在较高的甲虫功能多样性下,除了放牧强化,除除增加
Jorge Ari Noriega1,2, Joaquín Hortal3,4,5, Indradatta deCastro-Arrazola1,6
1Department of Biogeography and Global Change, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN-CSIC), Madrid, Spain.
Nature communications
|December 6, 2023
概括
土壤甲虫对于营养循环至关重要. 虫的功能多样性,而不仅仅是物种丰富,是维持牛牧场除服务的关键,即使农业集约化.
科学领域:
- 生态生态学 生态生态学
- 土壤科学 土壤科学
- 保护生物学 保护生物学
背景情况:
- 通过宏观动物,特别是甲虫,去除便对于牧场生态系统中的营养循环至关重要.
- 农业的强化往往导致无脊椎动物的多样性减少,可能会损害基本的生态系统服务.
研究的目的:
- 调查牛放牧强化对虫群落和便清除率的影响.
- 评估虫物种丰富性和功能多样性如何在不同的管理强度和气候条件下影响便清除.
主要方法:
- 在全球38个牧场进行了实地实验,比较了低强度和高强度牛放牧制度.
- 在每个牧场测量了除尘率,虫物种丰富度和功能多样性.
- 考虑了气候和区域变化来分析强化影响的异质性.
主要成果:
- 牛放牧强化对虫多样性和便清除的影响在研究地点之间异质.
- 随着物种丰富度在现场层面上增加,除尘率也在增加.
- 功能多样性始终提高了在场地内的便清除,无论放牧强度或气候如何.
结论:
- 维持一个功能多样化的虫社区对于在人为修改的景观中保留便清除服务至关重要.
- 生态系统服务,如分解和营养循环,如果功能多样性很高,尽管牛群的数量增加,但仍然可以持续存在.
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