期刊
PEDOBIOLOGIA
卷 57, 期 1, 页码 21-26出版社
ELSEVIER GMBH
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2013.09.004
关键词
Carbon and nitrogen; Iceland; Isotomidae; Linyphiidae; Lycosidae; Stable isotopes
资金
- Kviskerjasjodur
- Crafoord Foundation
- Kungliga Fysiografiska Sallskapet i Lund
- Danish National Research Foundation [CENPERM DNRF100]
Arthropod predators and detritivores are among the first colonisers on land surfaces undergoing primary succession. In the absence of higher plants and herbivores, they may either have an allochthonous food source (i.e. of geographically distant origin) or local food source that is sustained by e.g. microorganisms. By studying spiders and collembolans on sites along chronosequences on recently emerged nunataks (ice-free land in glacial areas), we analysed whether the food source of early colonisers was of local or distant origin. Also, we measured the potential changes in trophic position with increasing site age. With stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis of both spiders and collembolans, we determined that allochthonous food sources are important on the youngest sites. The allochthonous food sources may explain how arthropods can persist in the absence of local primary productivity. Also, some spider species may increase their ability to survive by shifting their trophic position as the community composition changes. The results indicate that a wolf spider species shifted towards a lower trophic level with increasing site age. By contrast, no shifts in trophic position were observed for sheet-web spiders or collembolans. (C) 2013 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.
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