Bird's nest ferns promote resource sharing by centipedes. (1st November 2019)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Bird's nest ferns promote resource sharing by centipedes. (1st November 2019)
- Main Title:
- Bird's nest ferns promote resource sharing by centipedes
- Authors:
- Phillips, Josie W.
Chung, Arthur Y. C.
Edgecombe, Gregory D.
Ellwood, M. D. Farnon - Other Names:
- Dahlsjö Cecilia guestEditor.
Kitching Roger guestEditor. - Abstract:
- Abstract: Bird's nest ferns ( Asplenium spp.) support large numbers of invertebrates, including centipedes. As top invertebrate predators, centipedes drive ecosystem function, for example, by regulating decomposer populations, but we know little of their ecology in forest canopies. We provide the first detailed observations of the diversity and structure of the centipede communities of bird's nest ferns, revealing the importance of these epiphytes as nurseries for centipedes. We collected 305 centipedes equating to ˜ 11, 300 mg of centipede biomass from 44 bird's nest ferns (22 of which were from the high canopy and 22 from the low canopy) in primary tropical rainforest in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. Most abundant were the Scolopendromorpha ( n = 227 individuals), followed by the Geophilomorpha ( n = 59), Lithobiomorpha ( n = 14), and Scutigeromorpha ( n = 5). Although we observed very little overlap in species between the forest strata, scolopendromorph centipedes dominated throughout the canopy. Null model analysis revealed no significant competitive interactions; on the contrary, we observed centipedes sharing nest sites within the ferns on three of the ten occasions that we found nests. All nests belonged to centipedes of the family Scolopendridae, which are typically aggressive, and usually show negative spatial association. This study reveals a diverse community of canopy centipedes, providing further evidence of the importance of bird's nest ferns to a wideAbstract: Bird's nest ferns ( Asplenium spp.) support large numbers of invertebrates, including centipedes. As top invertebrate predators, centipedes drive ecosystem function, for example, by regulating decomposer populations, but we know little of their ecology in forest canopies. We provide the first detailed observations of the diversity and structure of the centipede communities of bird's nest ferns, revealing the importance of these epiphytes as nurseries for centipedes. We collected 305 centipedes equating to ˜ 11, 300 mg of centipede biomass from 44 bird's nest ferns (22 of which were from the high canopy and 22 from the low canopy) in primary tropical rainforest in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. Most abundant were the Scolopendromorpha ( n = 227 individuals), followed by the Geophilomorpha ( n = 59), Lithobiomorpha ( n = 14), and Scutigeromorpha ( n = 5). Although we observed very little overlap in species between the forest strata, scolopendromorph centipedes dominated throughout the canopy. Null model analysis revealed no significant competitive interactions; on the contrary, we observed centipedes sharing nest sites within the ferns on three of the ten occasions that we found nests. All nests belonged to centipedes of the family Scolopendridae, which are typically aggressive, and usually show negative spatial association. This study reveals a diverse community of canopy centipedes, providing further evidence of the importance of bird's nest ferns to a wide range of animals, many of which use the ferns at critical life stages. Future conservation strategies should regard these ubiquitous epiphytes as umbrella species and protect them accordingly in landscape management decisions. Abstract in Malay is available with online material. ABSTRAK: Pakis sarang burung ( Asplenium spp.) adalah tumbuhan epifitik kanopi yang menjadi perumah kepada banyak invertebrata, termasuklah lipan. Sebagai pemangsa invertebrata utama, lipan memainkan peranan memantau populasi pengurai sebagai fungsi ekosistem. Namun, maklumat berkenaan dengan ekologi atau kepentingan fungsi pemangsa ini di kanopi hutan sangatlah kurang. Kami memberikan pemerhatian pertama mengenai kepelbagaian dan komposisi komuniti lipan di pakis sarang burung, serta mengutarakan kepentingan pakis ini sebagai tapak tumbesaran untuk lipan. Kami telah mengutip 305 ekor lipan dari 44 pakis sarang burung (22 pakis di kanopi yang tinggi dan 22 pakis lagi di kanopi yang rendah, di hutan hujan tropika yang asli di Sabah. Ini adalah bersamaan dengan ~11, 300 mg biomas lipan. Yang paling melimpah adalah Scolopendromorpha ( n = 227), diikuti oleh Geophilomorpha ( n = 59), Lithobiomorpha ( n = 14) dan Scutigeromorpha ( n = 5). Walaupun tiada pertindihan spesies yang nyata, lipan Scolopendromorpha mendominasikan keseluruhan kanopi. Analisa model null mengesahkan tiada interaksi kompetitif yang nyata. Dalam 10 tapak sarang yang direkodkan, kami telah perhatikan lipan berkongsi sarang dalam tiga cerapan. Kesemua sarang lipan Scolopendridae bersifat agresif dan menunjukkan perhubungan spatial yang negatif. Kajian kami menunjukkan kepentingan fungsi komuniti kanopi lipan, dan membuktikan kepentingan pakis sarang burung sebagai perumah untuk banyak jenis haiwan pada tahap kehidupan yang kritikal. Pakis tersebut adalah spesies utama dalam fungsi ekosistem, yang juga merupakan spesies payung kepada kepelbagaian arthropoda dan seharusnya dipertimbangkan dalam keputusan konservasi di masa akan datang. … (more)
- Is Part Of:
- Biotropica. Volume 52:Number 2(2020)
- Journal:
- Biotropica
- Issue:
- Volume 52:Number 2(2020)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 52, Issue 2 (2020)
- Year:
- 2020
- Volume:
- 52
- Issue:
- 2
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2020-0052-0002-0000
- Page Start:
- 335
- Page End:
- 344
- Publication Date:
- 2019-11-01
- Subjects:
- Asplenium epiphytes -- Borneo -- Chilopoda -- competition -- ecosystem function -- forest canopies -- predation -- resource sharing
Biotic communities -- Tropics -- Periodicals
Applied ecology -- Tropics -- Periodicals
Biology -- Tropics -- Periodicals
577.80913 - Journal URLs:
- http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/1536475.html ↗
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1744-7429 ↗
http://www.bioone.org/bioone/?request=get-journals-list&issn=0006-3606 ↗
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/rd.asp?goto=journal&code=btp ↗
http://www.jstor.org/journals/00063606.html ↗
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/ ↗
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/loi/btp ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1111/btp.12713 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0006-3606
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