Grassland Degradation Changes the Complexity of Ant-Hemipteran-Plant Tritrophic Mutualisms.

Yuanyuan Feng, Yuxiao Zhang, Xiaoqian Yu, Meng Cui, Wesley Dáttilo, Yingzhi Gao

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Yuanyuan FengKey Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology, Ministry of Education, State Environmental Protection, Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Vegetation Restoration, Institute of Grassland Science, Northeast Normal University, Jilin Songnen Grassland Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, Changchun 130024, China.

Yuxiao ZhangKey Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology, Ministry of Education, State Environmental Protection, Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Vegetation Restoration, Institute of Grassland Science, Northeast Normal University, Jilin Songnen Grassland Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, Changchun 130024, China.

Xiaoqian YuKey Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology, Ministry of Education, State Environmental Protection, Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Vegetation Restoration, Institute of Grassland Science, Northeast Normal University, Jilin Songnen Grassland Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, Changchun 130024, China.

Meng CuiCollege of Grassland Science, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot 010011, China.

Wesley DáttiloRed de Ecoetología, Instituto de Ecología AC, Xalapa CP 91073, Veracruz, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0002-4758-4379

Yingzhi GaoKey Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology, Ministry of Education, State Environmental Protection, Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Vegetation Restoration, Institute of Grassland Science, Northeast Normal University, Jilin Songnen Grassland Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, Changchun 130024, China.

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National Natural Science Foundation of China 32371774National Natural Science Foundation of China W2412123

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Abstract

Ants, plants, and hemipterans in tritrophic mutualisms represent closer approximations to real ecosystems compared to twofold mutualisms, playing a critical role in ecosystem functioning. Although habitat degradation is a useful framework for investigating the stability of mutualisms, few studies have focused on such mutualistic interactions in degraded grassland. In this study, we conducted both a field and a greenhouse experiment to assess the effect of grassland degradation on the organization of ant-plant networks and ant-hemipteran-plant tritrophic interactions in the light and severely degraded grassland of Songnen Plain, China. In general, we found that severe degradation of grassland changed the spatial distribution pattern of ant-plant networks from uniform to aggregation and increased the species diversity within these networks and facilitated the

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ant-hemipteran-plantgrassland degradationmutualism mechanismsroottritrophic mutualisms

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PMID42357195

DOI10.3390/plants15121876

PMCPMC13306811

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