Spider Assemblages of Tree Branches in Managed and Primeval Deciduous Stands of the Białowieża Forest
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area
2.2. Spider Sampling
2.3. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Family/Genus/Species | Man. Olh ad./juv. | BNP Olh ad./juv. | Man. Aar ad./juv. | BNP Aar ad./juv. | Man. Ac ad./juv. | BNP Ac ad./juv. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Family Amaurobiidae | ||||||
Amaurobius fenestralis (Ström, 1768) | -/1 | |||||
Family Anyphaeniidae | ||||||
Anyphaena accentuata (Walckenaer, 1802) | (31) 3/107 | (10) 3/12 | (46) -/34 | (17) 1/21 | (8) 2/20 | (15) 1/23 |
Family Araneidae | ||||||
Araneidae un. Clerck, 1757 | -/1 | -/2 | ||||
Araneus diadematus Clerck, 1757 | -/2 | -/1 | ||||
Araneus marmoreus Clerck, 1757 | -/2 | |||||
Araneus quadratus Clerck, 1757 | -/1 | |||||
Araneus sp. Clerck, 1757 | -/5 | |||||
Araniella cucurbitina (Clerck, 1757) | 1/- | 1/- | ||||
Araniella proxima (Kulczyński, 1885) | 2/- | |||||
Araniella sp. Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 | -/6 | -/4 | -/4 | -/2 | -3 | -/11 |
Cyclosa conica (Pallas, 1772) | -/4 | (6) 3/6 | -/1 | -/1 | ||
Gibbaranea bituberculata (Walckenaer, 1802) | -/1 | |||||
Family Clubionidae | ||||||
Clubiona lutescens Westring, 1851 | 3/- | |||||
Clubiona sp. Latreille, 1804 | -/3 | -/1 | -/5 | -/5 | -/2 | -/1 |
Family Dictynidae | ||||||
Dictyna arundinacea (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1/- | |||||
Dictyna sp. Sundevall, 1833 | -/4 | -/4 | -/5 | |||
Family Linyphiidae | ||||||
Bathyphantes sp. Menge, 1866 | -/2 | |||||
Ceratinella brevis (Wider, 1834) | 1/- | |||||
Drapetisca socialis (Sundevall, 1833) | -/3 | 1/- | ||||
Entelecara acuminata (Wider, 1834) | 1/- | |||||
Gongylidium rufipes (Linnaeus, 1758) | 6/- | 2/- | 1/- | |||
Helophora insignis (Blackwall, 1841) | 1/- | (13) -/16 | -/8 | -/5 | ||
Hypomma cornutum (Blackwall, 1833) | 1/- | |||||
Tenuiphantes sp. Saaristo & Tanasevitch, 1996 | -/5 | -/18 | -/5 | -/2 | ||
Linyphia sp. Latreille, 1804 | -/1 | |||||
Linyphia triangularis (Clerck, 1757) | 1/2 | 2/2 | ||||
Linyphiidae un. Blackwall, 1859 | -/19 | -/18 | -/18 | -/17 | -/17 | |
Neriene emphana (Walckenaer, 1841) | 1/3 | 2/1 | 2/1 | |||
Neriene montana (Clerck, 1757) | -/1 | -/5 | -/6 | (6) -/10 | ||
Neriene peltata (Wider, 1834) | 1/- | (6) 7/3 | (22) 2/26 | 1/4 | (9) 1/13 | |
Neriene sp. Blackwall, 1833 | -/51 | -/25 | -/2 | -/32 | -/50 | |
Pityohyphantes phrygianus (C. L. Koch, 1836) | -/2 | |||||
Porrhomma oblitum (O. Pickard- Cambridge, 1871) | 6/- | |||||
Porrhomma pygmaeum (Blackwall, 1834) | 1/- | (50) 131/- | (28) 44/- | |||
Trematocephalus cristatus (Wider, 1834) | (50) -/178 | (19) -/29 | (32) -/24 | (6) -/8 | (23) -/61 | 1/5 |
Family Lycosidae | ||||||
Pardosa sp. C. L. Koch, 1847 | -/12 | |||||
Family Mimetidae | ||||||
Ero sp. C. L. Koch, 1836 | -/1 | |||||
Family Philodromidae | ||||||
Philodromus rufus Walckenaer, 1826 | 1/- | |||||
Philodromus sp. Walckenaer, 1826 | -/7 | -/10 | -/4 | -/2 | -/11 | |
Family Pisauridae | ||||||
Pisaura mirabilis (Clerck, 1757) | -/2 | |||||
Family Salticidae | ||||||
Salticidae un. Blackwall, 1841 | -/1 | |||||
Family Tetragnathidae | ||||||
Metellina mengei (Blackwall, 1869) | 5/- | |||||
Metellina segmentata (Clerck, 1757) | 2/- | 4/- | ||||
Metellina sp. Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941 | -/1 | -/9 | -/4 | -/4 | ||
Pachygnatha listeri Sundevall, 1830 | 1/- | |||||
