern Austria. Moths sampled with light traps were segregated into resident and stray species. Resident moths were further partitioned into arboreal and ground-layer species based on their larval habitat. 2. Regional differences in species diversity and species composition were far stronger than local differences related to flood regime.3. Stray species (17% of all species and 6% of all individuals sampled) as well as uniques had only negligible influence on diversity and species composition patterns. The single most abundant species turned out to be more problematic for diversity comparisons across regions and habitats than the many rare species and strays. 4. Overall moth diversity and ground-layer moth diversity were generally not reduced in flooded habitats relative to non-flooded habitats, and diversity of arboreal moths did not show significant differences between flood regimes. 5. Differences between habitats in their ground-layer vegetation appear to be more important for floodplain forest moth diversity than variation in woody vegetation with its associated arboreal moth fauna.6. Patterns in species composition were largely governed by ubiquitous forest species and not by floodplain or wetland habitat specialists. Eighteen of the 44 commonest species were more abundant in flooded habitats, and only 10 of them were more frequent in non-flooded habitats.7. Our results revealed no general negative impact of flooding on the diversity and species composition of one rich group of terrestrial herbivorous insects.

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Down in the flood? How moth communities are shaped in temperate floodplain forests

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Fiedler

2011

Insect Conserv Diversity

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“…The majority of studies of Central European riparian zones have explored the effects of flooding on arthropods [ 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 ]. In contrast, studies of the effects of drought in these habitats are relatively rare [ 17 , 18 ], most likely because of the problem of the definition of drought in a hydrological system [ 19 ].…”

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Adaptations and Predispositions of Different Middle European Arthropod Taxa (Collembola, Araneae, Chilopoda, Diplopoda) to Flooding and Drought Conditions

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Guhmann

Decker

2012

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Simple SummaryThis review summarizes adaptations and predispositions of different arthropod taxa (springtails, web spiders, millipedes and centipedes) to flood and drought conditions. The main focus sis directed to arthropod species, which are living in Middle European floodplain forests and wetlands, because of the fast change of flood and drought conditions in these habitats. Furthermore the effects of the predicted regional climate change like increasing aperiodic summer flooding and decreasing winter and spring floods are also discussed. AbstractFloodplain forests and wetlands are amongst the most diverse and species rich habitats on earth. Arthropods are a key group for the high diversity pattern of these landscapes, due to the fact that the change between flooding and drought causes in different life cycles and in a variety of adaptations in the different taxa. The floodplain forests and wetlands of Central Amazonia are well investigated and over the last 50 years many adaptations of several hexapod, myriapod and arachnid orders were described. In contrast to Amazonia the Middle European floodplains were less investigated concerning the adaptations of arthropods to flood and drought conditions. This review summarizes the adaptations and predispositions of springtails, web spiders, millipedes and centipedes to the changeable flood and drought conditions of Middle European floodplain forests and wetlands. Furthermore the impact of regional climate change predictions like increasing aperiodic summer floods and the decrease of typical winter and spring floods are discussed in this article.

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“…Instead, most species combine high reproduction rates with remigration after flood events (Adis & Junk, 2002;Rothenbücher & Schaefer, 2006), and relatively few species show morphological, phenological and physiological adaptations to cope with flooding (Tamm, 1986;Zulka, 1994;Rothenbücher & Schaefer, 2005. Such adaptations are designated as "pre-adaptations", primarily because of the short evolutionary period since the last Ice Age, but also due to the lack of a predictable inundation regime (Weigmann & Wohlgemuth-von Reiche, 1999).…”

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Responses and adaptations of collembolan communities (Hexapoda: Collembola) to flooding and hypoxic conditions

Marx

Wild

Knollmann

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Pesq. agropec. bras.

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-Standard ecological methods (pitfall traps, trunk eclectors and soil cores) were used to evaluate collembolan community responses to different flooding intensities. Three sites of a floodplain habitat near Mainz, Germany, with different flooding regimes were investigated. The structures of collembolan communities are markedly different depending on flooding intensity. Sites more affected by flooding are dominated by hygrophilic and hygrotolerant species, whereas the hardwood floodplain is dominated by mesophilic species. The survival strategies of the hygrophilic and hygrotolerant species include egg diapause and passive drifting. The physiological adaptations to hypoxic conditions of several collembolan species were analyzed using a microcalorimeter. The activities were tested under normoxic and hypoxic/anoxic conditions as well as during post-hypoxic recovery. Lactate was increased after hypoxic intervals in the species studied, suggesting that, in addition to a massive decrease in metabolic rate, a modest glycolytic activity may be involved in the tolerance to hypoxia.Index terms: behavioral adaptation, ecological adaptation, egg diapause, inundation, morphological adaptation, physiological adaptation. Respostas e adaptações de comunidades de colêmbolos (Hexapoda: Collembola) a condições de inundação e hipoxiaResumo -Foram utilizados os métodos ecológicos padrão (armadilhas "pitfall", armadilhas de tronco e amostras de solo) para avaliar as respostas de comunidade de colêmbolos a diferentes intensidades de inundação. Foram investigados três locais de um habitat de leitos de inundação perto de Mainz, Alemanha, com diferentes regimes de inundação. As estruturas das comunidades de colêmbolos foram nitidamente diferentes conforme a intensidade das inundações. Nos locais mais afetados por inundações, as espécies higrofílicas e higrotolerantes dominaram, ao passo que as espécies mesofílicas foram dominantes nos locais de leitos de inundação com angiospermas. As estratégias de sobrevivência das espécies higrofílicas e higrotolerantes incluem a diapausa dos ovos e o deslocamento passivo. Foi testada a adaptação fisiológica a condições hipóxicas de espécies selecionadas de colêmbolos através de análises por microcalorimetria. A atividade das espécies foi testada em condições normóxicas e hipóxicas/anóxicas e durante a recuperação pós-hipoxia. Verificou-se que o lactato aumentava após condições hipóxicas nas espécies avaliadas, o que sugere que, além de um decréscimo massivo na atividade metabólica, deve haver também certa atividade glicolítica associada à tolerância à hipoxia.Termos para indexação: adaptação comportamental, adaptação ecológica, diapausa dos ovos, inundação, adaptação morfológica, adaptação fisiológica.

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Conservation of Leafhoppers in Floodplain Grasslands – Trade-off between Diversity and Naturalness in a Northern German National Park

Cited by 10 publications

References 12 publications

Down in the flood? How moth communities are shaped in temperate floodplain forests

Down in the flood? How moth communities are shaped in temperate floodplain forests

Adaptations and Predispositions of Different Middle European Arthropod Taxa (Collembola, Araneae, Chilopoda, Diplopoda) to Flooding and Drought Conditions

Responses and adaptations of collembolan communities (Hexapoda: Collembola) to flooding and hypoxic conditions

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