Scale-dependent contribution of host-specificity and environmental factors to wood-boring longhorn beetle community assemblage in SW China

Abstract Longhorn beetles are extremely rich wood-boring insects possessing larvae that feed on the xylem of trees and/or lianas, which have detrimental effects on plants; in turn, the hosting plants may play a fundamental role in shaping the longhorn beetle community assemblage. However, factors de...

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Autores principales:	Fang Luo, Ling-Zeng Meng, S. Tharanga Aluthwattha, Mei-Ying Lin, Andreas Weigel, Wen-Fu Zhang, Jin-Hua Qi, Jin Chen
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2021
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:76f859a94fc748f18716b89cbb5963732021-12-02T15:54:03ZScale-dependent contribution of host-specificity and environmental factors to wood-boring longhorn beetle community assemblage in SW China10.1038/s41598-021-84511-32045-2322https://doaj.org/article/76f859a94fc748f18716b89cbb5963732021-03-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-84511-3https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Longhorn beetles are extremely rich wood-boring insects possessing larvae that feed on the xylem of trees and/or lianas, which have detrimental effects on plants; in turn, the hosting plants may play a fundamental role in shaping the longhorn beetle community assemblage. However, factors determining the community assemblage of wood-boring longhorn beetles, particularly along the multiple spatial scales is still in need of further exploration. In this study, we designed an experiment across several spatial scales (from local to macro scales) from tropical to temperate climate gradients in Yunnan province, southwest China to examine to what extend the attributes of host-specificity is shaping the community assemblage along different spatial scales. This study concludes that (1) the wood-boring longhorn beetles showed attributes of host-specificity to a certain degree at the community level, (2) biotic (host plant specificity) and abiotic (climatic gradients) factors jointly shaped community composition of this species along the multiple spatial scales, (3) biotic interactions have a prominent effect on the community composition of this species at local-scale while macroclimatic gradients impose the major control on it at macro-scale. Thus, this study highlights the significance of host specificity in affecting the wood-boring longhorn beetle community assemblage, particularly at local scales.Fang LuoLing-Zeng MengS. Tharanga AluthwatthaMei-Ying LinAndreas WeigelWen-Fu ZhangJin-Hua QiJin ChenNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Fang Luo Ling-Zeng Meng S. Tharanga Aluthwattha Mei-Ying Lin Andreas Weigel Wen-Fu Zhang Jin-Hua Qi Jin Chen Scale-dependent contribution of host-specificity and environmental factors to wood-boring longhorn beetle community assemblage in SW China
description	Abstract Longhorn beetles are extremely rich wood-boring insects possessing larvae that feed on the xylem of trees and/or lianas, which have detrimental effects on plants; in turn, the hosting plants may play a fundamental role in shaping the longhorn beetle community assemblage. However, factors determining the community assemblage of wood-boring longhorn beetles, particularly along the multiple spatial scales is still in need of further exploration. In this study, we designed an experiment across several spatial scales (from local to macro scales) from tropical to temperate climate gradients in Yunnan province, southwest China to examine to what extend the attributes of host-specificity is shaping the community assemblage along different spatial scales. This study concludes that (1) the wood-boring longhorn beetles showed attributes of host-specificity to a certain degree at the community level, (2) biotic (host plant specificity) and abiotic (climatic gradients) factors jointly shaped community composition of this species along the multiple spatial scales, (3) biotic interactions have a prominent effect on the community composition of this species at local-scale while macroclimatic gradients impose the major control on it at macro-scale. Thus, this study highlights the significance of host specificity in affecting the wood-boring longhorn beetle community assemblage, particularly at local scales.
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author	Fang Luo Ling-Zeng Meng S. Tharanga Aluthwattha Mei-Ying Lin Andreas Weigel Wen-Fu Zhang Jin-Hua Qi Jin Chen
author_facet	Fang Luo Ling-Zeng Meng S. Tharanga Aluthwattha Mei-Ying Lin Andreas Weigel Wen-Fu Zhang Jin-Hua Qi Jin Chen
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title	Scale-dependent contribution of host-specificity and environmental factors to wood-boring longhorn beetle community assemblage in SW China
title_short	Scale-dependent contribution of host-specificity and environmental factors to wood-boring longhorn beetle community assemblage in SW China
title_full	Scale-dependent contribution of host-specificity and environmental factors to wood-boring longhorn beetle community assemblage in SW China
title_fullStr	Scale-dependent contribution of host-specificity and environmental factors to wood-boring longhorn beetle community assemblage in SW China
title_full_unstemmed	Scale-dependent contribution of host-specificity and environmental factors to wood-boring longhorn beetle community assemblage in SW China
title_sort	scale-dependent contribution of host-specificity and environmental factors to wood-boring longhorn beetle community assemblage in sw china
publisher	Nature Portfolio
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/76f859a94fc748f18716b89cbb596373
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Scale-dependent contribution of host-specificity and environmental factors to wood-boring longhorn beetle community assemblage in SW China

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