Arthropods in tropical oaks: differences in their spatial distributions within tree crowns |
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Authors: | Simon Ulrich Linsenmair K Eduard |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, University of Wuerzburg, Biozentrum, Germany;(2) Am Hubland, 97074 Wuerzburg, Germany;(3) Present address: Lehrstuhl fuer Landnutzungsplanung und, Germany;(4) Naturschutz, Faculty of Forest Sciences, TU Muenchen, Am Hochanger 13, 85354 Freising, Germany) |
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Abstract: | The arthropod activity in the upper and the lower zone of nine emergent oak trees (genus Quercus) of a submontane forest in Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia, was investigated by using flight interception traps, yellow colour traps, and arboreal pitfall traps. Number of arthropods did not differ significantly between the upper and the lower region of the tree crowns. Nevertheless, the results reveal significant differences in the abundances of several arthropod groups between the two zones. In the lower part of the oak crowns Homoptera and ants (mostly alates) were sampled in higher numbers, whereas the upper zone was dominated by Diptera and Hymenoptera (ants excluded). Beetles and most other groups showed no significant differences in abundance between the lower and upper zone of the oak trees. Thus, the arthropods of the investigated community are not evenly distributed. The arthropod community in tree crowns, which often has been treated as a homogenous unit, is in fact divided into subunits formed by differently composed arthropod assemblages. |
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Keywords: | Malaysia Quercus Sabah Small scale activity Trap sampling |
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