Effects of landscape complexity and stand factors on arthropod communities in poplar forests.

ABSTRACT: The arthropod communities are influenced by both local conditions and features of the surrounding landscape. Landscape complexity and stand factors may both influence arthropod communities in poplar forests, but the multiscale effects of these factors on poplar defoliators and natural enemies are still poorly understood. We collected poplar arthropods at 30 sampling sites within five forest landscapes in Xinjiang, China, and assessed whether landscape complexity and stand factors influence species abundance and diversity of poplar arthropods. Landscape complexity was quantified by several independent metrics of landscape composition, configuration, and connectivity at three spatial scales. We also determined the most powerful explanatory variables and the scale effect of each arthropod. Re

SUBMITTER: Wang B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6662287 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature