Eur. J. Entomol. 102 (1): 39-46, 2005 | DOI: 10.14411/eje.2005.006

Abundance of mycophagous arthropods present on different species of fungi in relation to resource abundance at different spatial scales

Kazuo H. TAKAHASHI*,1, Nobuko TUNO2, Takashi KAGAYA1
1 Laboratory of Forest Zoology, Department of Forest Science, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1, Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan
2 Department of Vector Ecology and Environment, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, 852-8523, Japan

The abundance of Coleoptera, Diptera and Collembola on different species of fungi was investigated in relation to the size and abundance of fungal resources at different spatial scales; i.e., the size of the fungal fruiting body, the quality of resource in terms of number of conspecific sporophores growing within a radius of 50 cm, crowding of the clumps of fruiting bodies, and the quality of resource within a plot (20 m × 30 m). Multiple linear regression analyses showed that the influential spatial scale varied among the arthropod orders. The amount of resource at the scale of a clump made a significant contribution to the abundance of Coleoptera, and the fruiting body size significantly affected the abundance of Diptera on each fungal species. Collembolan abundance was significantly affected by the crowding of the clumps of fruiting bodies and the number of fruiting bodies per plot. These results suggest that the spatial distribution of fungal fruiting bodies may determine whether they are selected by arthropods visited.

Keywords: Host selection, fungi, fungus-visiting arthropods, spatial scale

Received: March 26, 2004; Revised: September 22, 2004; Accepted: October 18, 2004; Published: March 25, 2005  Show citation

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TAKAHASHI, K.H., TUNO, N., & KAGAYA, T. (2005). Abundance of mycophagous arthropods present on different species of fungi in relation to resource abundance at different spatial scales. EJE, 102(1), 39-46. doi: 10.14411/eje.2005.006
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