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Time-consistent rearrangement of carabid beetle assemblages by an urbanisation gradient in Hungary

Magura, Tibor; Lövei, Gábor L.; Tóthmérész, Béla

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UNCORRECTED PROOF O iginal a icle Time-consis en ea angemen o ca abid bee le assemblages by an u banisa ion g adien in Hunga y Tibo Magu a a, *,Ga ´bo L. Lo ¨ ei b ,Be ´la To ´ hme ´ e ´sz c a Ho oba ´gy Na ional Pa k Di ec o a e, P.O. Box 216, H-4002 Deb ecen, Hunga y b Uni e si y o Aa hus, Depa men o In eg a ed Pes Managemen , Facul y o Ag icul u al Sciences, Flakkebje g Resea ch Cen e, DK-4200 Slagelse, Denma k c Depa men o Ecology, Uni e si y o Deb ecen, P.O. Box 71, H-4010 Deb ecen, Hunga y a icle in o A icle his o y: Recei ed 6 Feb ua y 2008 Recei ed in e ised o m 21 Ap il 2008 Accep ed 21 May 2008 Published online - Keywo ds: GLOBENET Habi a al e a ion hypo hesis Inc eased dis u bance hypo hesis In e media e dis u bance hypo hesis Species ichness U banisa ion abs ac To examine he impac o u banisa ion on a h opod biodi e si y, ca abid (Coleop e a: Ca - abidae) assemblages we e s udied o e 2yea s along a u al–u ban g adien ep esen ing inc easing le els o human dis u bance. Ca abids we e collec ed by pi all apping du ing hei whole ac i i y pe iod in lowland oak o es pa ches in and nea he ci y o Deb ecen, Eas e n Hunga y, o e wo seasons (2001–2002). Ca abid ac i i y densi y was signi ican ly highe in he u al han in he wo o he a eas, bu he e was no signi ican di e ence in species ichness (measu ed as mean numbe o species caugh / ap). The p opo ion o o es specialis s signi ican ly dec eased om he u al owa ds he u ban a ea, and he p opo ion o o es specialis species was signi ican ly highe in he u al and subu ban a eas han in he u ban one. In con as , he ela i e ac i i y densi y o gene alis species signi ican ly inc eased along he u al–u ban g adien . Bo h he ela i e numbe o open- habi a species and hei ac i i y densi y we e signi ican ly highe in he u ban o es agmen s han in he subu ban and u al ones. The pa e ns ound we e consis en be ween he 2yea s. Mul idimensional scaling indica ed p onounced changes in species composi ion along he g adien ; he assemblages in u ban o es agmen s we e mo e a iable han in he o he a eas. A la ge p opo ion o he a ia ion in o e all ac i i y densi y, species ichness and he p opo ion o ca abids wi h di e en habi a a ini ies could be explained by s uc u al habi a a iables (pe cen age co e by canopy, lea li e , he bs and decaying wood), and p ey a ailabili y. ª2008 Published by Else ie Masson SAS. 1. In oduc ion An inc ease o human popula ion causes inc eased esou ce use by humans, la ge impac on non-u ban habi a s, and he con e sion o o iginal, u al habi a s o u ban ones. U banisa ion is inc easing wo ldwide, and hal o mo e o he global human popula ion li es in ci ies (Uni ed Na ions, 2004). The ob ious impac o u banisa ion on he o iginal habi a s is he agmen a ion and loss o he o iginal habi a . The e a e also changes in empe a u e, soil acidi y, pollu ion, decomposi ion, ca bon and ni ogen cycling (Niemela ¨, 1999; Rebele, 1994). U banisa ion causes changes in communi y * Co esponding au ho . E-mail add esses: magu [email protected] (T. Magu a), [email p o ec ed] (G.L. Lo ¨ ei), [email p o ec ed] (B. To ´ hme ´ e ´sz). a ailable a www.sciencedi ec .com jou nal homepage: www.else ie .com/loca e/ac oec ARTICLE IN PRESS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 1146-609X/$ – see on ma e ª2008 Published by Else ie Masson SAS. doi:10.1016/j.ac ao.2008.05.010 ac a oecologica xxx (2008) 1–11 ACTOEC2442_p oo  28 June 2008  1/11 Please ci e his a icle in p ess as: Magu a, T. e al., Time-consis en ea angemen o ca abid bee le assemblages by an u ban- isa ion g adien in Hunga y, Ac a Oecolo. (2008), doi:10.1016/j.ac ao.2008.05.010 UNCORRECTED PROOF s uc u e and species ichness ia he al e a ion o habi a s uc u e (Gibb and Hochuli, 2002), habi a agmen a ion and loss (Gibbs and S an on, 2001), c ea ing oppo uni ies o in asion o alien species (Honnay e al., 2003), clima e wa m- ing (Hegelbach, 2001) and inc eased pollu ion (S eine , 1995). The phases o u banisa ion seem o be simila all o e he globe, bu i is unknown whe he hese will cause simila changes in biodi e si y (McDonnell and Picke , 1990). Compa a i e ecological s udies, done in di e en loca ions bu using he same ea men s a e impo an o ecological unde s anding, bu a e e y ew and so ely needed (Law on, 2000). E ec s o u banisa ion on a h opods a e also unde - s udied, e en i u banisa ion is one o he p ima y causes o declines in a h opod popula ions (McIn y e, 2000). The Globe- ne p ojec (Niemela ¨e al., 2000; Niemela ¨and Ko ze, 2000) aims o examine how u banisa ion a ec s a h opod biodi e - si y in an o iginally o es ed a ea unde going u banisa ion, using a g adien app oach (McDonnell and Picke , 1990). Ca abids (Coleop e a: Ca abidae) we e selec ed o s udy because hey a e di e se, abundan , hei ela i ely sho gen- e a ion