The effect of prey availability on spider assemblages on European black pine (Pinus nigra) bark: spatial patterns and guild structure

Both habitat structural complexity and prey availability can influence the density and diversity of spider assemblages. We studied whether prey availability affects spider assemblages living on the bark of European black pine (Pinus nigra Arnold) in six localities in Hungary. We found both positive and negative relationships between spider and prey assemblages in a sample of 1290 spiders and 24 186 potential prey when among-locality variation in spider assemblages was controlled for. Species richness, number of individuals, and diversity of spiders increased with either the number of prey taxa or the number of prey individuals in a forest in western Hungary. Spider species richness and number of individuals increased with prey diversity but decreased with number of prey taxa in moderately air-polluted urban localities. There was a negative relationship between number of spider individuals and number of prey individuals in a heavily polluted urban locality. Numbers of nocturnal hunters but not diurnal hunters or web-builders increased with the number of their respective prey in the forest in western Hungary and in the moderately air-polluted urban localities. The number of exclusive bark-dwelling spiders increased with the number of prey individuals in forests in eastern Hungary and decreased with the number of prey individuals in the polluted urban locality. We suggest that patterns of spider assemblages can be influenced by prey availability and that other factors (e.g., habitat structural diversity and air pollution) also need to be considered in explaining these patterns.

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Developmental anatomy and ultrastructure of early somatic embryos in European black pine (Pinus nigra Arn.)

PROTOPLASMA ◽

10.1007/bf01272861 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 185 (3-4) ◽

pp. 205-211 ◽

Cited By ~ 27

Author(s):

J. Jasik ◽

T. Salajova ◽

J. Salaj

Keyword(s):

Somatic Embryos ◽

Pinus Nigra ◽

Black Pine ◽

Developmental Anatomy ◽

Anatomy And Ultrastructure ◽

European Black Pine

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Impact of future climate change on a genetic plantation of hybrid pine

Botany ◽

10.1139/cjb-2015-0014 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 93 (7) ◽

pp. 397-404 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Sophan Chhin

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Pinus Densiflora ◽

Pinus Nigra ◽

Red Pine ◽

Future Climate Change ◽

Black Pine ◽

Moisture Index ◽

Hybrid Pine ◽

Sib Families ◽

European Black Pine

European black pine (Pinus nigra Arnold) and Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora Siebold & Zucc.) are nonnative conifers that have been introduced into the United States and have the ability to hybridize with each other and can potentially become an invasive threat. Interspecific hybridization is an important component of applied genetic tree improvement programs. This study retrospectively examined the influence of climate on interannual growth patterns of 12 full-sib families of hybrid pine that were derived from the hybridization of European black pine and Japanese red pine. The hybrids (Pinus nigra × Pinus densiflora) were initially planted in 1982 in southern mid-Michigan at Michigan State University (MSU) Sandhill Research Area. Tree-ring analysis methods (dendrochronology) were used to quantify the influence of climate (i.e., mean temperature and moisture index) on interannual basal area growth rates of the hybrid pine over an 18 year period (1991–2008). The productivity of the 12 full-sib families of hybrid pine were also projected under future climate change in the 21st century based on the IPCC A1B emission scenario. Climatic sensitivities that were identified in the hybrid pine families included high temperature stress in the summer and fall, moisture stress in the summer, winter harshness, and the timing of the start of the growing season. According to projections, by the end of the 21st century, 8 out of the 12 pine families will show significant decreases in growth outside of the historical norm under the temperature-based dendrochronology models, while 4 families will show significant declines under the moisture index models. The results indicate that the hybrid pine families appear to be generally resilient to future changes in moisture, but will likely be extremely vulnerable to future climatic warming, and thus do not appear to be a future invasive threat. This study represents the first dendrochronological examination of hybrid pine in North America.

