Canopy invertebrate responses to Hurricane Hugo
Abstract:
Five tree species in 1991, six during 1992-1995, were selected to represent early and late successional forests at El Verde. These trees were sampled in both gap and non-gap plots resulting from Hurricane Hugo.
Methods:
A long-handled insect net with closeable plastic bag was used to collect foliage-bearing branches up to 10-12 m heights in gap and non-gap plots, within a 15 m radius around the points identified above. Bags were sealed until invertebrates could be sorted. Invertebrates were counted by phenotype; foliage was pressed, dried, weighed, and measured for leaf area missing as a result of herbivory.
| Variable | Definition |
|---|---|
| Climdb-like date (in YYYYMMDD) | Climdb-like date (YYYYMMDD) |
| Block (1-6) | Block; representing the location of the plot in one of 6 selected plots Block; representing the location of the plot in one of 6 selected plots |
| Treatment (G gap; U non-gap) | Treatment; represented in regard to the canopy cover in the block |
| tree species (DACR tabonuco; SLOA Sloanea; MANI Manilkara; CECR Cecropia; CASE Casearia; PRES Prestoea) | tree species (DACR tabonuco; SLOA Sloanea; MANI Manilkara; CECR Cecropia; CASE Casearia; PRES Prestoea) |
| Foliage weight | Foliage weight: Foliage dry weight in grams; used to standardize invertebrate abundances (number/gram foliage). The values for the 1991 to 2007 data varies roughly 1.5 to 40 g. |
| Leaf area missing (%) | Leaf area missing (%): Percentage leaf area missing; as an indication of herbivore effect on LAI. |
| Gryllid; large; brown | Number of individuals of Gryllid; large; brown invertebrate morphotype |
| Gryllid; Cyrtoxipha gundlachi (Orthopeda) (tree cricket) | Number of individuals of Gryllid; Cyrtoxipha gundlachi (Orthopeda) (tree cricket) invertebrate morphotype |
| Phasmid; | Number of individuals of Phasmid invertebrate morphotype |
| Chrysolmelid | Number of individuals of Chrysolmelid invertebrate morphotype |
| Lepidoptera 1 | Number of individuals of Lepidoptera 1 invertebrate morphotype |
| Lepidoptera 2 (Pyralid?) | Number of individuals of Lepidoptera 2 (Pyralid?) invertebrate morphotype |
| Lepidoptera 3 | Number of individuals of Lepidoptera 3 invertebrate morphotype |
| Moth of the Lepidoptera family | Number of individuals of Moth of the Lepidoptera family invertebrate morphotype |
| Geometrid | Number of individuals of Geometrid invertebrate morphotype |
| Derbid; Dawnaria | Number of individuals of Derbid; Dawnaria invertebrate morphotype |
| Delphacid | Number of individuals of Delphacid invertebrate morphotype |
| Pseudoflatoides | Number of individuals of Pseudoflatoides invertebrate morphotype |
| Aphid | Number of individuals of Aphid invertebrate morphotype |
| Tropiduchid | Number of individuals of Tropiduchid invertebrate morphotype |
| Membracid | Number of individuals of Membracid invertebrate morphotype |
| Flatid; Petrusa | Number of individuals of Flatid; Petrusa invertebrate morphotype |
| Cixiid 1 | Number of individuals of Cixiid 1 invertebrate morphotype |
| Cicadellid | Number of individuals of Cicadellid invertebrate morphotype |
| Psyllid | Number of individuals of Psyllid invertebrate morphotype |
| Scale; Vinsonia stellifera | Number of individuals of Scale; Vinsonia stellifera invertebrate morphotype |
| Scale; long; brown | Number of individuals of Scale; long; brown invertebrate morphotype |
| Scale; hemispherical | Number of individuals of Scale; hemispherical invertebrate morphotype |
| Scale; flat; round | Number of individuals of Scale; flat; round invertebrate morphotype |
| Mirid | Number of individuals of Mirid invertebrate morphotype |
| Cixiid 2 | Number of individuals of Cixiid 2 invertebrate morphotype |
| Blattid 1 | Number of individuals of Blattid 1 invertebrate morphotype |
| Blattid 2; beetle-like | Number of individuals of Blattid 2; beetle-like invertebrate morphotype |
| Oribatid 3 | Number of individuals of Oribatid 3 invertebrate morphotype |
| Collembola | Number of individuals of Collembola invertebrate morphotype |