imes allow hem o espond quickly o an h opogenic e ec s, and a e easy o sample (Lo ¨ ei and Sunde land, 1996). S udies published so a analyse ends in he o al numbe o ca abid indi iduals and species, and he numbe o indi id- uals and species wi h di e en habi a a ini ies ( o es specialis species, gene alis and open-habi a species; see Ala uikka e al., 2002; Niemela ¨e al., 2002; Ishi ani e al., 2003; Venn e al., 2003; Magu a e al., 2004; Elek and Lo ¨ ei, 2005, 2007; Gaublomme e al., 2005; Sadle e al., 2006). The published pape s, howe e , ha e se e al sho com- ings. Mos o hem ely on a single yea o s udy and assume ha he ends ound in he yea o s udy p o ide a ‘‘ eal’’ pic u e. This can be ques ioned. Fu he , he g adien is no well cha ac e ised – he subu ban s age is assumed o be ‘‘in-be ween’’ he o he wo phases, he o iginal o es habi a and he u ban o es agmen (Niemela ¨e al., 2000). Se e al s udies analysed he o al, o he mean numbe o species cap u ed, which could be dis o ed by impac s o geog aphy, clima e and e olu iona y his o y on he ac ual auna (Hus on, 1994). In ou ea lie wo k (Magu a e al., 2004), we es ed se e al hypo heses using a single yea o da a. F om hese, he in e - media e dis u bance hypo hesis (Connell, 1978) has a ely go suppo , and i is also di icul o quan i y wha cons i u es an ‘‘in e media e’’ le el o dis u bance. The e o e, his hypo he- sis was no es ed u he . We es ed se e al o mal hypo he- ses ha could explain he ends o biodi e si y a ec ed by u banisa ion. These hypo heses would p oduce di e en pa - e ns bu would no be necessa ily mu ually exclusi e. A hypo hesis p oposed by G ay (1989) s a es ha inc easing dis u bance would mono onously dec ease bo h componen s o di e si y (species ichness and e enness). Mo e equen and mo e se e e dis up ions would elimina e sensi i e species, causing a dec ease in species ichness. Species ha a e able o cope wi h dis u bance would inc ease hei domi- nance, esul ing in dec easing e enness o he assemblages. We also es ed a u he de eloped e sion o he ‘‘habi a al e a ion hypo hesis’’ (Magu a e al., 2004) which assumes ha inc easing le els o u banisa ion will al e he s uc u e o he o iginal, u al habi a , causing a dec eased p esence/ dominance o he o es specialis species. Howe e , as he o iginal habi a pa ches become smalle , species om he su ounding ma ix will ha e he oppo uni y o pene a e he emaining habi a islands (Lo ¨ ei e al., 2006) and his could cause an inc ease in di e si y. The e o e, habi a al e a ion can cause an o e all dec ease o inc ease o ca abid di e si y. In a egion wi h ew a ailable gene alis and open-habi a species, he o e all di e si y change can be de e mined by he eac ion o o es -associa ed species o u banisa ion. In a eas wi h many gene alis and open-habi a species, he e can be an inc ease in o al species ichness. In his pape , we used da a om 2consecu i e yea s ha ease he p oblem o ying o gene alise on he basis o a single yea s udy. We p ecisely posi ioned he subu ban s age be ween he wo ex emes ( u al and u ban), on he basis o pe cen age buil -in a ea, using ae ial pho og aphs. Ins ead o he o al numbe o species and indi iduals, as done by mos published s udies, we conside ed he p opo ions o species in di e en classes (specialis s, gene alis s, e c.) in he assem- blage. Mo e p ecisely, he ollowing hypo heses we e es ed: (i) di e si y should dec ease om a high alue in he u al a ea o a low one in he u ban a ea (inc easing dis u bance hypo hesis, G ay, 1989); and (ii) u banisa ion dec eases he dominance o o es specialis species and inc eases gene al- is and open-habi a species om he u al a ea o he u ban one (habi a al e a ion hypo hesis; Magu a e al., 2004). Ou analysis indica ed ha u banisa ion causes a decline o o es -dwelling ca abids bu no an o e all species ichness dec ease in Hunga y. The ends we ound we e consis en be ween he 2yea s. 2. Ma e ialsand me hods 2.1. S udy a ea and sampling design The s udy a eas we e in and a ound he ci y o Deb ecen (Eas - e n Hunga y, 47320N; 21380E), he second la ges ci y o he coun y. Th ee o es ed a eas we e selec ed along a u al– u ban g adien wi hin he bounda ies o he ci y, and in he su ounding o es (Nagye d} o Fo es Rese e), as equi ed by he Globene p o ocol (Niemela ¨e al., 2000). All a eas belong o a once-con inuous old o es s and (>100 yea s) domina ed by English oak (Que cus obu ). All agmen s we e 6 ha. We cha ac e ised he le el o u banisa ion by he ela i e buil - up a ea, measu ed by he A cView GIS p og am using an ae ial pho og aph. In he u al a ea, he e we e no buildings (buil - up a ea 0%) and he o es was con inuous. In he subu ban a ea, app oxima ely 30% o he su ace was buil -in o pa ed, while in he u ban a ea, su ace occupied by pa ches o he o iginal habi a was educed o 40% (60% o he a ea was buil -up o d as ically di e en om he o iginal o es habi a ). The dis ance be ween he sampling a eas ( u al, sub- u ban, u ban) was 1–3 km. Acco ding o Digweed e al. (1995), his a angemen ul ils he condi ions o pa ch indepen- dence. Addi ional (no quan i ied) ypes o dis u bance we e he p esence o people and he in ensi y o o es y/habi a main enance ope a ions. In he u al o es he e was no egula o es y in e en ion. In he subu ban a ea, he allen ees and b anches we e egula ly emo ed, bu he ac a oecologica xxx (2008) 1–112 ARTICLE IN PRESS 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 ACTOEC2442_p oo  28 June 2008  2/11 Please ci e his a icle in p ess as: Magu a, T. e al., Time-consis en ea angemen o ca abid bee le assemblages by an u ban- isa ion g adien in Hunga y, Ac a Oecolo. (2008), doi:10.1016/j.ac ao.2008.05.010 UNCORRECTED PROOF unde s o y was no hinned. Mos pa hs we e no co e ed wi h a mac. In he u ban a ea, in addi ion o he ou ine o es y ope a ions as in he subu ban a ea, he sh ub laye was s ongly hinned. G ass be ween he o es pa ches was egula ly mo ed, and he mowed g ass was aken away. The e we e se e al asphal -co e ed pa hs, inc easing he isola ion be ween he o es ed pa ches. The sampling egime ollowed he Globene p o ocol (Niemela ¨e al., 2002). A ou si es pe u banisa ion s age, a leas 50 m om each o he , 10 pi all aps (65 mm diame e , 75% e hylene glycol as p ese a i e, wi h co e s) we e deployed andomly. T apped bee les we e collec ed o nigh ly om he end o Ma ch o he end o No embe in 2001 and 2002. T aps we e placed a he same loca ions in bo h yea s. Ca abids we e iden i ied o species using keys in Hu˚ ka (1996). Vouche specimens a e held in he Depa - men o Zoology, Deb ecen Uni e si y. Six en i onmen al ac o s we e measu ed ha we e assumed o a ec he dis ibu ion o ca abids. Wi hin a ci cle o 2 m diame e a ound e e y ap, we es ima ed he pe cen - age co e by lea li e , decaying wood, he bs, sh ubs and ee canopy. We also coun ed he numbe o o he in e eb a es (o he Coleop e a, Chilopoda, Diplopoda, Gas opoda, and Isopoda) cap u ed in he aps,which is a measu e o he amoun o po en ial p ey (Se gee a, 1994). 2.2. Da a analyses Nes ed analyses o a iance wi h epea ed measu es we e pe o med o es di e ences in he o e all ca abid ac i i y densi y, species ichness, he p opo ions o o es specialis , gene alis and open-habi a species in he assemblages among he h ee sampling a eas ( u al, subu ban, u ban), he 12 si es, and be ween he 2yea s (2001 and 2002). Da a om he indi idual aps (si es nes ed wi hin he sampling a eas) we e used. G ound bee les we e ca ego ised in o o es specialis , gene alis and open-habi a species acco ding o in o ma ion in Hu˚ ka (1996). Da a we e es ed o no mali y (Kolmogo o –Smi no es , Sokal and Rohl , 1995) and all o hem p o ed o be no mally dis ibu ed ( esul s no shown). Tukey es o mul iple compa isons among means was pe - o med when ANOVA esul s e ealed signi ican di e ences among means. The composi ion o ca abid assemblages along he u al– u ban g adien was compa ed a si e le el by non-me ic mul idimensional scaling (MDS), using he Hellinge dis ance (Legend e and Legend e, 1998). The ela ionships be ween he measu ed habi a a iables and he o e all ca abid ac i i y densi y, species ichness and he p opo ion o ca abids wi h di e en habi a a ini ies we e examined by mul iple linea eg ession analyses (Ku ne e al., 1996). 3. Resul s 3.1. Ca abid di e si y along he u al–u ban g adien Al oge he , we cap u ed 4421 indi iduals ep esen ing 59 species (2140 indi iduals o 50 species in 2001, and 2281 indi iduals o 46 species in 2002; Table 1). In he u al a ea, 35 species and 2451 indi iduals we e caugh (1206 indi iduals, 25 species in 2001, 1245 indi iduals, 28 species in 2002); 34 species and 1026 indi iduals we e cap u ed in he subu ban a ea (457 indi iduals, 26 species in 2001, 569 indi iduals, 27 species in 2002), and 944 indi iduals belonging o 51 species we e cap u ed in he u ban a ea (477 indi iduals, 43 species in 2001, 467 indi iduals, 38 species in 2002). The mos nume - ous species was P e os ichus oblongopunc a us in all habi a s and bo h yea s (excep in he u ban a ea in 2002), and in o al, made up 47% o he o al ca ch. In he u al o es , Ca abus iolaceus (in bo h yea s), Synuchus i alis (in 2002 only) and Ca abus con exus (bo h yea s) we e also nume ous. In he subu ban a ea, Ha palus a dus,C. con exus and C. iolaceus, while in he u ban habi a s, Ama a con exio ,Pla yde us u us, and H. a dus we e common (Table 1). The o e all ca abid ac i i y densi y was signi ican ly highe in he u al han in he u ban and subu ban a eas. Howe e , he e we e no s a is ically signi ican di e ences in he o e all species ichness (Table 2 and Fig. 1). 3.2. Pa e ns o species ca ego ised by habi a a ini y The p opo ion o indi iduals belonging o o es specialis species dec eased signi ican ly om he u al a ea owa ds he u ban one; he p opo ion o he o es specialis species was signi ican ly highe in he subu ban and u al a eas han in he u ban one (Table 2 and Fig. 2). An opposi e endency was obse ed o gene alis s, whose ela i e ac i i y densi y inc eased signi ican ly along he u al–u ban g adien (Table 2 and Fig. 2). The e we e no s a is- ically signi ican di e ences in he p opo ion o gene alis species among he s udied a eas, al hough his was highes in he u ban a ea (Table 2 and Fig. 2). Bo h he ela i e ac i i y densi y o open-habi a species and hei p opo ion in he o al species ichness we e signi - ican ly highe in he u ban a ea compa ed o he subu ban o u al ones (Table 2 and Fig. 2). 