河北嶂石岩风景区蜘蛛群落结构及多样性

2007年7月对河北赞皇嶂石岩国家级风景区蜘蛛群落结构进行了调查,采用局地取样与随机扫网相结合的方法,共采集蜘蛛标本1 226头,隶属于24科61属81种.嶂石岩风景区蜘蛛物种多样性丰富,漏斗蛛、蟹蛛、皿蛛和狼蛛是该地区的优势类群.不同生境中的蜘蛛种类和个体密度均有差别,其中,灌木丛生境中蜘蛛种类(54)、个体密度(20.9头·m-2)和Shannon多样性指数(3.264)均明显高于森林落叶层和滩涂生境;森林落叶层生境中蜘蛛分布的优势集中性指数最高(0.116),导致其种类分布均匀性指数(0.749)最低;滩涂生境中种类分布均匀性指数最高(0.853),这与其种类多为游猎型有关.对该地区蜘蛛物种和多度关系分析表明,嶂石岩风景区蜘蛛群落结构与Fisher对数级数分布模型能够较好地拟合.     

鲁中山地侧柏林区蜘蛛群落的研究

于1992～1994年对鲁中山地侧柏林蜘蛛群落进行了定时、定点和定量采集观测。对蜘蛛群落的种类、个体数量、多样性、优势度及稳定性等进行了分析。从季节变化看,蜘蛛群落组成的种类、个体数量、多样性8月份最高,1月最低。从垂直结构上看,灌草从蜘蛛亚群落各指标较高。另外还利用统计学的变异系数对蜘蛛群落的稳定性进行了讨论。     

云南普洱紫花三叉白及昆虫群落多样性研究

为探究云南普洱紫花三叉白及昆虫群落结构及多样性,掌握昆虫群落多样性发展变化的时空动态,进一步明确紫花三叉白及害虫的种类和发生时间,为害虫防控提供理论参考依据,本研究采用棋盘式取样法,通过定时定点和大范围随机普查的方法,于2016年对云南省普洱市紫花三叉白及标记的样点进行了系统调查。调查期间共调查到节肢动物76种,分属于4纲12目56科。其中植食性节肢动物亚群落46种,分属于34科;捕食类节肢动物亚群落14种,分属于10科;寄生性节肢动物亚群落8种,分属于8科;中性节肢动物亚群落8种,分属于6科。其中科数及物种数最多为双翅目,个体数量最多的为膜翅目。对昆虫群落的多样性指数分析结果表明:双翅目昆虫群落丰富度最高,蜘蛛目优势度指数最高,多样性指数与均匀度均是膜翅目最高。时间上,6月物种数与多样性指数均最大,4月个体数量最多。不同类群分析结果为,植食性节肢动物群落物种数量最多,天敌亚群落的物种数量时间动态相对比较稳定。通过黄板及扫网采集,物种数量的变化趋势与总群落变化趋势基本保持一致,总群落个体数与物种数的变化基本由黄板与扫网采集到的类群主导。通过调查及分析可知,紫花三叉白及节肢动物群落物种数量变化基本由植食类类群主导,节肢动物群落的稳定性较高,天敌亚群落的物种数量时间动态相对比较稳定,非天敌亚群落的群落多样性与个体数量的变化趋势基本一致;物种丰富度与物种均匀度变化趋势基本一致;优势集中性与优势度随时间变化趋势基本一致。进入雨季之后,个体数量有较大幅度的降低,而持续性降雨与暴雨天气是导致个体数量迅速减少的重要因素。     

板蓝根田节肢动物群落的结构与多样性研究

为了解河南省板蓝根田节肢动物群落的结构组成及物种多样性,该研究采用5点随机取样,通过网捕法和目测法调查并记录了板蓝根植株及地面上的节肢动物种类和数量。结果表明:河南省板蓝根田节肢动物群落物种丰富,共采集到2 613头,隶属于2纲10目39科61种。其中,植食性种类和捕食性种类均为24种(各占39.34%),寄生性种类4种(占6.56%),中性种类9种(占14.75%)。蜘蛛的种类占群落总种数的比例最高(为21.31%),表明田间的蜘蛛种类最丰富。鳞翅目物种的个体数量远大于其他的目,占群落个体数的43.78%。菜青虫和小菜蛾的相对丰盛度最高,分别为0.184 8和0.162 6,说明二者是河南省板蓝根田的优势害虫。捕食性集团的均匀度指数最高,寄生性集团的优势度指数最高,其中小菜蛾幼虫的寄生性天敌菜蛾盘绒茧蜂的数量最大。     

不同生境条件与管理方式对茶园蜘蛛群落结构及多样性的影响

蜘蛛在茶园的生态控制和生物防治中起到重要的作用,为了解不同生境条件和管理方式的茶园蜘蛛群落结构差异和多样性变化,于2011年3月份—2011年10月份,运用振落承接和过筛法对3种不同类型茶园的蜘蛛群落组成与多样性进行了调查。结果表明:(1)3种类型茶园蜘蛛群落组成:3种类型茶园蜘蛛群落在科、属、种的组成及个体数量上,均表现为有机茶园高,无公害茶园次之,普通茶园低,且在物种数和个体数存在显著差异。管巢蛛科和狼蛛科是3种类型茶园的优势类群,球蛛科、跳蛛科、狼蛛科、皿蛛科的物种优势度大于10%。(2)蜘蛛群落物种多样性的多重分析结果表明,有机茶园蜘蛛群落的个体数、物种数、物种多样性指数、物种丰富度指数和均匀度指数均高于无公害茶园和普通茶园,普通茶园最低,且达到显著水平(P0.05)。(3)多元数据分析结果表明,有机茶园蜘蛛群落组成与普通茶园差异较大,无公害茶园与普通茶园蜘蛛群落组成差异较小;3种类型茶园的茶丛蜘蛛群落个体数、物种数及物种多样性指数、丰富度指数和均匀度指数均高于地表,且表现为机茶园多,无公害茶园次之,普通茶园最少。蜘蛛的功能群采集发现,在3种茶园中结网蜘蛛少,而主要是游猎蜘蛛。(4)不使用化学农药的茶园,因其周边生境结构复杂(竹林、小灌木及杂草),植被丰富,形成植被缓冲带,改善了茶园小气候环境,增加了茶园土表覆盖度,可明显提高茶丛和地表游猎蜘蛛的物种数和个体数量。综合研究结果表明,在生态条件好、干扰少的有机茶园中的蜘蛛物种数量、群落多样性明显高于受损生态系统和人为干扰强的普通茶园。     

农田蜘蛛群落结构及其多样性研究

本文对南宁地区农田自然蜘蛛群落和旱地狼蛛亚群落结构及其多样性进行了研究。 1.农田区蜘蛛群落有14科、41属、80种。主要成分是食虫瘤胸蛛、拟环纹狼蛛、拟水狼蛛、奇异獾蛛和豹蛛属种类,个体数以食虫瘤胸蛛最多。旱地狼蛛亚群落主要成分是奇异獾蛛和豹蛛属种类。 2.稻田区蜘蛛群落多样性指数以田埂杂草群落最高,早稻田群落最低。多样性、均匀度和种类丰富度时间格局是早、晚稻皆随时间序列增加。平均多样性、均匀度和个体数,晚稻均高于早稻。狼蛛更群落多样性和均匀度以草地最高。 3.应用群落比例相似性和聚类分析表明,拟环纹狼蛛与拟水狼蛛和奇异獾蛛与豹蛛属种类是组成当地农田区的水田和旱地生境具有代表性的两个狼蛛亚群落主要成分。 本文试图揭示农田生态系统中的稻田蜘蛛,在不受化学农药干扰下群落结构及其多样性变化,并以狼蛛亚群落为代表,比较农田区内不同生境的群落结构及多样性与生境生态特征的关系,为害虫防治和动物资源的利用提供参考。     