| Psocoptera | Number of individuals of Psocoptera invertebrate morphotype |
| Clambid beetle | Number of individuals of Clambid beetle invertebrate morphotype |
| Oribatid 1; like Camisia | Number of individuals of Oribatid 1; like Camisia invertebrate morphotype |
| Oribatid 2; like Opiella | Number of individuals of Oribatid 2; like Opiella invertebrate morphotype |
| Uropodid mite | Number of individuals of Uropodid mite invertebrate morphotype |
| Anthocorid | Number of individuals of Anthocorid invertebrate morphotype |
| Coniopterygid | Number of individuals of Coniopterygid invertebrate morphotype |
| Ant; brown and yellow | Number of individuals of Ant; brown and yellow invertebrate morphotype |
| Ant; yellow | Number of individuals of Ant; yellow invertebrate morphotype |
| Hemerobiid | Number of individuals of Hemerobiid invertebrate morphotype |
| Lampyrid | Number of individuals of Lampyrid invertebrate morphotype |
| Crab Spider - Thomisdae | Number of individuals of Crab Spider - Thomisdae invertebrate morphotype |
| Spider; cream; long-legged (Pholcid; Modisimus) | Number of individuals of Spider; cream; long-legged (Pholcid; Modisimus) invertebrate morphotype |
| Salticid spider (Gr Lyssomanes portoricensis) | Number of individuals of Salticid spider (Gr Lyssomanes portoricensis) invertebrate morphotype |
| Spider 1 (yellow; Therid) | Number of individuals of Spider 1 (yellow; Therid) invertebrate morphotype |
| Argiopid (stellata?) | Number of individuals of Argiopid (stellata?) invertebrate morphotype |
| Spiders; miscellaneous | Number of individuals of Spiders; miscellaneous invertebrate morphotype |
| Hemiptera 1; cream; red-eyed (Itacoris) | Number of individuals of Hemiptera 1; cream; red-eyed (Itacoris) invertebrate morphotype |
| Number of individuals of Phymatid | Number of individuals of Phymatid |
| Coccinellid (small blue is Zilus) | Number of individuals of Coccinellid (small blue is Zilus) invertebrate morphotype |
| Platygasterid | Number of individuals of Platygasterid invertebrate morphotype |
| Perilampid | Number of individuals of Perilampid invertebrate morphotype |
| Pteromalid | Number of individuals of Pteromalid invertebrate morphotype |
| Diapriid | Number of individuals of Diapriid invertebrate morphotype |
| Braconid | Number of individuals of Braconid invertebrate morphotype |
| Bdellid mite | Number of individuals of Bdellid mite invertebrate morphotype |
| Erythraeid mite | Number of individuals of Erythraeid mite invertebrate morphotype |
| Pseudoscorpion | Number of individuals of Pseudoscorpion invertebrate morphotype |
| Opilionid | Number of individuals of Opilionid invertebrate morphotype |
| Chironomid | Number of individuals of Chironomid invertebrate morphotype |
| Thrips | Number of individuals of Thrips invertebrate morphotype |
| Trichoptera | Number of individuals of Trichoptera invertebrate morphotype |
| Staphylinid | Number of individuals of Staphylinid invertebrate morphotype |
| Aleyrodid | Number of individuals of Aleyrodid invertebrate morphotype |
| Molluscs | Number of individuals of Molluscs invertebrate morphotype |
| Miscellaneous beetles | Number of individuals of Miscellaneous beetles invertebrate morphotype |
| Miscellaneous flies | Number of individuals of Miscellaneous flies invertebrate morphotype |
| misc. insect | Number of individuals of misc. insect invertebrate morphotype |
| Phymatid | Number of individuals of Phymatid invertebrate morphotype |
| Tettigoniid | Number of individuals of Tettigoniid invertebrate morphotype |
| Cixiid 3 | Number of individuals of Cixiid 3 invertebrate morphotype |
| Cixiid 4 | Number of individuals of Cixiid 4 invertebrate morphotype |
| Curculionid (small; long snout) | Number of individuals of Curculionid (small; long snout) invertebrate morphotype |
| Curculionid (short snout) | Number of individuals of Curculionid (short snout) invertebrate morphotype |
| mealybug (Cryptolaemus montrouzieri?) | Number of individuals of mealybug (Cryptolaemus montrouzieri?) invertebrate morphotype |
