Multidimensionality of tree communities structure host-parasitoid networks and their phylogenetic composition.

ABSTRACT: Environmental factors can influence ecological networks, but these effects are poorly understood in the realm of the phylogeny of host-parasitoid interactions. Especially, we lack a comprehensive understanding of the ways that biotic factors, including plant species richness, overall community phylogenetic and functional composition of consumers, and abiotic factors such as microclimate, determine host-parasitoid network structure and host-parasitoid community dynamics. To address this, we leveraged a 5-year dataset of trap-nesting bees and wasps and their parasitoids collected in a highly controlled, large-scale subtropical tree biodiversity experiment. We tested for effects of tree species richness, tree phylogenetic, and functional diversity, and species and phylogenetic composition on

SUBMITTER: Wang MQ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11856933 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature