Herbivory on the pedunculate oak along an urbanization gradient in Europe: Effects of impervious surface, local tree cover, and insect feeding guild

Elena Valdés‐Correcher; Anna Popova; Andrea Galmán; Andreas Prinzing; Andrey V Selikhovkin; Andy G Howe; Anna Mrazova; Anne‐Maïmiti Dulaurent; Arndt Hampe; Ayco Jerome Michel Tack; Christophe Bouget; Daniela Lupaștean; Deborah Harvey; Dmitry L Musolin; Gábor L Lövei; Giada Centenaro; Inge Van Halder; Jonas Hagge; Jovan Dobrosavljević; Julia Koricheva; Juha‐Matti Pitkänen; Katerina Sam; Luc Barbaro; Manuela Branco; Marco Ferrante; Maria Faticov; Markéta Tahadlová; Martin Gossner; Maxime Cauchoix; Michał Bogdziewicz; Mihai‐Leonard Duduman; Mikhail V Kozlov; Mona C Bjoern; Nikita A Mamaev; Pilar Fernandez‐Conradi; Rebecca L Thomas; Ross Wetherbee; Samantha Green; Slobodan Milanović; Yannick Mellerin; Xoaquín Moreira; Yasmine Kadiri; Bastien Castagneyrol

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Herbivory on the pedunculate oak along an urbanization gradient in Europe: Effects of impervious surface, local tree cover, and insect feeding guild

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Herbivory on the pedunculate oak along an urbanization gradient in Europe: Effects of impervious surface, local tree cover, and insect feeding guild

Elena Valdés‐Correcher, Anna Popova, Andrea Galmán, Andreas Prinzing, Andrey V Selikhovkin, Andy G Howe, Anna Mrazova, Anne‐Maïmiti Dulaurent, Arndt Hampe, Ayco Jerome Michel Tack, …

Ecology and Evolution, Vol.12(3), pp.1-13

2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8709

PMID: 35342614

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citizen science

impervious surface

insect herbivory

leaf gallers

leaf miners

local canopy cover

Quercus robur

Urbanization is an important driver of the diversity and abundance of tree‐associated insect herbivores, but its consequences for insect herbivory are poorly understood. A likely source of variability among studies is the insufficient consideration of intra‐urban variability in forest cover. With the help of citizen scientists, we investigated the independent and interactive effects of local canopy cover and percentage of impervious surface on insect herbivory in the pedunculate oak (Quercus robur L.) throughout most of its geographic range in Europe. We found that the damage caused by chewing insect herbivores as well as the incidence of leaf‐mining and gall‐inducing herbivores consistently decreased with increasing impervious surface around focal oaks. Herbivory by chewing herbivores increased with increasing forest cover, regardless of impervious surface. In contrast, an increase in local canopy cover buffered the negative effect of impervious surface on leaf miners and strengthened its effect on gall inducers. These results show that—just like in non‐urban areas—plant–herbivore interactions in cities are structured by a complex set of interacting factors. This highlights that local habitat characteristics within cities have the potential to attenuate or modify the effect of impervious surfaces on biotic interactions. We investigated the independent and interactive effect of impervious surface and local canopy cover on insect herbivory on the pedunculate oak throughout most of its distribution in Europe through a citizen science project. We found that local canopy cover within cities has the capacity to mitigate the effect of impervious surface on biotic interactions, as it influences the effect of impervious surface on herbivores differently. Therefore, this study supports the importance of maintaining trees in urban areas as it may consequently contribute to the preservation of biodiversity of insect herbivores in urban areas.

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Title: Herbivory on the pedunculate oak along an urbanization gradient in Europe: Effects of impervious surface, local tree cover, and insect feeding guild
Authors: Elena Valdés‐Correcher (Corresponding Author) - Université de Bordeaux
Anna Popova (Author) - Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution
Andrea Galmán (Author) - Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Andreas Prinzing (Author) - Université de Rennes
Andrey V Selikhovkin (Author) - Saint Petersburg State Forest Technical University
Andy G Howe (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Forest Industries Research Centre
Anna Mrazova (Author) - Czech Academy of Sciences
Anne‐Maïmiti Dulaurent (Author) - UniLaSalle
Arndt Hampe (Author) - Université de Bordeaux
Ayco Jerome Michel Tack (Author) - Stockholm University
Christophe Bouget (Author) - Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement
Daniela Lupaștean (Author) - Ştefan cel Mare University of Suceava
Deborah Harvey (Author) - University of London
Dmitry L Musolin (Author) - Saint Petersburg State Forest Technical University
Gábor L Lövei (Author) - Aarhus University
Giada Centenaro (Author) - Stockholm University
Inge Van Halder (Author) - Université de Bordeaux
Jonas Hagge (Author) - Nordwestdeutsche Forstliche Versuchsanstalt
Jovan Dobrosavljević (Author) - University of Belgrade
Julia Koricheva (Author) - University of London
Juha‐Matti Pitkänen (Author) - University of Helsinki
Katerina Sam (Author) - University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice
Luc Barbaro (Author) - Université de Toulouse
Manuela Branco (Author) - University of Lisbon
Marco Ferrante (Author) - Universidade dos Açores
Maria Faticov (Author) - Stockholm University
Markéta Tahadlová (Author) - University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice
Martin Gossner (Author) - Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems - ETH Zürich
Maxime Cauchoix (Author) - Station d'Ecologie Théorique et Expérimentale du CNRS
Michał Bogdziewicz (Author) - Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
Mihai‐Leonard Duduman (Author) - Ştefan cel Mare University of Suceava
Mikhail V Kozlov (Author) - University of Turku
Mona C Bjoern (Author) - University of Copenhagen
Nikita A Mamaev (Author) - Saint Petersburg State Forest Technical University
Pilar Fernandez‐Conradi (Author) - Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement
Rebecca L Thomas (Author) - University of London
Ross Wetherbee (Author) - Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Samantha Green (Author) - Coventry University
Slobodan Milanović (Author) - University of Belgrade
Yannick Mellerin (Author) - Université de Bordeaux
Xoaquín Moreira (Author) - Misión Biológica de Galicia
Yasmine Kadiri (Author) - Université de Bordeaux
Bastien Castagneyrol (Author) - Université de Bordeaux
Publication details: Ecology and Evolution, Vol.12(3), pp.1-13
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Date published: 2022
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.8709
ISSN: 2045-7758
PMID: 35342614
Copyright note: © 2022 The Authors. Ecology and Evolution published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Forest Industries Research Centre; Forest Research Institute
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99622937202621
Output Type: Journal article

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