| bark scale | Number of individuals of bark scale invertebrate morphotype |
| Sibovea | Number of individuals of Sibovea invertebrate morphotype |
| Achilid | Number of individuals of Achilid invertebrate morphotype |
| Cucujid | Number of individuals of Cucujid invertebrate morphotype |
| Polybinewasp | Number of individuals of Polybinewasp invertebrate morphotype |
| Mycetophilid | Number of individuals of Mycetophilid invertebrate morphotype |
| Melandryid | Number of individuals of Melandryid invertebrate morphotype |
| black flatid | Number of individuals of black flatid invertebrate morphotype |
| Arctiid | Number of individuals of Arctiid invertebrate morphotype |
| Lycosid spider | Number of individuals of Lycosid spider invertebrate morphotype |
| Cantharid | Number of individuals of Cantharid invertebrate morphotype |
| Buprestid | Number of individuals of Buprestid invertebrate morphotype |
| (add to MELA) | Number of individuals of (add to MELA) invertebrate morphotype |
| Scolytid | Number of individuals of Scolytid invertebrate morphotype |
| Culicid | Number of individuals of Culicid invertebrate morphotype |
| Pompilid wasp | Number of individuals of Pompilid wasp invertebrate morphotype |
| large cream leaftier (tortricid?) | Number of individuals of large cream leaftier (tortricid?) invertebrate morphotype |
| white waxy scale | Number of individuals of white waxy scale invertebrate morphotype |
| Reduviid | Number of individuals of Reduviid invertebrate morphotype |
| ichneumonid | Number of individuals of ichneumonid invertebrate morphotype |
| Myrmarid | Number of individuals of Myrmarid invertebrate morphotype |
| corylophid | Number of individuals of corylophid invertebrate morphotype |
| Acanoloniid | Number of individuals of Acanoloniid invertebrate morphotype |
| Kinnarid | Number of individuals of Kinnarid invertebrate morphotype |
| misc. ants | Number of individuals of misc. ants invertebrate morphotype |
| Ceratopogonid | Number of individuals of Ceratopogonid invertebrate morphotype |
| Geocoris | Number of individuals of Geocoris invertebrate morphotype |
| Chrysopid | Number of individuals of Chrysopid invertebrate morphotype |
| Pyemotid mite | Number of individuals of Pyemotid mite invertebrate morphotype |
| Sciarid | Number of individuals of Sciarid invertebrate morphotype |
| Galumnid (pterymorph) mite | Number of individuals of Galumnid (pterymorph) mite invertebrate morphotype |
| Hesperiid | Number of individuals of Hesperiid invertebrate morphotype |
| black flat scale | Number of individuals of black flat scale invertebrate morphotype |
| Tipulid | Number of individuals of Tipulid invertebrate morphotype |
| dolichopodid | Number of individuals of dolichopodid invertebrate morphotype |
| psychodid | Number of individuals of psychodid invertebrate morphotype |
| Fulgorid | Number of individuals of Fulgorid invertebrate morphotype |
| tephritid and drosophilid | Number of individuals of tephritid and drosophilid invertebrate morphotype |
| chalcidoid | Number of individuals of chalcidoid invertebrate morphotype |
| eucnemid (looks like elaterid) | Number of individuals of eucnemid (looks like elaterid) invertebrate morphotype |
| clerid | Number of individuals of clerid invertebrate morphotype |
| tenebrionid | Number of individuals of tenebrionid invertebrate morphotype |
| coreid | Number of individuals of coreid invertebrate morphotype |
| nanorchestes mite | Number of individuals of nanorchestes mite invertebrate morphotype |
| miscellaneous curculionids | Number of individuals of miscellaneous curculionids invertebrate morphotype |
| curculionids larvae | Number of individuals of curculionids larvae invertebrate morphotype |
| plecoptera | Number of individuals of plecoptera invertebrate morphotype |
| podocinidmite | Number of individuals of podocinidmite invertebrate morphotype |
| anobiid | Number of individuals of anobiid invertebrate morphotype |
| euglenid | Number of individuals of euglenid invertebrate morphotype |
| casebearing Lepidoptera | Number of individuals of casebearing Lepidoptera invertebrate morphotype |
