Functional diversity of macroinvertebrates on abandoned cattle enclosures in a semi-arid African savannah

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作者
Chikorowondo, Gift [1 ]
Muvengwi, Justice [1 ,2 ]
Mbiba, Monicah [1 ,2 ]
Gandiwa, Edson [3 ]
机构
[1] Bindura Univ Sci Educ, Dept Nat Resources, Bindura, Zimbabwe
[2] Univ Witwatersrand, Restorat & Conservat Biol Res Grp, Sch Anim Plant & Environm Sci, Johannesburg, South Africa
[3] Chinhoyi Univ Technol, Sch Wildlife Ecol & Conservat, Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe
关键词
abandoned kraals; functional diversity; macroinvertebrates; nutrient hotspot; LARGE HERBIVORES; TROPICAL FOREST; TERMITE MOUNDS; PLANT; COMMUNITIES; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; PATTERNS; ASSEMBLAGES; MACROFAUNA;
D O I
10.1111/aje.12516
中图分类号
Q14 [生态学(生物生态学)];
学科分类号
071012 ; 0713 ;
摘要
Zimbabwe is experiencing a shift in land-use, away from livestock farming and towards wildlife conservation. The abandonment of livestock farming may have unforeseen consequences on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, as cattle kraals create valuable nutrient-rich patches across the semi-arid savannah. It is unclear how macroinvertebrates functionally respond to such nutrient-rich patches in semi-arid savannahs. We analysed functional diversity of both aboveground and belowground taxa on abandoned cattle kraals and savannah control plots in Save valley Conservancy (SVC). We used distance-based multivariate techniques to estimate indices of functional diversity. Our results indicated that after two decades of abandonment, kraals had higher functional richness (FRic), functional divergence (FDiv) and functional dispersion (FDis) of macroinvertebrates when both aboveground and belowground species are combined. When aboveground macroinvertebrates were considered alone, no difference was observed for all the considered functional indices. However, only FRic was higher on kraals when belowground macroinvertebrates were separately considered. Our results suggest that two-decade-old abandoned kraals may have recovered enough for aboveground species to match the surrounding savannah plot and even surpassed the savannah control for belowground species functional diversity. Resume Le Zimbabwe connait un glissement de l'utilisation des terres, passant de l'elevage de betail a la conservation de la vie sauvage. L'abandon de l'elevage pourrait avoir des consequences imprevues sur la biodiversite et les fonctions ecosystemiques parce que les anciens enclos du betail creent des ilots riches en nutriments au sein d'une savane semi-aride. La facon dont les macro-invertebres repondent a ces ilots riches en nutriments dans cette savane n'est pas tres claire. Nous avons analyse la diversite fonctionnelle des taxons vivant sous et sur le sol dans ces enclos abandonnes et dans des parcelles temoins de la Save Valley Conservancy (SVC). Nous avons utilise des techniques multivariees basees sur la distance pour estimer les indices de diversite fonctionnelle. Nos resultats montrent qu'apres deux decennies d'abandon, les enclos avaient une richesse fonctionnelle (FRic), une divergence fonctionnelle (FDiv) et une dispersion fonctionnelle (FDis) des macro-invertebres plus elevees en combinant les especes sous et sur le sol. En considerant les seules especes du dessus du sol, il n'y avait pas de difference pour tous les indices fonctionnels etudies. Mais seule la FRic etait superieure dans les enclos si l'on etudiait separement les macro-invertebres du sous-sol. Nos resultats suggerent que des enclos abandonnes depuis deux decennies ont suffisamment recupere pour que les especes vivant sur le sol correspondent a celles qui vivent sur les parcelles de savane voisines et meme depassent les parcelles temoins de savane pour ce qui est de la diversite fonctionnelle des especes vivant sous le sol.
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页码:629 / 640
页数:12
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