Trophic niche differentiation and utilisation of food resources in Collembola is altered by rainforest conversion to plantation systems.

ABSTRACT: Intensively managed monoculture plantations are increasingly replacing natural forests across the tropics resulting in changes in ecological niches of species and communities, and in ecosystem functioning. Collembola are among the most abundant arthropods inhabiting the belowground system sensitively responding to changes in vegetation and soil conditions. However, most studies on the response of Collembola to land-use change were conducted in temperate ecosystems and focused on shifts in community composition or morphological traits, while parameters more closely linked to ecosystem functioning, such as trophic niches, received little attention. Here, we used stable isotope analysis (¹³C and ¹⁵N) to investigate changes in the trophic structure and use of food resourc

SUBMITTER: Susanti WI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7934680 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature