How do beetle assemblages respond to cyclonic disturbance of a fragmented tropical rainforest landscape?

Oecologia

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 591-599

  Grimbacher, Peter S ^a   Stork, Nigel E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Edge effects; Habitat fragmentation; Natural disturbance; Synergy; Tropical insects

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARIDITY; BEETLE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; EDGE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; RAINFOREST; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WOODY DEBRIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEETLE; ECOSYSTEM; HURRICANE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEETLES; CYCLONIC STORMS; ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUEENSLAND; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

ANIMALIA; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 70349285998     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-009-1399-5     Document Type: Article

References (55)

1. Anderson MJ (2004) PERMDISP: a FORTRAN computer program for permutational analysis of multivariate dispersions (for any two-factor ANOVA design) using permutation tests. In: Department of Statistics, University of Auckland
2. Anderson MJ (2005) PERMANOVA: a FORTRAN computer program for permutational multivariate analysis of variance. In: Department of Statistics, University of Auckland
3. Angulo-Sandoval P, Fernandez-Marin H, Zimmerman JK, Aide TM (2004) Changes in patterns of understory leaf phenology and herbivory following hurricane damage. Biotropica 36:60-67
4. Barberena-Arias MF, Aide TM (2002) Variation in species and trophic composition of insect communities in Puerto Rico. Biotropica 34:357-367
5. Bellingham PJ, Tanner EVJ, Rich PM, Goodland TCR (1996) Changes in light below the canopy of a Jamaican montane rainforest after a hurricane. J Trop Ecol 12:699-722
6. Bouget C, Duelli P (2004) The effects of windthrow on forest insect communities: a literature review. Biol Conserv 118:281-299
7. Brook BW, Sodhi NS, Bradshaw CJA (2008) Synergies among extinction drivers under global change. Trends Ecol Evol 23:453-460
8. Bruhl CA, Eltz T, Linsenmair KE (2003) Size does matter-effects of tropical rainforest fragmentation on the leaf litter ant community in Sabah, Malaysia. Biodivers Conserv 12:1371-1389
9. Bureau of Meteorology Australia (2009) Climate statistics for Australian locations. URL http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/ca_qld_names.shtml
10. Catterall C, Kanowski J, Wardell-Johnson G, Proctor H, Reis T, Harrison D, Tucker N (2004) Quantifying the biodiversity values of reforestation: perspectives, design issues and outcomes in Australian rainforest landscapes. In: Lunney D (ed) Conservation of Australia's forest fauna, 2nd edn. Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, Mosman, Australia, pp 359-393
11. Catterall CP, Mckenna S, Kanowski J, Piper SD (2008) Do cyclones and forest fragmentation have synergistic effects? A before-after study of rainforest structure at multiple sites. Austral Ecol 33:471-484
12. Daily GC, Ehrlich PR (1995) Preservation of biodiversity in small rain-forest patches-rapid evaluations using butterfly trapping. Biodivers Conserv 4:35-55
13. de Gouvenain RC, Silander JA (2003) Do tropical storm regimes influence the structure of tropical lowland rain forests? Biotropica 35:166-180
14. Didham RK, Lawton JH (1999) Edge structure determines the magnitude of changes in microclimate and vegetation structure in tropical forest fragments. Biotropica 31:17-30
15. Didham RK, Hammond PM, Lawton JH, Eggleton P, Stork NE (1998) Beetle species responses to tropical forest fragmentation. Ecol Monogr 68:295-323
16. Everham EM, Brokaw NVL (1996) Forest damage and recovery from catastrophic wind. Bot Rev 62:113-185
17. Ewers RM, Didham RK (2008) Pervasive impact of large-scale edge effects on a beetle community. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 105:5426-5429
18. Freeman AND, Pias K, Vinson MF (2008) The impact of Tropical Cyclone Larry on bird communities in fragments of the endangered rainforest type 5b. Austral Ecol 33:532-540
19. Grimbacher PS, Catterall CP, Kitching RL (2006) Beetle species' responses suggest that microclimate mediates fragmentation effects in tropical Australian rainforest. Austral Ecol 31:458-470
20. Grimbacher PS, Catterall CP, Stork NE (2008a) Do edge effects increase the susceptibility of rainforest fragments to structural damage resulting from a severe tropical cyclone? Austral Ecol 33:525-531
21. Grimbacher PS, Catterall CP, Kitching RL (2008b) Detecting the effects of environmental change above the species level with beetles in a fragmented tropical rain forest landscape. Ecol Entomol 33:66-79
22. Hansen MC, Stehman SV, Potapov PV, Loveland TR, Townshend JRG, DeFries RS, Pittman KW, Arunarwati B, Stolle F, Steininger MK, Carroll M, DiMiceli C (2008) Humid tropical forest clearing from 2000 to 2005 quantified by using multitemporal and multiresolution remotely sensed data. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 105:9439-9444
23. Hoffmann AA, Hallas RJ, Dean JA, Schiffer DM (2003) Low potential for climatic stress adaptation in a rainforest Drosophila species. Science 301:100-102
