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Prof. Dr. Alexandra-Maria Klein
phone:+49 (0)761 203-67770

alexandra.kleinatnature.uni-freiburg.de

 


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BEF-China - Multi-Troph

 

Multi-Trophic interactions in a forest biodiversity experiment in China

 

 SP4: Linking cavity-nesting bee and wasp food webs to other trophic interactions 

 

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Team:

Prof. Alexandra-Maria Klein               

Dr. Felix Fornoff

Dr. Finn Rehling

PhD student Massimo Martini

Dr. Manuela Sann (Universität Hohenheim)

Cooperation partner:
 

Prof. Dr. Chao-Dong Zhu

(Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China)

Project duration:

October 2022 - September 2026

Funding:

DFG RU FOR 5281

Subproject 4

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The Research Unit MultiTroph is part of the Biodiversity-Ecosystem Functioning China (BEF-China) research platform. The platform was established in 2008 by Chinese, German and Swiss researchers and comprises the worldwide largest tree diversity experiment. MultiTroph aims to identify mechanisms underlying the relationships between biodiversity and ecosystem functions across different trophic interactions along the experimental tree diversity gradient of BEF-China. The ultimate goal is to connect the different interaction types to large food webs in the context of tree diversity loss.

In Subproject 4 we will generate and analyze interaction networks of cavity-nesting bees and wasps including their food resources and natural enemies using DNA barcoding and metabarcoding approaches. We will use reed nests and layer nests to continue our long-term monitoring of trophic networks with direct feeding observations. Furthermore, we will build up a reliable DNA barcoding approach, that serves as the basis to establish high-resolution metabarcoding of cavity-nesting Hymenoptera food webs.

 

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Sampling methods and studied trophic levels and interactions in the three WPs.

a) Three different nests for cavity-nesting Hymenoptera will be used: Reed nests in WP1, layer nest for easy access of nest content and subsequent food resource identification using barcoding in WP2, wood nests with drilled cavities to simulate dead wood at the ground, lower trunk and canopy with and without ant exclusion in WP3.

b) Sampling design of WP1 at the 300 core plots and of WP2 and WP3 at the 64 VIP plots.

c) Multi-trophic interactions: WP2 will access four trophic levels, while WP1 will study the highest trophic levels with parasitoid-host interactions and WP3 provides the link to dead wood decomposition.


 
Lissabon, 12. - 16. Februar
 
"Tropical ecosystems in a fast-changing planet"
 
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Session & Chairs
Multi-trophic interactions in tropical forests and agro-forestry systems

"Multi-trophic networks in tropical forests"

Chair: Dr. Finn Rehling, Prof. Dr. Heike Feldhaar


Session 11-O12 - Biodiversity, biotic interactions and functioning
Talk:
Finn Rehling, Jing-Ting Chen, Matteo Dadda, Xianglu Deng, Heike Feldhaar, Felix Fornoff, Massimo Martini, Xiaoyu Shi, Liu Xiaojuan5, Chao-Dong Zhu, Alexandra-Maria Klein
 
"Animal carrion decomposition and decomposers are influenced by canopy cover, topography, ants and tree species richness in a subtropical forest biodiversity experiment"

Session 2-O6 - Cutting-edge biomonitoring in the tropics
Talk:
Massimo Martini, Felix Fornoff, Manuela Sann, Arong Luo, Jingting Chen, Michael Orr, Chao-Dong Zhu, Alexandra-Maria Klein

"Using DNA barcoding to resolve quantitative multi-trophic interaction network response to tree identity"

 

July 2023, Massimo Martini inspects the wood nest blocks in the study area China
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Multi Troph - Kick off meeting 03/27 - 03/31 2023