| Scale? | Number of individuals of Scale? invertebrate morphotype |
| Dermestid | Number of individuals of Dermestid invertebrate morphotype |
| termites | Number of individuals of termites invertebrate morphotype |
| anyphaenid spiders | Number of individuals of anyphaenid spiders invertebrate morphotype |
| Homoptera | Number of individuals of (Homoptera) invertebrate morphotype |
| lygus | Number of individuals of LYGUS invertebrate morphotype |
| encyrtid wasp | Number of individuals of encyrtid wasp invertebrate morphotype |
| lathridiid | Number of individuals of lathridiid invertebrate morphotype |
| Number of individuals of TYDEID invertebrate morphotype | |
| phytoseiid mite | Number of individuals of phytoseiid mite invertebrate morphotype |
| cecidomyiid | Number of individuals of cecidomyiid invertebrate morphotype |
| dark red oribatid | Number of individuals of dark red oribatid invertebrate morphotype |
| casebearing Coleoptera | Number of individuals of casebearing Coleoptera invertebrate morphotype |
| Scapheremaeus | Number of individuals of Scapheremaeus invertebrate morphotype |
| Klapperiches mite | Number of individuals of Klapperiches mite invertebrate morphotype |
| Miagramopes (stick) spider | Number of individuals of Miagramopes (stick) spider invertebrate morphotype |
| Platyliodes oribatid | Number of individuals of Platyliodes oribatid invertebrate morphotype |
| (Colydiid beetle) | Number of individuals of (Colydiid beetle) invertebrate morphotype |
| Nitidulid beetle | Number of individuals of Nitidulid beetle invertebrate morphotype |
| Jugatala oribatid | Number of individuals of Jugatala oribatid invertebrate morphotype |
| Mantispa mantisfly | Number of individuals of Mantispa mantisfly invertebrate morphotype |
| Cerambycid (Distenia) | Number of individuals of Cerambycid (Distenia) invertebrate morphotype |
| Graycricket (Larupa) | Number of individuals of Graycricket (Larupa) invertebrate morphotype |
| Linyphiid spiders | Number of individuals of Linyphiid spiders invertebrate morphotype |
| Lygaeids | Number of individuals of Lygaeids invertebrate morphotype |
| Micropezidfly (whitegloves) | Number of individuals of Micropezidfly (whitegloves) invertebrate morphotype |
| (Oystershell) | Number of individuals of (Oystershell) invertebrate morphotype |
| (Syrphid) | Number of individuals of (Syrphid) invertebrate morphotype |
| (Salpingid beetles)? | Number of individuals of (Salpingid beetles)? invertebrate morphotype |
| Orange conical scale - inmature Glycaspis brimblecombei Moore (Homoptera: Psyllidae) | Number of individuals of Orange conical scale - inmature Glycaspis brimblecombei Moore (Homoptera: Psyllidae) invertebrate morphotype |
| ISSID | Number of individuals of ISSID invertebrate morphotype |
| (moth-like psocopteran) | Number of individuals of (moth-like psocopteran) invertebrate morphotype |
| DER2 | Number of individuals of DER2 invertebrate morphotype |
| shield-back grasshopper | Number of individuals of shield-back grasshopper invertebrate morphotype |
| (bulbous oribatid) | Number of individuals of (bulbous oribatid) invertebrate morphotype |
| (Cixiid 5) | Number of individuals of (Cixiid 5) invertebrate morphotype |
| (Cercopid) | Number of individuals of (Cercopid) invertebrate morphotype |
| (Green;Theridion antillanum) | Number of individuals of (Green;Theridion antillanum) invertebrate morphotype |
| (Nemotodes) | Number of individuals of (Nemotodes) invertebrate morphotype |
| (Berytids) | Number of individuals of (Berytids) invertebrate morphotype |
| curculionids species? | Number of individuals of curculionids species? invertebrate morphotype |
| (Sphingid) | Number of individuals of (Sphingid) invertebrate morphotype |
| (Pentatomid) | Number of individuals of (Pentatomid) invertebrate morphotype |
| (Rhagidiidfly) | Number of individuals of (Rhagidiidfly) invertebrate morphotype |
| (Phoridfly) | Number of individuals of (Phoridfly) invertebrate morphotype |
| (Melyrid beetle) | Number of individuals of (Melyrid beetle) invertebrate morphotype |