3.3. Compa ison o he ca abid assemblages The ca abid assemblages o he u al, subu ban and u ban a eas could be sepa a ed om each o he by he o dina ion (Fig. 3). The ca abid assemblages in he u ban o es agmen s we e sepa a ed om he o he s along he i s axis. The composi ion o he ca abid assemblages o subu ban and u al a eas was mo e simila o each o he han o he ca abid assemblages o he u ban o es agmen s. The he e ogenei y o he ca abid composi ion among he si es o he gi en a ea, exp essed by he size o he con ex hull on he o dina ion g aph, inc eased om he u al a ea owa ds he u ban one (Fig. 3). 3.4. The in luence o habi a ac o s on ac i i y densi y and species occu ence The u ban si es had highe g ound and ai empe a u es han he o he wo habi a ypes. The subu ban si es had a highe ela i e humidi y and lea li e and sh ub co e , while he u al si es had he highes pe cen age co e o decaying wood, he bs and p ey a ailabili y. The o e all ac i i y densi y ac a oecologica xxx (2008) 1–11 3 ARTICLE IN PRESS 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 ACTOEC2442_p oo  28 June 2008  3/11 Please ci e his a icle in p ess as: Magu a, T. e al., Time-consis en ea angemen o ca abid bee le assemblages by an u ban- isa ion g adien in Hunga y, Ac a Oecolo. (2008), doi:10.1016/j.ac ao.2008.05.010 UNCORRECTED PROOF Table 1 – The numbe s and habi a a ini y o ca abid species cap u ed in pi all aps in and a ound he ci y o Deb ecen, Hunga y, 2001–2002. Species sequence is acco ding o he biannual o al (mos common i s ). F [ o es specialis species, G[habi a gene alis species, O [open-habi a species Species Habi a a ini y 2001 2002 To al Ru al Subu ban U ban Ru al Subu ban U ban P e os ichus oblongopunc a us F 795 197 60 710 263 57 2076 Ca abus iolaceus G 124 30 51 113 48 24 390 Ha palus a dus O 3553 343434 70259 Ca abus con exus F 46 41 0 78 66 1 232 Pla yde us u us G 4018 453923 31196 Ama a con exio G 12 6 52 35 20 61 186 Synuchus i alis O 13 3 1 133 3 6 159 P e os ichus s enuus G 7 25 10 4 27 17 90 Ama a saphy ea F 268 4138 665 P e os ichus melana ius G 0133122562 P e os ichus nige G 17 4 9 6 11 13 60 No iophilus u ipes G 3 11 28 4 3 10 59 Pseudoophonus u ipes O 12 4 6 7 22 4 55 Anisodac ylus nemo i agus O 0026002652 Ophonus ni idulus G 321 1101 045 S omis pumica us G1914181043 Bembidion lamp os O302900941 Ha palus la us G 906151839 Ha palus xan hopus winkle i G0003102134 Cala hus uscipes O 0011301529 Ha palus lu eico nis G 1 20 5 0 0 0 26 Ama a amilia is G 4 3 4 0 2 12 25 Badis e lace osus G19206321 Ca abus g anula us G11250413 Licinus dep essus O00615113 No iophilus palus is G21541013 Badis e bulla us G00401712 Panagaeus bipus ula us G00405312 Ama a an hobia G00500510 Ama a o a a G00300710 Badis e me idionalis G02700110 Calosoma inquisi o F 000100010 Ama a communis O0050049 P e os ichus an h acinus G0000358 Ama a simila a O1121106 P e os ichus melas G0013015 Ama a consula is O0102003 Cala hus e a us G0011013 Cli ina osso G0030003 Poecilus cup eus O0010023 Pseudoophonus g iseus O0001023 Agonum lugens G0010012 Anisodac ylus signa us O0000112 Asaphidion la ipes O0020002 No iophilus bigu a us G0020002 Oxypselaphus obscu us G1100002 T echus quad is ia us G0101002 Ama a lucida G0000011 Anchomenus do salis O0010001 Cala hus melanocephalus G0010001 Ca abus ull ichi G0010001 Diach omus ge manus O0010001 Ha palus dis inguendus O0100001 Leis us e ugineus G1000001 Ophonus schaube ge ianus O1000001 Poecilus e sicolo O0000011 P e os ichus mace O0010001 P e os ichus mino G0000101 P e os ichus o oideus G0000011 Numbe o indi iduals 1206 457 477 1245 569 467 4421 Numbe o species 25 26 43 28 27 38 59 ac a oecologica xxx (2008) 1–114 ARTICLE IN PRESS 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360 361 362 363 364 365 366 367 368 369 370 371 372 373 374 375 376 377 378 379 380 381 382 383 384 385 386 387 388 389 390 391 392 393 394 395 396 397 398 399 400 401 402 403 404 405 406 407 408 409 410 411 412 413 414 415 416 417 418 419 420 421 422 423 424 425 426 427 428 429 430 431 432 433 434 435 436 437 438 439 440 441 442 443 444 445 446 447 448 449 450 451 452 453 454 455 456 ACTOEC2442_p oo  28 June 2008  4/11 Please ci e his a icle in p ess as: Magu a, T. e al., Time-consis en ea angemen o ca abid bee le assemblages by an u ban- isa ion g adien in Hunga y, Ac a Oecolo. (2008), doi:10.1016/j.ac ao.2008.05.010 UNCORRECTED PROOF Table 2 – Nes ed ANOVA wi h epea ed measu es showing di e ences in o e all ca abid ac i i y densi y, species ichness and in he p opo ion o o es specialis species, gene alis and open-habi a species along he u al–u ban g adien and among he 12 si es. Yea [ he e ec o s udy yea (2001 and 2002). Resul s o he Tukey es indica e which a ea(s) di e s signi ican ly ( p<0.05) om he o he s; o