半湿润常绿阔叶林次生演替阶段植物多样性和群落结构特征

以飒马场不同次生演潜阶段的半湿润常绿阔叶林为对象,测定物种丰富度、群落数量特征指标,分析植物多样性与群落结构特征之间的关系.结果表明,随着植物群落演替,物种丰富度不断增加,物种丰富度最高演替阶段的乔木层物种达到24个;植物多样性与植物个体密度间呈正相关关系;乔木层植物个体平均高与植物多样性间呈负相关关系;群落郁闭度和胸高断面积与植物多样性之间则呈对数函数关系.植物多样性与优势种个体密度和群落地上部分现存量间未呈现一致性规律.植物种-个体数间呈幂函数关系.随着植物多样性增加,种间竞争加剧.每个植物种为了维持临界最低种群,可能采取最大种群策略,导致群落植物个体数增加,密度增大,从而改变了群落结构特征.     

洞庭湖平原不同稻田生境越冬蜘蛛群落多样性研究

洞庭湖平原越冬稻田蜘蛛共有8科16属21种,其中拟水狼蛛和食虫沟瘤蛛为优势种.异质性大的越冬稻田及田埂蜘蛛群落的多样性指数、丰富度和个体总数均大于异质性小的越冬稻田和三光田埂,越冬稻田蜘蛛群落的多样性指数大小主要由群落物种丰富度和个体总数决定,与均匀度大小无关.     

新疆杨树人工林中蜘蛛群落多样性及其影响因素

蜘蛛作为森林生态系统中的主要消费者,对维持干旱、半干旱地区杨树(Populus spp.)人工林的生物多样性和生态系统功能有重要作用。为了解干旱荒漠地区杨树人工林内的蜘蛛多样性特点,本文在克拉玛依市碳汇人工林基地选择3种不同林分类型(片林、林带和农田防护林),设置126块固定样地,在调查其林下植被的基础上,采用陷阱法和扫网法相结合的方式进行蜘蛛多样性调查,通过单因素方差分析(ANOVA)、非度量多维标度分析(non-metric multidimensional scale,NMDS)和相似性分析(analysis of similarities,ANOSIM)比较不同林分类型的蜘蛛物种组成相似性及其多样性,并结合相关性分析探讨了林下植被结构对蜘蛛群落结构的影响。结果表明农田防护林的蜘蛛个体数量最多,但多样性显著低于其他林分类型;片林和林带的蜘蛛群落组成相似,但与农田防护林的蜘蛛群落有一定的差异。结网型蜘蛛的数量在林带中最少,但多样性高于其他林分类型,农田防护林中的游猎型蜘蛛多样性显著低于其他林分类型。林下草本及灌木的密度、覆盖度及多样性对蜘蛛数量具显著影响,其中结网型蜘蛛群落结构主要...     

棉田蜘蛛群落及其多样性研究

本文对武汉地区棉田蜘蛛群落及其多样性进行了研究。结果如下:1)棉田蜘蛛种类较多,有30种;优势种为草间小黑蛛、三突花蛛、八斑鞘蛛和棕管巢蛛;2)控制打药区群落的多样性高于常规打药区;棉花生育后期群落的多样性高于生育前期。蜘蛛群落的多样性曲线由结网型蜘蛛亚群落的多样性曲线决定;3)棉花生育前期影响多样性的主要成分是种类丰富度,后期影响多样性的主要成分是均匀性。     

Effects of rainforest fragmentation and shade-coffee plantations on spider communities in the Western Ghats,India