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Lluciapomaresius nisae, a new species of Ephippigerini (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Bradyporinae) from the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4221.1.6 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 4221 (1) ◽

pp. 123 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

JOSEP MARIA OLMO-VIDAL

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Iberian Peninsula ◽

Pinus Nigra ◽

Calling Song ◽

Black Pine ◽

Male Calling ◽

Mediterranean Pine ◽

Rosemary Scrub ◽

A New Species ◽

European Black Pine

A new species of the genus Lluciapomaresius Barat, 2012 is described from Serra de Llaberia in Catalonia (in the northeast of Iberian Peninsula). Lluciapomaresius nisae n. sp. was collected in a Mediterranean pine forest dominated by European black pine (Pinus nigra) and secondarily by Calcicolous rosemary scrub. L. nisae is compared to L. panteli (Navàs, 1899) from which it can be separated mainly by the shape of the male cerci, the titillators and the male calling song. Also in the females by the protuberances at the base of the ventral valves of the ovipositor.

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Recent, Late Pleistocene fragmentation shaped the phylogeographic structure of the European black pine (Pinus nigra Arnold)

Tree Genetics & Genomes ◽

10.1007/s11295-019-1381-2 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 15 (5) ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Caroline Scotti-Saintagne ◽

Guia Giovannelli ◽

Ivan Scotti ◽

Anne Roig ◽

Ilaria Spanu ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Late Pleistocene ◽

Pinus Nigra ◽

Phylogeographic Structure ◽

Black Pine ◽

European Black Pine

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Production of particleboards from licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra) and European black pine (Pinus Nigra Arnold) wood particles

Scientific Research and Essays ◽

10.5897/sre2015.6193 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 10 (7) ◽

pp. 273-278 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

GULER Cengiz

Keyword(s):

Pinus Nigra ◽

Glycyrrhiza Glabra ◽

Black Pine ◽

Wood Particles ◽

European Black Pine

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Somatic embryogenesis in European black pine (Pinus nigra Arn.)

Biologia Plantarum ◽

10.1007/bf02925871 ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 34 (3-4) ◽

pp. 213-218 ◽

Cited By ~ 27

Author(s):

T. Salajova ◽

J. Salaj

Keyword(s):

Somatic Embryogenesis ◽

Pinus Nigra ◽

Black Pine ◽

European Black Pine

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The genetic structure of the European black pine (Pinus nigra Arnold) is shaped by its recent Holocene demographic history

10.1101/535591 ◽

2019 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Guia Giovannelli ◽

Caroline Scotti-Saintagne ◽

Ivan Scotti ◽

Anne Roig ◽

Ilaria Spanu ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Genetic Diversity ◽

Genetic Structure ◽

Population Genetic ◽

Spatial Genetic Structure ◽

Demographic History ◽

Pinus Nigra ◽

Forest Tree ◽

Black Pine ◽

Genetic Lineages ◽

European Black Pine

AbstractFragmentation acting over geological times confers wide, biogeographical scale, genetic diversity patterns to species, through demographic and natural selection processes. To test the effects of historical fragmentation on the genetic diversity and differentiation of a major European forest tree and to resolve its demographic history, we describe and model its spatial genetic structure and gene genealogy. We then test which Pleistocene event, whether recent or ancient, could explain its widespread but patchy geographic distribution using population genetic data, environmental data and realistic demographic timed scenarios.The taxon of interest is a conifer forest tree, Pinus nigra (Arnold), the European black pine, whose populations are located in the mountains of southern Europe and North Africa, most frequently at mid-elevation. We used a set of different genetic markers, both neutral and potentially adaptive, and either bi-parentally or paternally inherited, and we sampled natural populations across the entire range of the species. We analysed the data using frequentist population genetic methods as well as Bayesian inference methods to calibrate realistic, demographic timed scenarios.Species with geographically fragmented distribution areas are expected to display strong among-population genetic differentiation and low within-population genetic diversity. Contrary to these expectations, we show that the current diversity of Pinus nigra and its weak genetic spatial structure are best explained as resulting from late Pleistocene or early Holocene fragmentation of one ancestral population into seven genetic lineages, which we found to be the main biogeographical contributors of the natural black pine forests of today. Gene flow among the different lineages is strong across forests and many current populations are admixed between lineages. We propose to modify the currently accepted international nomenclature made of five subspecies and name these seven lineages using regionally accepted subspecies-level names.HighlightsThe European black pine, Pinus nigra (Arnold), has a weak spatial genetic structure.Gene flow among populations is frequent and populations are often of admixed origin.Current genealogies result from recent, late Pleistocene or Holocene events.Seven modern genetic lineages emerged from divergence and demographic contractions.These seven lineages warrant a revision of subspecies taxonomic nomenclature.

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