example ‘‘U ban >Subu ban [Ru al’’ indica es ha he a iable was signi ican ly highe in he u ban a ea han in he subu ban and u al a eas ( hese wo a eas a e no di e en om ha poin o iew) Va iable Sou ce d MS Fp Tukey es O e all ca abid ac i i y densi y Be ween-Subjec s E ec s G adien 2 9015.2040 6.0905 <0.05 U ban ¼Subu ban <Ru al Si es 9 1480.1970 7.7209 <0.001 E o 108 191.7130 Wi hin-Subjec s E ec s Yea 1 91.2670 1.0968 ns Yea G adien 2 53.0040 0.6370 ns Yea Si es 9 160.1690 1.9248 ns E o 108 83.2148 O e all ca abid species ichness Be ween-Subjec s E ec s G adien 2 51.9875 2.2853 ns Si es 9 22.7486 4.4642 <0.001 E o 108 5.0958 Wi hin-Subjec s E ec s Yea 1 8.4375 1.7553 ns Yea G adien 2 0.1625 0.0338 ns Yea Si es 9 11.9541 2.4868 <0.02 E o 108 4.8069 P opo ion o o es specialis indi iduals Be ween-Subjec s E ec s G adien 2 6.2697 29.6362 <0.001 U ban <Subu ban <Ru al Si es 9 0.2116 5.3790 <0.001 E o 108 0.0393 Wi hin-Subjec s E ec s Yea 1 0.0216 0.6503 ns Yea G adien 2 0.0819 2.4616 ns Yea Si es 9 0.0719 2.1594 <0.05 E o 108 P opo ion o o es specialis species Be ween-Subjec s E ec s G adien 2 1.5360 17.0754 <0.001 U ban <Subu ban ¼Ru al Si es 9 0.0900 3.7112 <0.001 E o 108 0.0242 Wi hin-Subjec s E ec s Yea 1 0.0021 0.0903 ns Yea G adien 2 0.0132 0.5813 ns Yea Si es 9 0.0424 1.8652 ns E o 108 0.0227 P opo ion o gene alis indi iduals Be ween-Subjec s E ec s G adien 2 2.8950 19.5546 <0.001 U ban >Subu ban >Ru al Si es 9 0.1480 4.2750 <0.001 E o 108 0.0346 Wi hin-Subjec s E ec s Yea 1 0.0064 0.1601 ns Yea G adien 2 0.0104 0.2618 ns Yea Si es 9 0.0445 1.1183 ns E o 108 0.0398 P opo ion o gene alis species Be ween-Subjec s E ec s G adien 2 0.4979 3.7210 ns Si es 9 0.1338 3.6711 <0.001 E o 108 0.0365 Wi hin-Subjec s E ec s Yea 1 0.0005 0.0128 ns Yea G adien 2 0.0119 0.3114 ns Yea Si es 9 0.0436 1.1428 ns E o 108 0.0381 (con inued on nex page) ac a oecologica xxx (2008) 1–11 5 ARTICLE IN PRESS 457 458 459 460 461 462 463 464 465 466 467 468 469 470 471 472 473 474 475 476 477 478 479 480 481 482 483 484 485 486 487 488 489 490 491 492 493 494 495 496 497 498 499 500 501 502 503 504 505 506 507 508 509 510 511 512 513 514 515 516 517 518 519 520 521 522 523 524 525 526 527 528 529 530 531 532 533 534 535 536 537 538 539 540 541 542 543 544 545 546 547 548 549 550 551 552 553 554 555 556 557 558 559 560 561 562 563 564 565 566 567 568 569 570 ACTOEC2442_p oo  28 June 2008  5/11 Please ci e his a icle in p ess as: Magu a, T. e al., Time-consis en ea angemen o ca abid bee le assemblages by an u ban- isa ion g adien in Hunga y, Ac a Oecolo. (2008), doi:10.1016/j.ac ao.2008.05.010 UNCORRECTED PROOF was only in luenced by he b co e (posi i ely, in bo h yea s) and canopy co e (nega i ely, in 1yea ). The o e all species ichness was only a ec ed (posi i ely) in 1yea by he numbe o po en ial p ey i ems. The p opo ion o indi iduals belong- ing o o es specialis species was posi i ely in luenced (in bo h yea s) by he co e o lea li e , decaying wood and he bs, and in 1yea , he numbe o po en ial p ey i ems. The p opo ion o o es specialis species was simila ly in luenced by he same ac o s, bu only in 1yea –excep lea li e co e , which had a posi i e in luence on his pa ame e in bo h yea s o s udy (Table 3). The p opo ion o indi iduals belonging o gene alis species was nega i ely in luenced by decaying wood (bo h yea s), lea li e , and he b co e (in 1yea only). None o he measu ed habi a a iables had a signi ican in luence on he numbe o gene alis species (Table 3). The ela i e ac i i y densi y o open-habi a species was nega i ely in luenced by se e al habi a cha ac e is ics: he ex- en o he b co e (bo h yea s), lea li e and he p esence o decaying wood (one -bu no he same- yea ). The p opo ion o open-habi a species had a nega i e ela ionship wi h lea li - e , canopy co e and he p esence o decaying wood (Table 3). 4. Discussion 4.1. Di e si y changes along he g adien We ound ha he o e all ca abid ac i i y densi y was signi - ican ly highe in he u al han in he u ban and subu ban a eas, bu he o e all di e ences in species ichness we e s a is ically no signi ican . Simila di e si y pa e ns we e de ec ed in Belgium (Gaublomme e al., 2005), and Bulga ia (Niemela ¨e al., 2002). In Denma k, he u ban a ea had he highes species ichness (Elek and Lo ¨ ei, 2007). Gi en ha mos o he p o ound changes in habi a quali y du ing u banisa ion is in ui i ely in e p e ed as making he habi a less a ou able o a h opods, i is su p ising ha ou esul s did no suppo he ’’inc easing dis u bance’’ hy- po hesis (G ay, 1989). The o e all species ichness o ca abids was almos as high in he hea ily dis u bed u ban o es ag- men s as in he less dis u bed u al a ea. This is in con as wi h indings in Canada (Niemela ¨e al., 2002), England (Sadle e al., 2006), Finland (Niemela ¨e al., 2002; Venn e al., 2003) and Fig. 1 – Mean alues (±SE) o he o e all ca abid ac i i y densi y ( op) and species ichness (bo om) along he u al– u ban g adien a Deb ecen, Hunga y, in 2001–2002. Table 2 (con inued) Va iable Sou ce d MS Fp Tukey es P opo ion