Does fertilization with dehydrated sewage sludge affect Terminalia argentea (Combretaceae) and associated arthropods community in a degraded area?
| Autor: | José Cola Zanuncio, Germano Leão Demolin Leite, Farley W. S. Silva, Marcus Alvarenga Soares, Gustavo Leal Teixeira, Alcinei Mistico Azevedo, Jó Cássio Nascimento Carvalho, Jesusa Crisostomo Legaspi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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0106 biological sciences
Insecta media_common.quotation_subject Population Sewage lcsh:Medicine Environment 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Competition (biology) Article Predation Abundance (ecology) Animals education lcsh:Science Arthropods media_common education.field_of_study Multidisciplinary biology Ecology business.industry lcsh:R fungi Terminalia Biodiversity biology.organism_classification Environmental sciences 010602 entomology Agronomy Fertilization Predatory Behavior lcsh:Q Species richness business Entomology Sludge Environmental Monitoring |
| Zdroj: | Scientific Reports Scientific Reports, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2020) |
| ISSN: | 2045-2322 |
| Popis: | Nutrients from dehydrated sewage sludge play an essential role in the development of many plants such as Terminalia argentea, in the recovery of degraded areas. The aims were to assess the abundance, diversity and species richness of phytophagous, pollinators and predators arthropods, as well as the percentage of defoliation of T. argentea trees, fertilized (or not) with dehydrated sewage sludge in a degraded area. The abundance, diversity and species richness of phytophagous Coleoptera and total predators (predator insects + protocooperating ants + spiders); abundance and species richness of Diptera, pollinator insects, spiders, and predators (predator insects + spiders) were higher on trees fertilized with dehydrated sewage sludge. The abundance of phytophagous Coleoptera declined with the presence of phytophagous Hemiptera and protocooperating ants; population of phytophagous Orthoptera declined in response to phytophagous Coleoptera and total predators; the numbers of the leafminer Lyriomyza sp. directly increased with the numbers of spiders. The ecological indices of phytophagous, pollinators, and predator arthopods increased on Terminalia argentea trees fertilized with dehydrated sewage sludge; such a better ecological indices in fertilized than in unfertilized trees, show it more suitable for the recovery of degraded areas. We discuss the competition between phytophagous insects groups as well as herbivory reduction by predators. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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