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Earthworms in abandoned tropical pastures
Plant community succession alters the quantity and chemistry of organic inputs to soils. These differences in organic input may trigger changes in soil fertility and faunal activity. We examined earthworm density and community structure along a successional sequence of plant communities in abandoned tropical pastures in Puerto Rico. The chronological sequence of these plant communities were pasture, grass-vine-fern, shrub-small tree, and forest. Earthworm density was the highest in pasture (831 worms/m2 in top 0.25 m soil), decreased as secondary succession proceeded, and reached the lowest (32 worms/m2) in the forest. Whereas only soil feeding Pontoscolex corethrurus was present in the pasture and grass-vine-fern communities, both soil and litter feeding worm species were found in the shrub-small tree and forest communities. Ground litter biomass had a negative correlation with earthworm density. Soil water content differed slightly among the successional communities, but were unlikely to play an important role in triggering differences in worm density among these abandoned lands. Soil pH values did not differed along the successional changes. These results suggest that decrease in earthworm density and increase in worm community diversity during secondary succession may result from changes in the quantity and chemistry of organic inputs, rather than in soil properties. We conclude that successional development from grass-dominated pastures to woody species-dominated forests reduces earthworm density and diversifies worm community structure in humid tropical soils. Support for this work was provided by grants BSR-8811902, DEB-9411973, DEB-9705814 , DEB-0080538, DEB-0218039 , DEB-0620910 , DEB-1239764, DEB-1546686, and DEB-1831952 from the National Science Foundation to the University of Puerto Rico as part of the Luquillo Long-Term Ecological Research Program. Additional support provided by the University of Puerto Rico and the International Institute of Tropical F
Data from: Landscape structure mediates zoochorous-dispersed seed rain under isolated pasture trees across distinct tropical regions
Context: Isolated pasture trees play an important role in forest recovery within fragmented tropical landscapes by attracting seed dispersers and facilitating seedling growth. However, studies with conflicting results have led to confusion about what drives variation in zoochorous-dispersed seed rain patterns under isolated tree canopies. Objectives: To assess the role of landscape and biological factors impacting zoochorous-dispersed seed rain under isolated pasture trees across three tropical regions of the world. Methods: We measured seed dispersal under 144 isolated pasture trees found in 12 fragmented tropical and sub-tropical landscapes in Australia, Colombia and Nigeria. Using linear mixed effect models, we modeled seed diversity, abundance, richness and evenness as functions of the biological features and landscape context of isolated trees. Results: Throughout all regions, the amount of woody vegetation surrounding trees in pastures was negatively related to rainforest seed diversity, evenness and abundance. Seed diversity and evenness increased significantly with the distance of isolated trees to forest fragments in the Australian sub-tropics, but elsewhere, seed diversity and evenness tended to decline with distance to forest, though not significantly. Conclusions: Our results suggest that the tree composition of landscapes surrounding isolated pasture trees is important for influencing zoochorous-dispersed seed rain, regardless of the region studied. Our study highlights the prominent role of landscape-scale, rather than local-scale factors on seed dispersal to isolated pasture trees, while providing strong evidence that early stage successional processes involving isolated pasture trees are similar throughout global tropical regions.
Data from: Landscape structure mediates zoochorous-dispersed seed rain under isolated pasture trees across distinct tropical regions
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Figure 7 from: Ortíz-Gamino D, Gregorio J, Cunha L, Martínez-Romero E, Fragoso C, Ortíz-Ceballos ÁI (2020) Population genetics and diversity structure of an invasive earthworm in tropical and temperate pastures from Veracruz, Mexico. ZooKeys 941: 49-69. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.941.49319
Figure 7 Classification of Pontoscolex corethrurus individuals according to a Bayesian assignment algorithm implemented in NEWHYBRIDS (Anderson and Thompson 2002) to detect gene flow. Each unit represents an individual corresponding to parental lineages (Lineage A and Lineage B), F1 generation, F2 (F1 x F1) and later generation or introgressive hybrids B1 (Lineage A x F1) and B2 (e.g., Lineage B x F1).
Figure 6 from: Ortíz-Gamino D, Gregorio J, Cunha L, Martínez-Romero E, Fragoso C, Ortíz-Ceballos ÁI (2020) Population genetics and diversity structure of an invasive earthworm in tropical and temperate pastures from Veracruz, Mexico. ZooKeys 941: 49-69. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.941.49319
Figure 6 Genetic structure using ISSR data for 35 Pontoscolex corethrurus individuals based on discriminant analysis of principal components (DAPC). Proportion of eigenvalues in discriminant analysis (bottom left plot) and PCA eigenvalues (bottom right), with the first 12 significant principal components highlighted in black.
Figure 4 from: Ortíz-Gamino D, Gregorio J, Cunha L, Martínez-Romero E, Fragoso C, Ortíz-Ceballos ÁI (2020) Population genetics and diversity structure of an invasive earthworm in tropical and temperate pastures from Veracruz, Mexico. ZooKeys 941: 49-69. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.941.49319
Figure 4 UPGMA dendrogram of genetic distance between MGLs (A) and between populations (B) observed in the distinct populations of Pontoscolex corethrurus collected in central Veracruz State, Mexico. Only bootstrap values higher than or equal to 70% are shown.
Figure 2 from: Ortíz-Gamino D, Gregorio J, Cunha L, Martínez-Romero E, Fragoso C, Ortíz-Ceballos ÁI (2020) Population genetics and diversity structure of an invasive earthworm in tropical and temperate pastures from Veracruz, Mexico. ZooKeys 941: 49-69. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.941.49319
Figure 2 Rarefaction curve of expected number of MLGs captured per earthworm of Pontoscolex corethrurus sampled (A), and a MLG accumulation curve according to the number of loci sampled (B).
Figure 3 from: Ortíz-Gamino D, Gregorio J, Cunha L, Martínez-Romero E, Fragoso C, Ortíz-Ceballos ÁI (2020) Population genetics and diversity structure of an invasive earthworm in tropical and temperate pastures from Veracruz, Mexico. ZooKeys 941: 49-69. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.941.49319
Figure 3 A Principal Components Analysis, where colors indicate specimens of the population (A) and a Minimum Spanning Network where each node denotes a different MLG, with size matching the number of individuals. Edge thickness and color are proportional to absolute genetic distance. Edge lengths are arbitrary (B). Both analyses show the relationship between multilocus genotypes (MLGs) for four different earthworm populations of Pontoscolex corethrurus living in central Veracruz State, Mexico.
Figure 1 from: Ortíz-Gamino D, Gregorio J, Cunha L, Martínez-Romero E, Fragoso C, Ortíz-Ceballos ÁI (2020) Population genetics and diversity structure of an invasive earthworm in tropical and temperate pastures from Veracruz, Mexico. ZooKeys 941: 49-69. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.941.49319
Figure 1 Pastures sampled in the central region of Veracruz State, Mexico. LV, Laguna verde; AC, Actopan; LC, La Concepción; NA, Naolinco. The digital elevation model was created using data provided by Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía, México.
Figure 5 from: Ortíz-Gamino D, Gregorio J, Cunha L, Martínez-Romero E, Fragoso C, Ortíz-Ceballos ÁI (2020) Population genetics and diversity structure of an invasive earthworm in tropical and temperate pastures from Veracruz, Mexico. ZooKeys 941: 49-69. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.941.49319
Figure 5 Estimated population genetic structure with a summary plot of Q estimates based on the ISSR data observed for four populations of Pontoscolex corethrurus in central Veracruz State, Mexico. Each individual is shown by a vertical line, which is partitioned into colored segments representing the fraction of the number of members in cluster K (%).
Supplementary material 1 from: Ortíz-Gamino D, Gregorio J, Cunha L, Martínez-Romero E, Fragoso C, Ortíz-Ceballos ÁI (2020) Population genetics and diversity structure of an invasive earthworm in tropical and temperate pastures from Veracruz, Mexico. ZooKeys 941: 49-69. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.941.49319
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