Nature Communications (Jun 2020)
Extreme rainfall events alter the trophic structure in bromeliad tanks across the Neotropics
- Gustavo Q. Romero,
- Nicholas A. C. Marino,
- A. Andrew M. MacDonald,
- Régis Céréghino,
- M. Kurtis Trzcinski,
- Dimaris Acosta Mercado,
- Céline Leroy,
- Bruno Corbara,
- Vinicius F. Farjalla,
- Ignacio M. Barberis,
- Olivier Dézerald,
- Edd Hammill,
- Trisha B. Atwood,
- Gustavo C. O. Piccoli,
- Fabiola Ospina Bautista,
- Jean-François Carrias,
- Juliana S. Leal,
- Guillermo Montero,
- Pablo A. P. Antiqueira,
- Rodrigo Freire,
- Emilio Realpe,
- Sarah L. Amundrud,
- Paula M. de Omena,
- Alice B. A. Campos,
- Pavel Kratina,
- Eoin J. O’Gorman,
- Diane S. Srivastava
Affiliations
- Gustavo Q. Romero
- Laboratory of Multitrophic Interactions and Biodiversity, Department of Animal Biology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (UNICAMP)
- Nicholas A. C. Marino
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), CP 68020
- A. Andrew M. MacDonald
- Centre for the Synthesis and Analysis of Biodiversity (CESAB-FRB)
- Régis Céréghino
- Laboratoire Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Environnement, Université de Toulouse, CNRS
- M. Kurtis Trzcinski
- Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia
- Dimaris Acosta Mercado
- Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico - Mayagüez Campus
- Céline Leroy
- AMAP, Univ. Montpellier, CIRAD, CNRS, INRAE, IRD
- Bruno Corbara
- Université Clermont-Auvergne, CNRS, LMGE (Laboratoire Microorganismes: Génome et Environnement)
- Vinicius F. Farjalla
- Departamento de Ecologia, Instituto de Biologia, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, PO Box 68020
- Ignacio M. Barberis
- Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias Agrarias de Rosario, IICAR-CONICET-UNR, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, S2125ZAA
- Olivier Dézerald
- ESE, Ecology and Ecosystem Health, INRAE, Agrocampus Ouest
- Edd Hammill
- Department of Watershed Sciences and the Ecology Center, Utah State University
- Trisha B. Atwood
- Department of Watershed Sciences and the Ecology Center, Utah State University
- Gustavo C. O. Piccoli
- Department of Zoology and Botany, University of São Paulo State (UNESP/IBILCE). 15054 - 000
- Fabiola Ospina Bautista
- Departmento de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de los Andes
- Jean-François Carrias
- Université Clermont-Auvergne, CNRS, LMGE (Laboratoire Microorganismes: Génome et Environnement)
- Juliana S. Leal
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), CP 68020
- Guillermo Montero
- Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias Agrarias de Rosario, IICAR-CONICET-UNR, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, S2125ZAA
- Pablo A. P. Antiqueira
- Laboratory of Multitrophic Interactions and Biodiversity, Department of Animal Biology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (UNICAMP)
- Rodrigo Freire
- Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias Agrarias de Rosario, IICAR-CONICET-UNR, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, S2125ZAA
- Emilio Realpe
- Departmento de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de los Andes
- Sarah L. Amundrud
- Department of Zoology & Biodiversity Research Centre, University of British Columbia
- Paula M. de Omena
- Laboratory of Multitrophic Interactions and Biodiversity, Department of Animal Biology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (UNICAMP)
- Alice B. A. Campos
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), CP 68020
- Pavel Kratina
- Queen Mary University of London, School of Biological and Chemical Sciences
- Eoin J. O’Gorman
- School of Life Sciences, University of Essex
- Diane S. Srivastava
- Department of Zoology & Biodiversity Research Centre, University of British Columbia
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17036-4
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 11,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 8
Abstract
The amount and frequency of rainfall structures aquatic food webs. Here the authors show that in tropical tank bromeliads, lower trophic levels are more abundant in stable rainfall conditions, while biomass pyramids are inverted in conditions with periodic droughts.
