Ambient and substrate energy influence decomposer diversity differentially across trophic levels

Peter Kriegel¹, Sebastian Vogel^{1

2}, Romain Angeleri^{3

4

5}, Petr Baldrian⁶, Werner Borken⁷, Christophe Bouget⁸, Antoine Brin⁹, Heinz Bussler¹⁰, Cristiana Cocciufa¹¹, Benedikt Feldmann¹², Martin M Gossner^{5

13}, Elena Haeler^{3

5

13

14}, Jonas Hagge^{15

16}, Sönke Hardersen¹⁷, Henrik Hartmann^{18

19}, Joakim Hjältén²⁰, Martyna M Kotowska²¹, Thibault Lachat^{3

5}, Laurent Larrieu^{22

23}, Alexandro B Leverkus²⁴, Anna L M Macagno^{25

26}, Oliver Mitesser¹, Jörg Müller^{1

27}, Elisabeth Obermaier²⁸, Francesco Parisi^{29

30}, Stefan Pelz³¹, Bernhard Schuldt^{32

33}, Sebastian Seibold^{34

35

36}, Elisa Stengel¹, Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson³⁷, Wolfgang Weisser³⁸, Simon Thorn^{1

39

40}

Affiliations

¹ Field Station Fabrikschleichach, Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology (Zoology III), Julius Maximilians University Würzburg, Rauhenebrach, Germany.
² Bavarian Environment Agency, Biodiversitätszentrum Rhön, Bischofsheim in der Rhön, Germany.
³ School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences HAFL, Bern University of Applied Sciences BFH, Zollikofen, Switzerland.
⁴ Institute of Ecology and Evolution IEE - Conservation Biology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
⁵ Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland.
⁶ Laboratory of Environmental Microbiology, Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Praha 4, Czech Republic.
⁷ Department for Soil Ecology, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany.
⁸ French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment INRAE, 'Forest Ecosystems' Research Unit, Nogent-sur-Vernisson, France.
⁹ University of Toulouse, Engineering School of Purpan, UMR 1201 INRAE-INPT DYNAFOR, Toulouse, France.
¹⁰ Am Greifenkeller 1b, Feuchtwangen, Germany.
¹¹ Arma dei Carabinieri CUFA, Projects, Conventions, Environmental Education Office, Rome, Italy.
¹² Juistweg 1, Münster, Germany.
¹³ Department of Environmental Systems Science, Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.
¹⁴ Department of Forest Growth, Silviculture and Genetics, Federal Research and Training Centre for Forests Natural Hazards and Landscape BFW, Vienna, Austria.
¹⁵ Forest Nature Conservation, Northwest German Forest Research Institute, Hann. Münden, Germany.
¹⁶ Department for Forest Nature Conservation, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
¹⁷ Reparto Carabinieri Biodiversità di Verona, Centro Nazionale Carabinieri Biodiversità "Bosco Fontana", Marmirolo, Italy.
¹⁸ Department of Biogeochemical Processes, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany.
¹⁹ Julius Kühn Institute (JKI), Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Forest Protection, Quedlinburg, Germany.
²⁰ Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Environmental Studies, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden.
²¹ Department of Plant Ecology and Ecosystems Research, Georg-August University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
²² University of Toulouse, INRAE, UMR 1201 DYNAFOR, Castanet-Tolosan, France.
²³ CNPF-CRPF Occitanie, Auzeville-Tolosane, France.
²⁴ Departamento de Ecología, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain.
²⁵ Department of Biology, Indiana University, Indiana, Bloomington, USA.
²⁶ Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Biostatistics Consulting Center, Indiana University, Indiana, Bloomington, USA.
²⁷ Bavarian Forest National Park, Grafenau, Germany.
²⁸ Ecological-Botanical Garden of the University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany.
²⁹ Department of Bioscience and Territory, Università degli Studi del Molise, Pesche, Italy.
³⁰ NBFC, National Biodiversity Future Center, Palermo, Italy.
³¹ Institute for Applied Science, University of Applied Forest Sciences Rottenburg, Rottenburg, Germany.
³² Chair of Forest Botany, Institute of Forest Botany and Forest Zoology, Technical University of Dresden, Tharandt, Germany.
³³ Chair of Ecophysiology and Vegetation Ecology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
³⁴ Ecosystem Dynamics and Forest Management Research Group, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany.
³⁵ Berchtesgaden National Park, Berchtesgaden, Germany.
³⁶ Technische Universität Dresden, Forest Zoology, Tharandt, Germany.
³⁷ Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management (MINA), Norwegian University of Life Sciences NMBU, Ås, Norway.
³⁸ Department for Life Science Systems, TUM School of Life Sciences, Technical University Munich, Freising, Germany.
³⁹ Hessian Agency for Nature Conservation, Environment and Geology, Biodiversity Center, Gießen, Germany.
⁴⁰ Czech Academy of Sciences, Biology Centre, Institute of Entomology, České Budějovice, Czech Republic.

PMID: 37156097
DOI: 10.1111/ele.14227

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Ambient and substrate energy influence decomposer diversity differentially across trophic levels

Peter Kriegel et al. Ecol Lett. 2023 Jul.

