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Burner RC, Stephan JG, Drag L, Potterf M, Birkemoe T, Siitonen J, Müller J, Ovaskainen O, Sverdrup‐Thygeson A, Snäll T. Alternative measures of trait-niche relationships: A test on dispersal traits in saproxylic beetles. Ecol Evol 2023; 13:e10588. [PMID: 37869428 PMCID: PMC10585442 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.10588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2023] [Revised: 09/11/2023] [Accepted: 09/22/2023] [Indexed: 10/24/2023] Open
Abstract
Functional trait approaches are common in ecology, but a lack of clear hypotheses on how traits relate to environmental gradients (i.e., trait-niche relationships) often makes uncovering mechanisms difficult. Furthermore, measures of community functional structure differ in their implications, yet inferences are seldom compared among metrics. Community-weighted mean trait values (CWMs), a common measure, are largely driven by the most common species and thus do not reflect community-wide trait-niche relationships per se. Alternatively, trait-niche relationships can be estimated across a larger group of species using hierarchical joint species distribution models (JSDMs), quantified by a parameter Γ. We investigated how inferences about trait-niche relationships are affected by the choice of metric. Using deadwood-dependent (saproxylic) beetles in fragmented Finnish forests, we followed a protocol for investigating trait-niche relationships by (1) identifying environmental filters (climate, forest age, and deadwood volume), (2) relating these to an ecological function (dispersal ability), and (3) identifying traits related to this function (wing morphology). We tested 18 hypothesized dispersal relationships using both CWM and Γ estimates across these environmental gradients. CWMs were more likely than Γ to show support for trait-niche relationships. Up to 13% of species' realized niches were explained by dispersal traits, but the directions of effects were consistent with fewer than 11%-39% of our 18 trait-niche hypotheses (depending on the metric used). This highlights the difficulty in connecting morphological traits and ecological functions in insects, despite the clear conceptual link between landscape connectivity and flight-related traits. Caution is thus warranted in hypothesis development, particularly where apparent trait-function links are less clear. Inferences differ when CWMs versus Γ estimates are used, necessitating the choice of a metric that reflects study questions. CWMs help explain the effects of environmental gradients on community trait composition, whereas the effects of traits on species' niches are better estimated using hierarchical JSDMs.
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- Ryan C. Burner
- U.S. Geological SurveyUpper Midwest Environmental Sciences CenterLa CrosseWisconsinUSA
- Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource ManagementNorwegian University of Life SciencesÅsNorway
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- SLU Swedish Species Information CentreSwedish University of Agricultural SciencesUppsalaSweden
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- Field Station Fabrikschleichach, Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, BiocenterUniversity of WürzburgRauhenebrachGermany
- Institute of EntomologyBiology Centre of the Czech Academy of SciencesCeske BudejoviceCzech Republic
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- Department of Life Science SystemsTechnical University of MunichFreisingBavariaGermany
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- Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource ManagementNorwegian University of Life SciencesÅsNorway
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- Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke)HelsinkiFinland
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- Field Station Fabrikschleichach, Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, BiocenterUniversity of WürzburgRauhenebrachGermany
- Bavarian Forest National ParkGrafenauGermany
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- Department of Biological and Environmental ScienceUniversity of JyväskyläJyväskyläFinland
- Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental SciencesUniversity of HelsinkiHelsinkiFinland
- Department of Biology, Centre for Biodiversity DynamicsNorwegian University of Science and TechnologyTrondheimNorway
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- Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource ManagementNorwegian University of Life SciencesÅsNorway
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- SLU Swedish Species Information CentreSwedish University of Agricultural SciencesUppsalaSweden
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Kriegel P, Vogel S, Angeleri R, Baldrian P, Borken W, Bouget C, Brin A, Bussler H, Cocciufa C, Feldmann B, Gossner MM, Haeler E, Hagge J, Hardersen S, Hartmann H, Hjältén J, Kotowska MM, Lachat T, Larrieu L, Leverkus AB, Macagno ALM, Mitesser O, Müller J, Obermaier E, Parisi F, Pelz S, Schuldt B, Seibold S, Stengel E, Sverdrup-Thygeson A, Weisser W, Thorn S. Ambient and substrate energy influence decomposer diversity differentially across trophic levels. Ecol Lett 2023. [PMID: 37156097 DOI: 10.1111/ele.14227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2022] [Revised: 04/06/2023] [Accepted: 04/07/2023] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
Abstract
The species-energy hypothesis predicts increasing biodiversity with increasing energy in ecosystems. Proxies for energy availability are often grouped into ambient energy (i.e., solar radiation) and substrate energy (i.e., non-structural carbohydrates or nutritional content). The relative importance of substrate energy is thought to decrease with increasing trophic level from primary consumers to predators, with reciprocal effects of ambient energy. Yet, empirical tests are lacking. We compiled data on 332,557 deadwood-inhabiting beetles of 901 species reared from wood of 49 tree species across Europe. Using host-phylogeny-controlled models, we show that the relative importance of substrate energy versus ambient energy decreases with increasing trophic levels: the diversity of zoophagous and mycetophagous beetles was determined by ambient energy, while non-structural carbohydrate content in woody tissues determined that of xylophagous beetles. Our study thus overall supports the species-energy hypothesis and specifies that the relative importance of ambient temperature increases with increasing trophic level with opposite effects for substrate energy.
