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Population fluctuations of light-attracted chrysomelid beetles in relation to supra-annual environmental changes in a Bornean rainforest

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 October 2008

K. Kishimoto-Yamada ,
T. Itioka ,
S. Sakai ,
K. Momose ,
T. Nagamitsu ,
H. Kaliang ,
P. Meleng ,
L. Chong ,
A.A. Hamid Karim  and
S. Yamane
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K. Kishimoto-Yamada*
Affiliation:
Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Yoshida Nihonmatsu-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
T. Itioka
Affiliation:
Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Yoshida Nihonmatsu-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
S. Sakai
Affiliation:
Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University, Otsu, Shiga 520-2113, Japan
K. Momose
Affiliation:
Department of Forest Resources, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Ehime 790-8566, Japan
T. Nagamitsu
Affiliation:
Hokkaido Research Center, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Hitsujigaoka 7, Toyohira-ku, Sapporo 062-8516, Japan
H. Kaliang
Affiliation:
Forest Research Centre, Sarawak Forestry Corporation, Batu 6, Jalan Penrissen, 93250 Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
P. Meleng
Affiliation:
Forest Research Centre, Sarawak Forestry Corporation, Batu 6, Jalan Penrissen, 93250 Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
L. Chong
Affiliation:
Forest Research Centre, Sarawak Forestry Corporation, Batu 6, Jalan Penrissen, 93250 Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
A.A. Hamid Karim
Affiliation:
Forest Research Centre, Sarawak Forestry Corporation, Batu 6, Jalan Penrissen, 93250 Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
S. Yamane
Affiliation:
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, 890-0065, Japan
M. Kato
Affiliation:
Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Yoshida Nihonmatsu-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
C.A.M. Reid
Affiliation:
Entomology, Australian Museum, 6 College Street, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia
T. Nakashizuka
Affiliation:
Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
T. Inoue
Affiliation:
Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University, Otsu, Shiga 520-2113, Japan
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*Author for correspondence Fax: +81-75-707-2507 E-mail: kky_kei@yahoo.co.jp
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Abstract

In Southeast Asian tropical rainforests, two events, severe droughts associated with the El Niño-Southern Oscillation and general flowering, a type of community-wide mass flowering, occur at irregular, supra-annual intervals. The relationship between these two supra-annual events and patterns of insect population fluctuations has yet to be clearly elucidated. Leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae) are major herbivores and flower-visitors of canopy trees, affecting their growth and reproduction and, in turn, affected by tree phenology; but their population fluctuations in the Southeast Asian tropics have not been extensively investigated. We examined population fluctuation patterns of the 34 most dominant chrysomelid species in relation to the two supra-annual events by conducting monthly light-trapping over seven years in a lowland dipterocarp forest in Borneo. Our results showed large community variation in population fluctuation patterns and a supra-annual (between-year) variation in abundance for most of the dominant chrysomelids that was significantly larger than the annual (within-year) variation. Specifically, in response to a severe drought in 1998, chrysomelid species exhibited different population responses. These results show that population fluctuations of individual species, rather than the entire assemblage, must be analyzed to determine the effects of changes in environmental conditions on the structure of insect assemblages in the tropics, especially in regions where supra-annual environmental changes are relatively more important than seasonal changes.

Keywords

ColeopteradroughtEl Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO)general floweringlowland dipterocarp forestSoutheast Asian tropics
Type
Research Paper
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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 99 , Issue 3 , June 2009 , pp. 217 - 227
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Copyright © 2008 Cambridge University Press

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