Effects of Forest Regeneration on Crickets : Evaluating Environmental Drivers in a 300-Year Chronosequence
Joint Authors
Szinwelski, Neucir
Mews, Carina M.
Sperber, Carlos F.
Schoereder, José H.
Rosa, Cassiano S.
Source
International Journal of Zoology
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-13, 13 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-09-05
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
13
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
We evaluated the relation of cricket species richness and composition with forest regeneration time, evaluating canopy and litter depth as environmental drivers.
Effects of forest patch area, nearest distance to the 300-year patch, cricket abundance, sampling sufficiency, and nestedness were also evaluated.
We collected 1174 individuals (five families, 19 species).
Species richness increased asymptotically with regeneration time and linearly with canopy cover and litter depth.
Canopy cover increased linearly, while litter depth increased asymptotically.
Richness was not affected by patch area and nearest distance to the 300-year patch.
Richness increased with cricket abundance, and this explanation could not be distinguished from regeneration time, evidencing collinearity of these two explanatory variables.
Rarefaction curve slopes increased with regeneration time.
Species composition differed among patches, with no nested pattern.
We suggest that regeneration and consequent increases in canopy and litter promote recovery of cricket biodiversity, abundance, and changes in species composition.
We conclude that the recovery of cricket diversity involves an increase along the spatial scale of complementarity, together with a change in species composition.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Szinwelski, Neucir& Rosa, Cassiano S.& Schoereder, José H.& Mews, Carina M.& Sperber, Carlos F.. 2012. Effects of Forest Regeneration on Crickets : Evaluating Environmental Drivers in a 300-Year Chronosequence. International Journal of Zoology،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-13.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Szinwelski, Neucir…[et al.]. Effects of Forest Regeneration on Crickets : Evaluating Environmental Drivers in a 300-Year Chronosequence. International Journal of Zoology No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-13.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Szinwelski, Neucir& Rosa, Cassiano S.& Schoereder, José H.& Mews, Carina M.& Sperber, Carlos F.. Effects of Forest Regeneration on Crickets : Evaluating Environmental Drivers in a 300-Year Chronosequence. International Journal of Zoology. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-13.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-498571