Journal article
Herbivory on the pedunculate oak along an urbanization gradient in Europe: Effects of impervious surface, local tree cover, and insect feeding guild
Ecology and Evolution, Vol.12(3), pp.1-13
2022
PMCID: PMC8928871
PMID: 35342614
Abstract
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 BordeauxAnna Popova (Author) - Severtsov Institute of Ecology and EvolutionAndrea Galmán (Author) - Martin Luther University Halle-WittenbergAndreas Prinzing (Author) - Université de RennesAndrey V Selikhovkin (Author) - Saint Petersburg State Forest Technical UniversityAndy G Howe (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Forest Industries Research CentreAnna Mrazova (Author) - Czech Academy of SciencesAnne‐Maïmiti Dulaurent (Author) - UniLaSalleArndt Hampe (Author) - Université de BordeauxAyco Jerome Michel Tack (Author) - Stockholm UniversityChristophe Bouget (Author) - Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'EnvironnementDaniela Lupaștean (Author) - Ştefan cel Mare University of SuceavaDeborah Harvey (Author) - University of LondonDmitry L Musolin (Author) - Saint Petersburg State Forest Technical UniversityGábor L Lövei (Author) - Aarhus UniversityGiada Centenaro (Author) - Stockholm UniversityInge Van Halder (Author) - Université de BordeauxJonas Hagge (Author) - Nordwestdeutsche Forstliche VersuchsanstaltJovan Dobrosavljević (Author) - University of BelgradeJulia Koricheva (Author) - University of LondonJuha‐Matti Pitkänen (Author) - University of HelsinkiKaterina Sam (Author) - University of South Bohemia in České BudějoviceLuc Barbaro (Author) - Université de ToulouseManuela Branco (Author) - University of LisbonMarco Ferrante (Author) - Universidade dos AçoresMaria Faticov (Author) - Stockholm UniversityMarkéta Tahadlová (Author) - University of South Bohemia in České BudějoviceMartin Gossner (Author) - Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems - ETH ZürichMaxime Cauchoix (Author) - Station d'Ecologie Théorique et Expérimentale du CNRSMichał Bogdziewicz (Author) - Adam Mickiewicz University in PoznańMihai‐Leonard Duduman (Author) - Ştefan cel Mare University of SuceavaMikhail V Kozlov (Author) - University of TurkuMona C Bjoern (Author) - University of CopenhagenNikita A Mamaev (Author) - Saint Petersburg State Forest Technical UniversityPilar Fernandez‐Conradi (Author) - Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'EnvironnementRebecca L Thomas (Author) - University of LondonRoss Wetherbee (Author) - Norwegian University of Life SciencesSamantha Green (Author) - Coventry UniversitySlobodan Milanović (Author) - University of BelgradeYannick Mellerin (Author) - Université de BordeauxXoaquín Moreira (Author) - Misión Biológica de GaliciaYasmine Kadiri (Author) - Université de BordeauxBastien 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; PMC8928871
- 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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