o open-habi a indi iduals Be ween-Subjec s E ec s G adien 2 0.6739 6.1562 <0.05 U ban >Subu ban ¼Ru al Si es 9 0.1095 3.4740 <0.001 E o 108 0.0315 Wi hin-Subjec s E ec s Yea 1 0.0849 2.5231 ns Yea G adien 2 0.0614 1.8233 ns Yea Si es 9 0.0267 0.7930 ns E o 108 0.0337 P opo ion o open-habi a species Be ween-Subjec s E ec s G adien 2 0.3171 9.3649 <0.01 U ban >Subu ban ¼Ru al Si es 9 0.0339 1.3403 ns E o 108 0.0253 Wi hin-Subjec s E ec s Yea 1 0.0017 0.0545 ns Yea G adien 2 0.0376 1.1967 ns Yea Si es 9 0.0299 0.9520 ns E o 108 0.0314 ac a oecologica xxx (2008) 1–116 ARTICLE IN PRESS 571 572 573 574 575 576 577 578 579 580 581 582 583 584 585 586 587 588 589 590 591 592 593 594 595 596 597 598 599 600 601 602 603 604 605 606 607 608 609 610 611 612 613 614 615 616 617 618 619 620 621 622 623 624 625 626 627 628 629 630 631 632 633 634 635 636 637 638 639 640 641 642 643 644 645 646 647 648 649 650 651 652 653 654 655 656 657 658 659 660 661 662 663 664 665 666 667 668 669 670 671 672 673 674 675 676 677 678 679 680 681 682 683 684 ACTOEC2442_p oo  28 June 2008  6/11 Please ci e his a icle in p ess as: Magu a, T. e al., Time-consis en ea angemen o ca abid bee le assemblages by an u ban- isa ion g adien in Hunga y, Ac a Oecolo. (2008), doi:10.1016/j.ac ao.2008.05.010 UNCORRECTED PROOF Japan (Ishi ani e al., 2003). A possible eason is he di e ences in he size o he a ailable species pool o he di e en habi a a ini y ca ego ies. In Hunga y, open-habi a species could ha e a la ge species pool, and hus could con ibu e mo e species han coun ies wi h ex ensi e o es s, such as Finland. As a consequence, open-habi a - a ou ing species can inc ease he species ichness in u ban o es agmen s in Hunga y mo e han in Finland. 4.2. Dominance changes along he g adien U banisa ion causes se e al o ms o dis u bance, all o which con ibu e o he al e a ion o he o iginal habi a s (Gilbe , 1989; Niemela ¨, 1999). The habi a al e a ion hypo hesis was suppo ed, because he p opo ion o he indi iduals and species in o es specialis s was signi ican ly highe , while he p opo ion o indi iduals o gene alis and open-habi a species as well as hei numbe o species we e signi ican ly lowe in he less dis u bed u al a ea han in he mo e dis u bed u ban one. The p opo ion o gene alis species also inc eased along he u al–u ban g adien . Simila esul we e ob ained in Belgium (Gaublomme e al., 2005), England (Sadle e al., 2006), Finland (Ala uikka e al., 2002), and Japan (Ishi ani e al., 2003), as o es specialis indi iduals we e mo e likely caugh in subu ban and u al a eas han in he u ban one. The esponse by gene alis ca abids is mo e complica ed, as he e was no di e ence in he numbe o gene alis indi id- uals along he u al–u ban g adien in Belgium (Gaublomme e al., 2005) o Japan (Ishi ani e al., 2003) bu hey we e mo e dominan in he u ban a ea han in he subu ban and u al ones in Canada, Finland (Niemela ¨e al., 2002), as well as Denma k (Elek and Lo ¨ ei, 2007). An idiosync a ic esponse was ound in ano he s udy in Finland whe e mo e gene alis indi iduals we e collec ed om u al a eas han ei he u ban o subu ban ones (Ala uikka e al., 2002). U banisa ion caused he s onges e ec on he o es specialis ca abid species. These species equi e si es wi h a special mic oclima e, he p esence o dead and decaying ees, signi ican co e o lea li e , sh ubs and he bs, oge he o ming he undis u bed o es loo habi a (Desende e al., 1999). Habi a al e a ion caused by u banisa ion appea s o elimina e a ou able mic osi es and con ibu es o he decline o o es specialis s in he assemblage. Along he s udied g adien , he dis u bance was he lowes in he o iginal o es ( u al a ea), mode a e in he subu ban a ea ( allen ees egula ly emo ed, medium numbe o human isi o s), and highes in he u ban o es agmen s ( hinned sh ub laye , 0.8 Fig. 2 – Mean alues (±SE) o he ela i e ac i i y densi y ( op ow) and species ichness (bo om ow) o o es specialis , gene alis and open-habi a g ound bee le species along he u al–u ban g adien a Deb ecen, Hunga y, in 2001–2002. ac a oecologica xxx (2008) 1–11 7 ARTICLE IN PRESS 685 686 687 688 689 690 691 692 693 694 695 696 697 698 699 700 701 702 703 704 705 706 707 708 709 710 711 712 713 714 715 716 717 718 719 720 721 722 723 724 725 726 727 728 729 730 731 732 733 734 735 736 737 738 739 740 741 742 743 744 745 746 747 748 749 750 751 752 753 754 755 756 757 758 759 760 761 762 763 764 765 766 767 768 769 770 771 772 773 774 775 776 777 778 779 780 781 782 783 784 785 786 787 788 789 790 791 792 793 794 795 796 797 798 ACTOEC2442_p oo  28 June 2008  7/11 Please ci e his a icle in p ess as: Magu a, T. e al., Time-consis en ea angemen o ca abid bee le assemblages by an u ban- isa ion g adien in Hunga y, Ac a Oecolo. (2008), doi:10.1016/j.ac ao.2008.05.010 UNCORRECTED PROOF highes numbe o isi o s). This inc easing dis u bance was e lec ed by he dec easing p opo ion o o es specialis ca a- bids. Fu he , habi a al e a ion accompanying u banisa ion inc eased he p opo ion o bo h gene alis and open-habi a ca abids. This is