Studies on the effects of tropical rainforest fragmentation and disturbance have often focussed on plants and vertebrates such as birds and mammals and seldom on invertebrates, despite the latter being among the most biologically diverse groups in these ecosystems. Spiders are one such group of invertebrate predators that are known to be sensitive indicators of environmental change in tropical ecosystems. The present study assesses the spider community structure and responses to rainforest fragmentation and degradation and conversion to shade-coffee plantations in the Anamalai hills, southern Western Ghats, India. Ten rainforest fragments ranging in size from 11 ha to 2,600 ha under varying levels of degradation within the Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary and private lands of the Valparai plateau, and two shade-coffee plantation sites were sampled for spiders using visual searches along time-constrained belt transects between January and May 2005. Within a total sampled area of 5.76 ha, 4,565 individual spiders (4,300 detections) belonging to 156 morphospecies within 21 families and 8 functional groups were recorded. The estimated total number of understorey spider species in the study area was 192 (±5.15 SD) species, representing around 13% of the total number of spider species so far described from India. Overall spider density, species richness, and species density showed no trend in relation to fragment area across all sites. Specific comparisons among undisturbed sites indicated however that high altitude sites had fewer species than mid-altitude sites and fragments had fewer species than relatively larger continuous forest sites. In contrast to the lack of trend in overall species richness and abundance, species composition changed substantially in relation to habitat alteration and altitude. Cluster analysis of Bray-Curtis similarities among sites in spider species composition revealed four distinct clusters: high altitude undisturbed sites, mid-altitude disturbed sites with an undisturbed mid altitude site, mid-altitude highly disturbed sites with a disturbed site, and shade-coffee plantation sites. Spider species, such as Psechrus torvus and Tylorida culta, that contributed significantly to the dissimilarity between undisturbed and disturbed rainforest sites, and rainforest and shade-coffee sites were identified that serve as useful indicators of habitat alteration.     

Diversity of grass-dwelling spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) in calcareous fens of the Coastal Lowland,Latvia

Calcareous fens have a high conservation priority in the European Union. They are very unique, very sensitive and very rare habitats in Latvia as well as in many other European countries. Because of their rarity, many organisms living in calcareous fens are nowadays considered threatened. The same is applied to spiders. Spiders have been suggested as good biodiversity indicators because they have numerous direct and indirect relationships with other organisms. Only few investigations have been carried out on fen inhabiting spiders. The knowledge of grass-dwelling spiders is especially lacking. Thus the aim of this study was to evaluate grass-dwelling spider diversity in several calcareous fens of Latvia, compare these fens and to find out the habitat features that might affect grass-layer inhabiting spiders. The research was carried out in eight calcareous fens located in the Coastal Lowland of Latvia. A total of 760 spiders from nine families and 20 species were collected with a sweep net. Two of the most abundant spider species were Dolomedes fimbriatus (Clerck, 1757) and Tibellus maritimus (Menge, 1875). Diversity indices suggested that the grass-dwelling spider community consists of few abundant species and numerous rare species. Correlation analysis as well as DCA showed that plant species diversity did not significantly affect spider species richness and diversity, although at the same time there were a lot of significant associations between spiders and individual plant species. It was shown that various spider species responded very differently to the presence of particular plant species, and thus habitat structural heterogeneity emerges to be an important factor influencing the grass-dwelling spider diversity and community structure. Correlation analysis also revealed that spider abundance was negatively affected by the vegetation height and wind speed.     

Spider diversity responds strongly to edge effects but weakly to vegetation structure in riparian forests of Southern Brazil

Riparian forests bordering open terrestrial environments may have three microhabitats differing in structure and conditions: a grassland/pasture-forest edge (GE), a forest interior (FI) and a river–forest edge. The influence of such edge effects and vegetation characteristics on spider diversity of riparian forests was evaluated in Southern Brazil. Four different rivers were sampled on the tree–shrub strata with a beating tray, twice per season for 2 years. There were six transects per river, two per microhabitat. We compared spider abundance, species richness and composition. Vegetation variables sampled were vertical structure and (horizontal) density, canopy height and cover. Overall 42,057 spiders were sampled, 28 spider families and 440 species. The FI had higher spider abundance than the edges. Average species richness differed among rivers. Microhabitats did not differ in average richness, although overall richness (from sample-based rarefaction) was higher for GE than FI. High abundances in FI may result from lowered stress due to abiotic conditions, while higher GE richness may result from a faunal superposition between forest species and those from the grassland/pasture. Only canopy cover returns a positive relationship with spider diversity (richness and adult abundance). This might result from more spider species preferring to build webs or hunt under low-light environments. Rivers had spider faunas differing in composition but among microhabitats species composition was the same. Vegetation structure has been hypothesized to affect spiders, but this impact might be best seen in specific subgroups or guilds within spiders, not in the whole assemblage.     