Pachygnatha sp. Sundevall, 1823 | -/1 | |||||
Tetragnatha montana Simon, 1874 | 2/- | |||||
Tetragnatha sp. Menge, 1866 | -/16 | -/39 | -/27 | -/28 | -/32 | |
Family Theridiidae | ||||||
Parasteatoda sp. Archer, 1946 | -/1 | -/1 | ||||
Enoplognatha ovata (Clerck, 1757) | (7) 9/17 | (23) 6/30 | (17) 12/10 | 2/3 | 1/2 | |
Robertus arundineti (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871) | 1/- | |||||
Rugathodes instabilis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871) | 3/- | |||||
Paidiscura pallens (Blackwall, 1834) | 1/- | |||||
Theridiidae un. Sundevall, 1833 | -/26 | -/9 | -/6 | -/2 | -/3 | -/18 |
Platnickina tincta (Walckenaer, 1802) | 1/- | 1/- | ||||
Theridion varians Hahn, 1833 | 2/- | 1/1 | 1/0 | 2/1 | 1/0 | |
Family Thomisidae | ||||||
Diaea dorsata (Fabricius, 1777) | (8) 3/24 | (24) -/37 | 1/1 | (11) 1/13 | -/5 | (15) 2/21 |
Misumena vatia (Clerck, 1757) | 1/- | |||||
Ozyptila sp. Simon, 1864 | -/2 | -/2 | -/1 | -/1 | -/1 | |
Xysticus cristatus (Clerck, 1757) | 1/- | |||||
Xysticus sp. C. L. Koch, 1835 | -2 | |||||
Xysticus ulmi (Hahn, 1831) | 1/- | |||||
Total no. of individuals | 21/471 | 29/189 | 8/170 | 28/180 | 151/208 | 70/236 |
Total no. of species | 11 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 23 |
No. of common species | 6 | 5 | 11 |
Man Olh | BNP Olh | Man Aar | BNP Aar | Man Ac | BNP Ac | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Observed richness | 11 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 23 |
Estimates | ||||||
Chao 1 ± SD | 15 ± 5 | 18 ± 7 | 17 ± 4 | 19 ± 7 | 19 ± 7 | 43 ± 20 |
Chao 2 ± SD | 17 ± 7 | 20 ± 7 | 31 ± 18 | 14 ± 2 | 19 ± 4 | 48 ± 21 |
Jackknife 1 ± SD | 16 ± 3 | 19 ± 3 | 21 ± 2 | 17 ± 2 | 20 ± 2 | 35 ± 3 |
Jackknife 2 | 18 | 21 | 27 | 16 | 21 | 43 |
Sampling completeness | 73% | 78% | 76% | 68% | 79% | 53% |
Variable | df1, df2 | F | p |
---|---|---|---|
Forest type | 2, 47 | 5.839 | 0.005 |
Managed/Primeval | 1, 47 | 9.487 | 0.003 |
Sampling date | 9, 47 | 1.931 | 0.070 |
Random effect | Estimate ± SE | Z | p |
Plot | 0.001 ± 0.014 | 0.077 | 0.939 |
Variable | df1, df2 | F | p |
---|---|---|---|
Forest type | 2, 47 | 3.485 | 0.039 |
Managed/Primeval | 1, 47 | 0.308 | 0.582 |
Sampling date | 9, 47 | 1.802 | 0.093 |
Random effect | Estimate ± SE | Z | p |
Plot | 2.027 ± 15.474 | 0.131 | 0.896 |
Variable | df1, df2 | F | p |
---|---|---|---|
Forest type | 2, 47 | 0.852 | 0.433 |
Managed/Primeval | 1, 47 | 0.530 | 0.470 |
Sampling date | 9, 47 | 77.632 | <0.001 |
Random effect | Estimate ± SE | Z | p |
Plot | 0.165 ± 0.169 | 0.976 | 0.329 |
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Stańska, M.; Stański, T.; Bartos, M. Spider Assemblages of Tree Branches in Managed and Primeval Deciduous Stands of the Białowieża Forest. Forests 2022, 13, 5. https://doi.org/10.3390/f13010005
Stańska M, Stański T, Bartos M. Spider Assemblages of Tree Branches in Managed and Primeval Deciduous Stands of the Białowieża Forest. Forests. 2022; 13(1):5. https://doi.org/10.3390/f13010005
Chicago/Turabian StyleStańska, Marzena, Tomasz Stański, and Maciej Bartos. 2022. "Spider Assemblages of Tree Branches in Managed and Primeval Deciduous Stands of the Białowieża Forest" Forests 13, no. 1: 5. https://doi.org/10.3390/f13010005
APA StyleStańska, M., Stański, T., & Bartos, M. (2022). Spider Assemblages of Tree Branches in Managed and Primeval Deciduous Stands of the Białowieża Forest. Forests, 13(1), 5. https://doi.org/10.3390/f13010005