in ag eemen wi h G ay’s Inc easing Dis u - bance Hypo hesis (G ay, 1989), acco ding o which he gene - alis (oppo unis ic) species should gain dominance wi hin he assemblage as dis u bance inc eases. Gene alis species can in ade dis u bed o es habi a s as hey ole a e he al e ed condi ions (Koi ula, 2002; Koi ula and Niemela ¨, 2003; Magu a e al., 2000, 2003). The signi ican al e a ion o he o ig- inal habi a s in he u ban a ea was also e lec ed by he dominance o open-habi a species in he assemblage. The u ban pa k con ains se e al mic ohabi a s ha open-habi a species can colonise. P e ious s udies (Koi ula, 2002; Koi ula and Niemela ¨, 2003; Magu a e al., 2000, 2001) also emphasised ha he numbe o open-habi a species inc eased as he closu e o he o es s and dec eased. Recen wo k (Ha ley e al., 2007) indica ed ha open-habi a species could success- ully colonise g assland pa ches in u ban a eas. Such ‘‘ma ix species’’ can pene a e o es agmen s in an ag icul u al landscape (Lo ¨ ei e al., 2006), and p obably also he gene ally small u ban o es agmen s. 4.3. Composi ional changes along he g adien The o dina ion analysis sepa a ed he u ban si es om he subu ban and u al ones, indica ing ha u banisa ion caused a conside able change in he composi ion o ca abid assem- blages along he u al–u ban g adien . The composi ion o ca abid assemblages was simila a he subu ban and u al si es. Fo es specialis species p e e ed he mode a ely dis u bed o ligh ly dis u bed a eas (subu ban and u al), while gene alis and open-habi a species p e e ed he u ban a ea. The highes composi ional he e ogenei y was a he Fig. 3 – O dina ion (non-me ic mul idimensional scaling using he Hellinge dis ance) o he ca abid assemblages along he s udied u al–u ban g adien a Deb ecen, Hunga y, in 2001–2002. Analysis was made a si e le el; he s ess o he wo-dimensional con igu a ion was 0.1033. Open symbols: da a om 2001, closed symbols: da a om 2002. Table 3 – Rela ionship be ween he selec ed en i onmen al a iables and he o e all ca abid ac i i y densi y, species ichness and he p opo ion o o es specialis species, gene alis and open-habi a species as de e mined by mul iple linea eg ession analysis (d [6, 113 in all cases). Posi i e and nega i e ela ionships a e indica ed. ns: no signi ican , *: p<0.05, **: p<0.01, ***: p<0.001 O e all ac i i y densi y O e all species ichness P opo ion o o es specialis indi iduals P opo ion o o es specialis species P opo ion o gene alis indi iduals P opo ion o gene alis species P opo ion o open- habi a indi iduals P opo ion o open- habi a species 2001 2002 2001 2002 2001 2002 2001 2002 2001 2002 2001 2002 2001 2002 2001 2002 F9.5839 5.6831 5.7969 3.6355 4.4663 7.5187 2.4285 3.1693 2.6044 3.5664 1.1471 1.5259 2.7737 2.3581 2.8575 0.4967 Signi icance 0.0001 0.0001 0.0001 0.005 0.0005 0.0001 0.05 0.01 0.05 0.005 0.40 0.20 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.85 R0.5807 0.4815 0.4851 0.4022 0.4378 0.5342 0.3380 0.3795 0.3485 0.3990 0.2396 0.2738 0.3583 0.3336 0.3630 0.1603 Lea li e co e þ ns þ ns  ns  ns þ** þ** þ** þ***  ns  ns  ns  ns ** ns Decaying wood þ ns þ ns þ ns  ns þ*** þ** þ*þ ns *** þ ns  ns **  ns *þ ns He b co e þ*** þ** þ ns þ ns þ*** þ*** þ*þ ns * ns  ns  ns ** * ns  ns Sh ub co e  ns  ns þ ns  ns þ ns  ns þ ns  ns  ns  ns þ ns þ ns  ns þ ns  ns  ns Canopy co e * ns  ns þ ns þ ns  ns þ ns  ns þ ns  ns þ ns  ns  ns þ ns *þ ns P ey ac i i y densi y þ ns þ ns þ** þ ns  ns þ**  ns þ*þ ns  ns þ ns  ns  ns  ns  ns  ns ac a oecologica xxx (2008) 1–118 ARTICLE IN PRESS 799 800 801 802 803 804 805 806 807 808 809 810 811 812 813 814 815 816 817 818 819 820 821 822 823 824 825 826 827 828 829 830 831 832 833 834 835 836 837 838 839 840 841 842 843 844 845 846 847 848 849 850 851 852 853 854 855 856 857 858 859 860 861 862 863 864 865 866 867 868 869 870 871 872 873 874 875 876 877 878 879 880 881 882 883 884 885 886 887 888 889 890 891 892 893 894 895 896 897 898 899 900 901 902 903 904 905 906 907 908 909 910 911 912 ACTOEC2442_p oo  28 June 2008  8/11 Please ci e his a icle in p ess as: Magu a, T. e al., Time-consis en ea angemen o ca abid bee le assemblages by an u ban- isa ion g adien in Hunga y, Ac a Oecolo. (2008), doi:10.1016/j.ac ao.2008.05.010 UNCORRECTED PROOF u ban si es (exp essed by he size o he con ex hull on he o dina ion g aph). In he u ban a ea, he o es pa ches had o es specialis , as well as gene alis and open-habi a spe- cies. Because o he high le el o agmen a ion, dis u bance, and isola ion, o es specialis s did no appea consis en ly in all u ban o es agmen s. Mo eo e , he colonisa ion success o gene alis and open-habi a species a he u ban si es seems o be a iable, and hus he composi ion o in ad- ing species a ied. Con a y o his, in he less dis u bed o es a ea, o es specialis species and he dominan and subdom- inan gene alis species we e p esen a mos si es leading o lowe composi ional he e ogenei y. The mode a ely dis u bed subu ban a ea lies be ween he o he wo. Niemela ¨(1999) also no iced ha composi ional he e ogenei y among si es (b- di