Detectability of landscape effects on recolonization increases with regional population density.

ABSTRACT: Variation in population size over time can influence our ability to identify landscape-moderated differences in community assembly. To date, however, most studies at the landscape scale only cover snapshots in time, thereby overlooking the temporal dynamics of populations and communities. In this paper, we present data that illustrate how temporal variation in population density at a regional scale can influence landscape-moderated variation in recolonization and population buildup in disturbed habitat patches. Four common insect species, two omnivores and two herbivores, were monitored over 8 years in 10 willow short-rotation coppice bio-energy stands with a four-year disturbance regime (coppice cycle). The population densities in these regularly disturbed stands were compared to densitie

SUBMITTER: Liman AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4523364 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature