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Ambient and substrate energy influence decomposer diversity differentially across trophic levels

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Ecol Lett, 26 (7): 1157-1173 (2023)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..
DOI: 10.1111/ele.14227

Abstract

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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