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- Peter Kriegel
- Field Station Fabrikschleichach, Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology (Zoology III), Julius Maximilians University Würzburg, Rauhenebrach, Germany
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- Field Station Fabrikschleichach, Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology (Zoology III), Julius Maximilians University Würzburg, Rauhenebrach, Germany
- Bavarian Environment Agency, Biodiversitätszentrum Rhön, Bischofsheim in der Rhön, Germany
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- School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences HAFL, Bern University of Applied Sciences BFH, Zollikofen, Switzerland
- Institute of Ecology and Evolution IEE - Conservation Biology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Environmental Microbiology, Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Praha 4, Czech Republic
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- Department for Soil Ecology, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
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- French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment INRAE, 'Forest Ecosystems' Research Unit, Nogent-sur-Vernisson, France
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- University of Toulouse, Engineering School of Purpan, UMR 1201 INRAE-INPT DYNAFOR, Toulouse, France
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- Arma dei Carabinieri CUFA, Projects, Conventions, Environmental Education Office, Rome, Italy
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
- Department of Environmental Systems Science, Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences HAFL, Bern University of Applied Sciences BFH, Zollikofen, Switzerland
- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
- Department of Environmental Systems Science, Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
- Department of Forest Growth, Silviculture and Genetics, Federal Research and Training Centre for Forests Natural Hazards and Landscape BFW, Vienna, Austria
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- Forest Nature Conservation, Northwest German Forest Research Institute, Hann. Münden, Germany
- Department for Forest Nature Conservation, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Reparto Carabinieri Biodiversità di Verona, Centro Nazionale Carabinieri Biodiversità "Bosco Fontana", Marmirolo, Italy
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- Department of Biogeochemical Processes, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany
- Julius Kühn Institute (JKI), Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Forest Protection, Quedlinburg, Germany
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- Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Environmental Studies, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Plant Ecology and Ecosystems Research, Georg-August University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences HAFL, Bern University of Applied Sciences BFH, Zollikofen, Switzerland
- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- University of Toulouse, INRAE, UMR 1201 DYNAFOR, Castanet-Tolosan, France
- CNPF-CRPF Occitanie, Auzeville-Tolosane, France
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Indiana, Bloomington, USA
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Biostatistics Consulting Center, Indiana University, Indiana, Bloomington, USA
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- Field Station Fabrikschleichach, Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology (Zoology III), Julius Maximilians University Würzburg, Rauhenebrach, Germany
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- Field Station Fabrikschleichach, Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology (Zoology III), Julius Maximilians University Würzburg, Rauhenebrach, Germany
- Bavarian Forest National Park, Grafenau, Germany
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- Ecological-Botanical Garden of the University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
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- Department of Bioscience and Territory, Università degli Studi del Molise, Pesche, Italy
- NBFC, National Biodiversity Future Center, Palermo, Italy
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- Institute for Applied Science, University of Applied Forest Sciences Rottenburg, Rottenburg, Germany
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- Chair of Forest Botany, Institute of Forest Botany and Forest Zoology, Technical University of Dresden, Tharandt, Germany
- Chair of Ecophysiology and Vegetation Ecology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Ecosystem Dynamics and Forest Management Research Group, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
- Berchtesgaden National Park, Berchtesgaden, Germany
- Technische Universität Dresden, Forest Zoology, Tharandt, Germany
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- Field Station Fabrikschleichach, Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology (Zoology III), Julius Maximilians University Würzburg, Rauhenebrach, Germany