不同林分密度下川北白云山地区喜树人工林的群落结构和物种多样性

采用典型抽样方法,以四川绵竹白云山喜树人工林为对象,设置高密度、低密度样地各4块,分析喜树人工林的群落结构（物种组成及重要值、径级结构和高度级结构）和多样性水平（丰富度指数D值、Shannon-wienner指数H值、Simpson指数H′值和Pielou均匀度指数J_sw值）随林分密度的变化规律。结果表明：（1）在高密度下,径级结构和高度级结构均呈偏峰型;在低密度下,径级结构和高度级结构均呈山峰型。（2）高、低密度下喜树人工林乔木层的各物种多样性指数均较低,林下植被对密度变化的响应不同,高密度下的草木层多样性较高,低密度下的灌木层多样性较高。     

The Conservation Value of Secondary Forests for Vascular Epiphytes in Central Panama

Secondary forests that develop following land abandonment could compensate for the losses of diversity and structure that accompany deforestation of old‐growth forests in tropical regions. Whether secondary forests can harbor similar species richness, density, and composition of old‐growth forests for vascular epiphytes remains largely unknown for secondary forests older than 50 yr. We examined community structure (species richness, density, and species composition) of vascular epiphytes in older secondary forests between 35 and 115 yr after land abandonment and nearby old‐growth forests to determine if the community structure of epiphytes in secondary forests approaches that of old‐growth forests over time. The recovery of epiphyte species richness was rapid with 55‐year‐old forests containing 65 percent of old‐growth epiphyte species richness. Secondary forest epiphyte communities were found to be statistically nested within secondary forests older in age and within old‐growth forests. Similarity of epiphyte communities to old‐growth forests increased to 75 percent, 115 yr after abandonment. This study suggests that secondary forests will likely recover old‐growth epiphyte richness and composition given enough time. Epiphyte densities did not recover quickly with 55‐year‐old forests having 14 percent and 115‐year‐old forests having only 49 percent of the density of old‐growth forest epiphytes. The low density of epiphytes in secondary forests could impact rainforest diversity and function. We conclude that in less than 115 yr, although secondary moist forests have high conservation value for some aspects of community structure, they are unlikely to compensate biologically for the loss of diversity and ecosystem function that high epiphyte densities provide.     

Density may alter diversity–productivity relationships in experimental plant communities

Contemporary biodiversity experiments, in which plant species richness is manipulated and aboveground productivity of the system measured, generally demonstrate that lowering plant species richness reduces productivity. However, we propose that community density may in part compensate for this reduction of productivity at low diversity. We conducted a factorial experiment in which plant functional group richness was held constant at three, while plant species richness increased from three to six to 12 species and community density from 440 to 1050 to 2525 seedlings m⁻². Response variables included density, evenness and above- and belowground biomass at harvest. The density gradient converged slightly during the course of the experiment due to about 10% mortality at the highest sowing density. Evenness measured in terms of aboveground biomass at harvest significantly declined with density, but the effect was weak. Overall, aboveground, belowground and total biomass increased significantly with species richness and community density. However, a significant interaction between species richness and community density occurred for both total and aboveground biomass, indicating that the diversity–productivity relationship was flatter at higher than at lower density. Thus, high species richness enabled low-density communities to reach productivity levels otherwise seen only at high density. The relative contributions of the three functional groups C₃, C₄ and nitrogen-fixers to aboveground biomass were less influenced by community density at high than at low species richness. We interpret the interaction effects between community density and species richness on community biomass by expanding findings about constant yield and size variation from monocultures to plant mixtures.     

