The successional pathway of the tree community and how it shapes the fruit-feeding butterfly community in an Afrotropical forest

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dc.contributor.authorValtonen, Anu
dc.contributor.authorMalinga, Geoffrey M.
dc.contributor.authorNyafwono, Margaret
dc.contributor.authorNyeko, Philip
dc.contributor.authorOwiny, Arthur
dc.contributor.authorRoininen, Heikki
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-11T19:07:44Z
dc.date.available2022-12-11T19:07:44Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractThe relative importance of different bottom-up-mediated effects in shaping insect communities in tropical secondary forests are poorly understood. Here, we explore the roles of vegetation structure, forest age, local topography (valley vs. hill top) and soil variables in predicting fruit-feeding butterfly and tree community composition, and tree community composition in predicting fruit-feeding butterfly community composition, in different-aged naturally regenerating and primary forests ofKibaleNational Park, Uganda.Wealso examinewhich variables are best predictors of fruit-feeding butterfly species richness or diversity. Butterflies (88 species) were sampled with a banana-baited trap and trees (98 taxa) with a 40 × 20-m sampling plot at 80 sampling sites. The environmental variables explained 31% of the variation in the tree community composition, the best predictors being local topography, forest age and cover of Acanthus pubescens (a shrub possibly arresting succession). The fruit-feeding butterfly community composition was better predicted by tree community composition (explaining 10% of the variation) rather than vegetation structure, local topography or soil factors. Environmental variables and tree species richness (or diversity) were poor predictors of butterfly species richness (or diversity). Our results emphasize the importance of tree community to recovery of herbivorous insect communities in tropical secondary forests.en_US
dc.identifier.citationValtonen, A., Malinga, G. M., Nyafwono, M., Nyeko, P., Owiny, A., & Roininen, H. (2017). The successional pathway of the tree community and how it shapes the fruit-feeding butterfly community in an Afrotropical forest. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 33(1), 12-21. doi:10.1017/S0266467416000560en_US
dc.identifier.other10.1017/S0266467416000560
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/6194
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJournal of Tropical Ecologyen_US
dc.subjectCommunity compositionen_US
dc.subjectDiversityen_US
dc.subjectForest regenerationen_US
dc.subjectLepidopteraen_US
dc.subjectSecondary foresten_US
dc.titleThe successional pathway of the tree community and how it shapes the fruit-feeding butterfly community in an Afrotropical foresten_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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