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. 2023 Jul;26(7):1157-1173.

doi: 10.1111/ele.14227. Epub 2023 May 8.

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Affiliations

¹ Field Station Fabrikschleichach, Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology (Zoology III), Julius Maximilians University Würzburg, Rauhenebrach, Germany.
² Bavarian Environment Agency, Biodiversitätszentrum Rhön, Bischofsheim in der Rhön, Germany.
³ School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences HAFL, Bern University of Applied Sciences BFH, Zollikofen, Switzerland.
⁴ Institute of Ecology and Evolution IEE - Conservation Biology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
⁵ Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland.
⁶ Laboratory of Environmental Microbiology, Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Praha 4, Czech Republic.
⁷ Department for Soil Ecology, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany.
⁸ French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment INRAE, 'Forest Ecosystems' Research Unit, Nogent-sur-Vernisson, France.
⁹ University of Toulouse, Engineering School of Purpan, UMR 1201 INRAE-INPT DYNAFOR, Toulouse, France.
¹⁰ Am Greifenkeller 1b, Feuchtwangen, Germany.
¹¹ Arma dei Carabinieri CUFA, Projects, Conventions, Environmental Education Office, Rome, Italy.
¹² Juistweg 1, Münster, Germany.
¹³ Department of Environmental Systems Science, Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.
¹⁴ Department of Forest Growth, Silviculture and Genetics, Federal Research and Training Centre for Forests Natural Hazards and Landscape BFW, Vienna, Austria.
¹⁵ Forest Nature Conservation, Northwest German Forest Research Institute, Hann. Münden, Germany.
¹⁶ Department for Forest Nature Conservation, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
¹⁷ Reparto Carabinieri Biodiversità di Verona, Centro Nazionale Carabinieri Biodiversità "Bosco Fontana", Marmirolo, Italy.
¹⁸ Department of Biogeochemical Processes, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany.
¹⁹ Julius Kühn Institute (JKI), Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Forest Protection, Quedlinburg, Germany.
²⁰ Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Environmental Studies, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden.
²¹ Department of Plant Ecology and Ecosystems Research, Georg-August University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
²² University of Toulouse, INRAE, UMR 1201 DYNAFOR, Castanet-Tolosan, France.
²³ CNPF-CRPF Occitanie, Auzeville-Tolosane, France.
²⁴ Departamento de Ecología, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain.
²⁵ Department of Biology, Indiana University, Indiana, Bloomington, USA.
²⁶ Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Biostatistics Consulting Center, Indiana University, Indiana, Bloomington, USA.
²⁷ Bavarian Forest National Park, Grafenau, Germany.
²⁸ Ecological-Botanical Garden of the University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany.
²⁹ Department of Bioscience and Territory, Università degli Studi del Molise, Pesche, Italy.
³⁰ NBFC, National Biodiversity Future Center, Palermo, Italy.
³¹ Institute for Applied Science, University of Applied Forest Sciences Rottenburg, Rottenburg, Germany.
³² Chair of Forest Botany, Institute of Forest Botany and Forest Zoology, Technical University of Dresden, Tharandt, Germany.
³³ Chair of Ecophysiology and Vegetation Ecology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
³⁴ Ecosystem Dynamics and Forest Management Research Group, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany.
³⁵ Berchtesgaden National Park, Berchtesgaden, Germany.
³⁶ Technische Universität Dresden, Forest Zoology, Tharandt, Germany.
³⁷ Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management (MINA), Norwegian University of Life Sciences NMBU, Ås, Norway.
³⁸ Department for Life Science Systems, TUM School of Life Sciences, Technical University Munich, Freising, Germany.
³⁹ Hessian Agency for Nature Conservation, Environment and Geology, Biodiversity Center, Gießen, Germany.
⁴⁰ Czech Academy of Sciences, Biology Centre, Institute of Entomology, České Budějovice, Czech Republic.

PMID: 37156097
DOI: 10.1111/ele.14227

Abstract

The species-energy hypothesis predicts increasing biodiversity with increasing energy in ecosystems. Proxies for energy availability are often grouped into ambient energy (i.e., solar radiation) and substrate energy (i.e., non-structural carbohydrates or nutritional content). The relative importance of substrate energy is thought to decrease with increasing trophic level from primary consumers to predators, with reciprocal effects of ambient energy. Yet, empirical tests are lacking. We compiled data on 332,557 deadwood-inhabiting beetles of 901 species reared from wood of 49 tree species across Europe. Using host-phylogeny-controlled models, we show that the relative importance of substrate energy versus ambient energy decreases with increasing trophic levels: the diversity of zoophagous and mycetophagous beetles was determined by ambient energy, while non-structural carbohydrate content in woody tissues determined that of xylophagous beetles. Our study thus overall supports the species-energy hypothesis and specifies that the relative importance of ambient temperature increases with increasing trophic level with opposite effects for substrate energy.

Keywords: Europe; biodiversity; coleoptera; deadwood; saproxylic; species-energy hypothesis; trophic guild.

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Ambient and substrate energy influence decomposer diversity differentially across trophic levels

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