Phylogenetic Community Context Influences Pollen Delivery to <Emphasis Type="Italic">Allium cernuum</Emphasis>

Few studies have examined how the number and identity of species in the neighbouring community influences the reproductive success of particular focal species. Pollen delivery, an important component of fitness of sexual plants, is a function of not just the floral traits of any particular individual, but of features of the population and community as it depends on pollinator abundance and preferences. Many pollinators in flowering communities will prefer patches with high floral abundance or diversity yet may exhibit lower floral constancy when more flowering species are present. Thus, pollination efficiency could increase or decrease with increased species richness and this will alter the selection pressures placed upon the floral traits (such as floral colour or reward) of any member of a particular community. Moreover, recent studies have indicated that plant-pollinator networks are phylogenetically structured (pollinators visit related plant species more than expected by chance) and this may be an important factor structuring flowering plant communities. Thus, the sheer number of species within a patch may be less important than the number of closely-related species. We investigate whether species richness or phylogenetic proximity of coflowering species influences the amount and proportion of conspecific pollen delivered to nodding onion, Allium cernuum, in fragment patches of Garry Oak meadows in South Western British Columbia, Canada. We find that pollen delivery depended upon the presence of close relatives far more than on species richness or population density, indicating a central role of the community structure on pollination in flowering plant communities. Insofar as pollen delivery relates to the relative number of seeds produced by members of the community, pollination may in turn determine the community structure of the next generation.     

Impact of simulated moose densities on abundance and richness of vegetation,herbivorous and predatory arthropods along a productivity gradient

Large herbivores can affect vegetation structure and species composition as well as material and energy flows in the ecosystem through their selective feeding, defecation, urination and trampling. These changes have a large potential to indirectly affect other trophic levels, but the mechanisms are poorly known. We studied the impacts of moose Alces alces browsing along a gradient of site productivity by experimentally simulating four different moose densities. Here we show that moose can affect the richness and abundance of three trophic levels in Swedish boreal forests through complex direct and indirect impacts, but in qualitatively different ways depending on how the physical habitat or food resources of a trophic level are affected. Vegetation richness had a hump‐shaped (unimodal) response to increased moose density. Leaf litter production decreased when browsing increased, which in turn depressed the abundance of flying prey for spiders. Consequently, spider abundance and richness declined monotonically. The responses of spider richness to moose density were further conditioned by site productivity: the response was positive at productive and negative at unproductive sites. In contrast, herbivorous Hemiptera were not affected by moose, most likely because the abundance of their food plants was not affected. The highest simulated moose density had an impact on all variables responding to moose even after a few years of treatment and can be considered as overabundance. We also show that the impacts of low or moderate moose density can be positive to some of the organisms negatively affected by high density. The level of herbivore population density that leads to substantial community impacts also depends on site factors, such as productivity.     

Butterfly,spider, and plant communities in different land-use types in Sardinia,Italy

Butterfly, spider, and plant species richness and diversity were investigated in five different land-use types in Sardinia. In 16 one-hectare plots we measured a set of 15 environmental variables to detect the most important factors determining patterns of variation in species richness, particularly endemicity. The studied land-use types encompassed homogeneous and heterogeneous shrublands, shrublands with tree-overstorey, Quercus forest and agricultural land. A total of 30 butterfly species, among which 10 endemics, and 50 spider (morpho)species, were recorded. Butterfly and spider community composition differed according to land-use type. The main environmental factors determining diversity patterns in butterflies were the presence of flowers and trees. Spiders reacted mainly to habitat heterogeneity and land-use type. Traditional land-use did not have adverse effects on the diversity of butterflies, spiders, or plants. The number of endemic butterfly species per treatment increased with total species richness and altitude. Butterfly and spider richness did not co-vary across the five land-use types. Butterflies were, however, positively associated with plant species richness and elevation, whereas spiders were not. Conclusively, butterflies did not appear to be good indicators for spider diversity and species richness at the studied sites.