e si y) is high in u ban a eas. 4.4. The impac o habi a cha ac e is ics on ca abids Reg ession analyses showed ha a signi ican p opo ion o he a ia ion in o e all ac i i y densi y, species ichness and in he p opo ion o ca abids wi h di e en habi a a ini y was associa ed wi h selec ed habi a ac o s. The o e all ca abid ac i i y densi y (numbe o bee les/ ap) inc eased wi h inc easing he b co e and dec easing canopy co e . The dec eased canopy co e may p o ide a a ou able habi a o he in ading open-habi a and gene alis species,which may inc ease he o e all ac i i y densi y. The p opo ion o bo h indi iduals and species belonging o o es specialis species inc eased as he co e by lea li e co e , decaying wood, and he bs as well as p ey a ailabili y inc eased. Lea li e g ea ly in luences he spa ial occu ence pa e n o ca abids (Koi ula e al., 1999; Magu a e al., 2000, 2004, 2005; Taboada e al., 2004). A high co e o lea li e and decaying wood ma e ial indica e an undis u bed o es habi a which is p e e ed by o es specialis s and p o ides shel e agains p eda o s, sui able si es o aes i a ion, hibe - na ion, egg and la al de elopmen . The inc easing he b co e may also in luence mic oclima e (e.g. empe a u e and ai mois u e),which is an impo an ac o con olling g ound bee le dis ibu ion (Niemela ¨e al., 1992; Magu a e al., 2000). Mo eo e , he e may be a posi i e co ela ion be ween he co e o he bs and he amoun o he bi o ous in e eb a es. He bi o ous in e eb a es could be p ey o p eda o y ca a- bids and can p o ide a mo e uni o m esou ce dis ibu ion in ime (Niemela ¨and Spence, 1994; Niemela ¨e al., 1996) esul - ing in agg ega ion o ca abids a mic osi es wi h abundan p ey (B yan and W a en, 1984; Guillemain e al., 1997; Fou nie and Lo eau, 1999). The p opo ion o indi iduals belonging o gene alis species and ha o bo h indi iduals and species o open- habi a -associa ed ones dec eased as he lea li e and decay- ing wood co e inc eased. Guillemain e al. (1997) showed ha he abundance o habi a gene alis species dec eases wi h inc easing lea li e hickness. The nega i e ela ionship be ween he b co e and he p opo ion o indi iduals o bo h gene alis and open-habi a species could indica e habi a ‘‘ esis ance’’ hampe ing g ound bee le mo emen . The p opo ion o open-habi a species inc eased as he canopy co e dec eased –such species may be a ac ed o ligh and a oid shaded a eas. 4.5. Implica ions o he managemen o u ban o es agmen s U ban g een a eas ha e ec ea ional impo ance and inc ease he quali y o u ban li e (Niemela ¨, 1999). Cu en u ban habi a managemen , howe e , is one o he leading causes o al e - a ion in indigenous a h opod assemblages (Da is, 1978). The e o e, he e is a g owing need o managemen s a egies, which simul aneously conside ec ea ional, economic and conse a ion c i e ia (Gilbe , 1989). The a ailable in o ma ion om he Globene p ojec (Ala uikka e al., 2002; Niemela ¨e al., 2002; Ishi ani e al., 2003; Venn e al., 2003; Magu a e al., 2004; Elek and Lo ¨ ei, 2005, 2007; Gaublomme e al., 2005; Sadle e al., 2006), as well as o he esea ch (G andchamp e al., 2000; Welle and Ganzho n, 2004) indica es ha u ban o es agmen s can s ill be ela i ely species- ich, bu he assemblages a e domina ed by gene alis and open-habi a species. The dominance o o es specialis species in he assemblages signi ican ly dec eased along he dis u bance g adien . We no e ha he impo ance o selec ed habi a ac o s was mos ly consis en in ime, bu he same ac o s we e no always signi ican . This unde lines ha single yea s udies, including he majo - i y o published Globene s udies, does no necessa ily indica e he impo an ac o s de e mining he s uc u e o a h opod assemblages. Ou 2-yea s udy is an imp o emen o e he usual single yea Globene s udies (e.g. Niemela ¨ e al., 2002; Ishi ani e al., 2003; Elek and Lo ¨ ei, 2007; Sadle e al., 2006) bu longe - e m s udies a e necessa y o gain alid insigh s in o he impac o u banisa ion on g ound bee les and on a h opod biodi e si y in gene al. Un a ou able impac s o pa k managemen on biodi e si y can be lessened by habi a managemen which minimises he modi ica ion o habi a s uc u e, he eby allowing he main- enance o na u al p ocesses o decomposi ion and nu ien cycling. Recen esea ch indica es ha u ban dwelle s no ice and app ecia e di e si y in u ban pa ks (Fulle e al., 2007). Consequen ly, adop ing managemen egimes ha y o maximise di e si y could also inc ease he alue o u ban pa ks o people. Acknowledgmen s TM was suppo ed by he Hunga ian Scien i ic Resea ch Fund (g an no. F61651) and by a Bolyai Resea ch Fellowship o he Hunga ian Academy o Sciences. GL was suppo ed by a Domus Hunga ica ellowship. We hank Ti ada Molna ´ o ield and labo a o y assis ance and wo anonymous e- iewe s o commen s on he manusc ip . e e ences Ala uikka, D.M., Ko ze, D.J., Ma einen, K., Niemela ¨, J., 2002. Ca abid and spide assemblages along an u ban o u al g adien in Sou he n Finland. J. Insec Conse . 6, 195–206. B yan, K.M., W a en, S.D., 1984. 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