24. Laurance WF, Curran TJ (2008) Impacts of wind disturbance on fragmented tropical forests: a review and synthesis. Austral Ecol 33:399-408
25. Laurance WF, Lovejoy TE, Vasconcelos HL, Bruna E, Didham RK, Stouffer PC, Gascon C, Bierregaard RO, Laurance SG, Sampaio E (2002) Ecosystem decay of Amazonian forest fragments: a 22-year investigation. Conserv Biol 16:605-618
26. Lawrence JF, Hastings AM, Dallwitz MJ, Paine TA, Zurcher EJ (2000) Beetles of the World. In: 1.0 edn. CSIRO, Collingwood, Victoria, Australia
27. Lugo AE (2008) Visible and invisible effects of hurricanes on forest ecosystems: an international review. Austral Ecol 33:368-398
28. Müller J, Bussler H, Gossner M, Rettelbach T, Duelli P (2008) The European spruce bark beetle Ips typographus in a national park: from pest to keystone species. Biodivers Conserv 17:2979-3001
29. Nichols E, Larsen T, Davis AL, Escobar F, Favila M, Vulinec K (2007) Global dung beetle response to tropical forest modification and fragmentation: a quantitative literature review and meta-analysis. Biol Conserv 137:1-19
30. Nix H (1991) Biogeography: pattern and process. In: Nix H, Switzer M (eds) Rainforest animals atlas of vertebrates endemic to Australia's wet tropics. Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service, Canberra, pp 11-40
31. Ostertag R, Silver WL, Lugo AE (2005) Factors affecting mortality and resistance to damage following hurricanes in a rehabilitated subtropical moist forest. Biotropica 37:16-24
32. Plymouth Marine Laboratory (2002) Plymouth routines in multivariate ecological research. In: 5.2.9 edn. Primer-e, Plymouth, UK
33. Reagan DP (1991) The response of Anolis lizards to hurricane-induced habitat changes in a Puerto Rican rain forest. Biotropica 23:468-474
34. Schowalter TD, Ganio LM (1999) Invertebrate communities in a tropical rain forest canopy in Puerto Rico following Hurricane Hugo. Ecol Entomol 24:191-201
35. Shilton LA, Latch PJ, McKeown A, Pert P, Westcott DA (2008) Landscape-scale redistribution of a highly mobile threatened species, Pteropus conspicillatus (Chiroptera, Pteropodidae), in response to Tropical Cyclone Larry. Austral Ecol 33:549-561
36. Spiller DA, Schoener TW (2007) Alteration of island food-web dynamics following major disturbance by hurricanes. Ecology 88:37-41
37. SPSS (2007) Version 16.0. SPSS, Chicago
38. Stork NE, Grimbacher PS (2006) Beetle assemblages from an Australian tropical rainforest show that the canopy and the ground strata contribute equally to biodiversity. Proc R Soc B 273:1969-1975
39. Tanner EVJ, Kapos V, Healey JR (1991) Hurricane effects on forest ecosystems in the Caribbean. Biotropica 23:513-521
40. Torres JA (1992) Lepidoptera outbreaks in response to successional changes after the passage of hurricane Hugo in Puerto-Rico. J Trop Ecol 8:285-298
41. Tossas AG (2006) Effects of hurricane georges on the resident avifauna of Maricao State Forest, Puerto Rico. Caribb J Sci 42:81-87
42. Tracey J, Webb LJ (1975) Vegetation of the humid tropical region of north Queensland (15 maps at 1:100,000 scale + key). CSIRO Australia, Long Pocket labs, Indooroopilly, Queensland
43. Turton S (1992) Understorey light environments in a north-east Australian rain forest before and after a tropical cyclone. J Trop Ecol 8:241-252
44. Turton SM (2008) Landscape-scale impacts of Cyclone Larry on the forests of northeast Australia, including comparisons with previous cyclones impacting the region between 1858 and 2006. Austral Ecol 33:409-416
45. Turton SM, Siegenthaler DT (2004) Immediate impacts of a severe tropical cyclone on the microclimate of a tropical rainforest canopy in northeast Australia. J Trop Ecol 20:583-586
46. van Bloem SJ, Murphy PG, Lugo AE, Ostertag R, Rivera Costa M, Ruiz Bernard I, Molina Colon S, Canals Mora M (2005) The influence of hurricane winds on Caribbean dry forest structure and nutrient pools. Biotropica 37:571-583
47. Walsh RPD (1996) Microclimate and hydrology. In: Richards PW (ed) The tropical rain forest an ecological study, 2nd edn. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp 206-236
48. Wauer RH, Wunderle JM (1992) The effect of hurricane Hugo on bird populations on St-Croix, United-States Virgin-Islands. Wilson Bull 104:656-673
49. Webb LJ (1958) Cyclones as an ecological factor in tropical lowland rainforest, north Queensland. Aust J Bot 6:220-228
50. Webster PJ, Holland GJ, Curry JA, Chang HR (2005) Changes in tropical cyclone number, duration, and intensity in a warming environment. Science 309:1844-1846
51. Willig MR, Camilo GR (1991) The effect of hurricane Hugo on six invertebrate species in the luquillo experimental forest of Puerto-Rico. Biotropica 23:455-461
52. Winter JW, Bell FC, Pahl LI, Atherton RG (1987) Rainforest clearfelling in northeastern Australia. Proc R Soc Queensl 98:41-57
53. Wolda H (1992) Trends in abundance of tropical forest insects. Oecologia 89:47-52
54. Wunderle JM (1995) Responses of bird populations in a Puerto-rican forest to hurricane Hugo-the first 18 months. Condor 97:879-896
55. Wunderle JM, Mercado JE, Parresol B, Terranova E (2004) Spatial ecology of Puerto rican boas (Epicrates inornatus) in a hurricane impacted forest. Biotropica 36:555-571