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.
Kriegel, Peter
Vogel, Sebastian
Angeleri, Romain
Baldrian, Petr
Borken, Werner
Bouget, Christophe
Brin, Antoine
Bussler, Heinz
Cocciufa, Cristiana
Feldmann, Benedikt
Gossner, Martin M
Haeler, Elena
Hagge, Jonas
Hardersen, Sonke
Hartmann, Henrik
Hjalten, Joakim
Kotowska, Martyna M
Lachat, Thibault
Larrieu, Laurent
Leverkus, Alexandro B
Macagno, Anna L M
Mitesser, Oliver
Muller, Jorg
Obermaier, Elisabeth
Parisi, Francesco
Pelz, Stefan
Schuldt, Bernhard
Seibold, Sebastian
Stengel, Elisa
Sverdrup-Thygeson, Anne
Weisser, Wolfgang
Thorn, Simon
eng
Bauer-und Stemmler Stiftung/
22-27166S/Czech Science Foundation/
20016/466/Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt/
TH 2218/5-1/Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft/
Letter
England
2023/05/09
Ecol Lett. 2023 Jul;26(7):1157-1173. doi: 10.1111/ele.14227. Epub 2023 May 8.
%0 Journal Article
%1 kriegel2023ambient
%A Kriegel, P.
%A Vogel, S.
%A Angeleri, R.
%A Baldrian, P.
%A Borken, W.
%A Bouget, C.
%A Brin, A.
%A Bussler, H.
%A Cocciufa, C.
%A Feldmann, B.
%A Gossner, M. M.
%A Haeler, E.
%A Hagge, J.
%A Hardersen, S.
%A Hartmann, H.
%A Hjalten, J.
%A Kotowska, M. M.
%A Lachat, T.
%A Larrieu, L.
%A Leverkus, A. B.
%A Macagno, A. L. M.
%A Mitesser, O.
%A Muller, J.
%A Obermaier, E.
%A Parisi, F.
%A Pelz, S.
%A Schuldt, B.
%A Seibold, S.
%A Stengel, E.
%A Sverdrup-Thygeson, A.
%A Weisser, W.
%A Thorn, S.
%D 2023
%J Ecol Lett
%K Animals myOwn uni_network
%N 7
%P 1157-1173
%R 10.1111/ele.14227
%T Ambient and substrate energy influence decomposer diversity differentially across trophic levels
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37156097
%V 26
%X 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.
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author = {Kriegel, P. and Vogel, S. and Angeleri, R. and Baldrian, P. and Borken, W. and Bouget, C. and Brin, A. and Bussler, H. and Cocciufa, C. and Feldmann, B. and Gossner, M. M. and Haeler, E. and Hagge, J. and Hardersen, S. and Hartmann, H. and Hjalten, J. and Kotowska, M. M. and Lachat, T. and Larrieu, L. and Leverkus, A. B. and Macagno, A. L. M. and Mitesser, O. and Muller, J. and Obermaier, E. and Parisi, F. and Pelz, S. and Schuldt, B. and Seibold, S. and Stengel, E. and Sverdrup-Thygeson, A. and Weisser, W. and Thorn, S.},
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Vogel, Sebastian
Angeleri, Romain
Baldrian, Petr
Borken, Werner
Bouget, Christophe
Brin, Antoine
Bussler, Heinz
Cocciufa, Cristiana
Feldmann, Benedikt
Gossner, Martin M
Haeler, Elena
Hagge, Jonas
Hardersen, Sonke
Hartmann, Henrik
Hjalten, Joakim
Kotowska, Martyna M
Lachat, Thibault
Larrieu, Laurent
Leverkus, Alexandro B
Macagno, Anna L M
Mitesser, Oliver
Muller, Jorg
Obermaier, Elisabeth
Parisi, Francesco
Pelz, Stefan
Schuldt, Bernhard
Seibold, Sebastian
Stengel, Elisa
Sverdrup-Thygeson, Anne
Weisser, Wolfgang
Thorn, Simon
eng
Bauer-und Stemmler Stiftung/
22-27166S/Czech Science Foundation/
20016/466/Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt/
TH 2218/5-1/Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft/
Letter
England
2023/05/09
Ecol Lett. 2023 Jul;26(7):1157-1173. doi: 10.1111/ele.14227. Epub 2023 May 8.},
number = 7,
pages = {1157-1173},
timestamp = {2024-02-15T15:11:54.000+0100},
title = {Ambient and substrate energy influence decomposer diversity differentially across trophic levels},
type = {Journal Article},
url = {https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37156097},
volume = 26,
year = 2023
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