Grandez‐Rios, J.M., de Araújo, W.S., Panduro‐Bardales, A. et al. (8 more authors) (2024) Plant species richness, not hygrothermal stress, is the main predictor of gall‐inducing insect richness in Peruvian Amazon forests. Biotropica, 56 (3). e13312. ISSN 0006-3606
Abstract
Patterns of gall-inducing insect diversity tend to be influenced by both habitat-related and plant-related characteristics. We investigated the distribution patterns of galling insects in four vegetation types (terra firme forest, white-sand dry forest, white-sand wet forest and palm swamp forest) of the Peruvian Amazon to test if the insect gall diversity (1) differs among different types of vegetation and (2) depends on host plant richness. In total, we found 11,579 galls belonging to 249 insect gall morphotypes, distributed across 30 botanical families and 75 plant species. Among host plant families, Fabaceae showed the greatest richness of insect gall morphotypes. We found that galling species richness was lower in palm swamp forest than in white-sand forests, which can be explained by the lower richness of plants in this type of vegetation. However, we found no evidence of greater richness in xeric habitats (e.g., white-sand dry forest) than in more mesic vegetation (terra firme forest), contradicting the hypothesis of hygrothermal stress. We also found that plant species richness was positively influenced with the richness and abundance of galling species, regardless of vegetation type. Galling insect species composition differed significantly between vegetation types, similarly to the floristic composition. Our findings show that the diversity of galling insects in the tropical rainforests of Peruvian Amazon are mainly influenced by host plant composition and host plant richness.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2024 Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation.This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Grandez-Rios, J. M., de Araújo, W. S., Panduro-Bardales, A., Honorio Coronado, E. N., Baker, T. R., Martínez, R. V., Mendoza, A. M., García-Villacorta, R., Llampazo, G. F., Huaymacari, J. R., & Maia, V. C. (2024). Plant species richness, not hygrothermal stress, is the main predictor of gall-inducing insect richness in Peruvian Amazon forests. Biotropica, 00, e13312, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.13312. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. This article may not be enhanced, enriched or otherwise transformed into a derivative work, without express permission from Wiley or by statutory rights under applicable legislation. Copyright notices must not be removed, obscured or modified. The article must be linked to Wiley’s version of record on Wiley Online Library and any embedding, framing or otherwise making available the article or pages thereof by third parties from platforms, services and websites other than Wiley Online Library must be prohibited. |
Keywords: | habitat effects; insect galls; plant-insect interaction; rain forest |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Geography (Leeds) > Ecology & Global Change (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 30 Apr 2024 11:03 |
Last Modified: | 05 Mar 2025 01:13 |
Published Version: | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/btp.13... |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/btp.13312 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:212038 |