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- Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management (MINA), Norwegian University of Life Sciences NMBU, Ås, Norway
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- Department for Life Science Systems, TUM School of Life Sciences, Technical University Munich, Freising, Germany
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- Field Station Fabrikschleichach, Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology (Zoology III), Julius Maximilians University Würzburg, Rauhenebrach, Germany
- Hessian Agency for Nature Conservation, Environment and Geology, Biodiversity Center, Gießen, Germany
- Czech Academy of Sciences, Biology Centre, Institute of Entomology, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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von Hoermann C, Benbow ME, Rottler-Hoermann AM, Lackner T, Sommer D, Receveur JP, Bässler C, Heurich M, Müller J. Factors influencing carrion communities are only partially consistent with those of deadwood necromass. Oecologia 2023; 201:537-547. [PMID: 36697878 PMCID: PMC9943954 DOI: 10.1007/s00442-023-05327-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2022] [Accepted: 01/18/2023] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
Abstract
Research on decomposer communities has traditionally focused on plant litter or deadwood. Even though carrion forms highly nutrient-rich necromass that enhance ecosystem heterogeneity, the factors influencing saprophytic communities remain largely unknown. For deadwood, experiments have shown that different drivers determine beetles (i.e., decay stage, microclimate, and space), fungi (i.e., decay stage and tree species) and bacteria (decay stage only) assemblages. To test the hypothesis that similar factors also structure carrion communities, we sampled 29 carcasses exposed for 30 days that included Cervus elaphus (N = 6), Capreolus capreolus (N = 18), and Vulpes vulpes (N = 5) in a mountain forest throughout decomposition. Beetles were collected with pitfall traps, while microbial communities were characterized using amplicon sequencing. Assemblages were determined with a focus from rare to dominant species using Hill numbers. With increasing focus on dominant species, the relative importance of carcass identity on beetles and space on bacteria increased, while only succession and microclimate remained relevant for fungi. For beetle and bacteria with focus on dominant species, host identity was more important than microclimate, which is in marked contrast to deadwood. We conclude that factors influencing carrion saprophytic assemblages show some consistency, but also differences from those of deadwood assemblages, suggesting that short-lived carrion and long-lasting deadwood both provide a resource pulse with different adaptions in insects and microbes. As with deadwood, a high diversity of carcass species under multiple decay stages and different microclimates support a diverse decomposer community.
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- Christian von Hoermann
- grid.452215.50000 0004 7590 7184Department of Conservation and Research, Bavarian Forest National Park, Freyunger Str. 2, 94481 Grafenau, Germany
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- grid.17088.360000 0001 2150 1785Department of Entomology, Department of Osteopathic Specialties, AgBioResearch and Ecology, Evolution and Behavior Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824 USA
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- grid.6582.90000 0004 1936 9748Institute of Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation Genomics, University of Ulm, Albert-Einstein Allee 11, 89069 Ulm, Germany
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- grid.452215.50000 0004 7590 7184Department of Conservation and Research, Bavarian Forest National Park, Freyunger Str. 2, 94481 Grafenau, Germany
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- grid.4491.80000 0004 1937 116XDepartment of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Vinicna 7, 12844 Prague, Czech Republic
- grid.15866.3c0000 0001 2238 631XDepartment of Ecology, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague, Kamycka 1176, 16521 Praha, Czech Republic
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- grid.17088.360000 0001 2150 1785Department of Entomology, Department of Osteopathic Specialties, AgBioResearch and Ecology, Evolution and Behavior Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824 USA
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- grid.7839.50000 0004 1936 9721Faculty of Biological Sciences, Institute for Ecology, Evolution and Diversity, Conservation Biology, Goethe-University Frankfurt, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- grid.452215.50000 0004 7590 7184Bavarian Forest National Park, Freyunger Str. 2, 94481 Grafenau, Germany
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- grid.452215.50000 0004 7590 7184Department of Visitor Management and National Park Monitoring, Bavarian Forest National Park, 94481 Grafenau, Germany
- grid.5963.9Chair of Wildlife Ecology and Wildlife Management, University of Freiburg, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
- Institute for Forest and Wildlife Management, Inland Norway University of Applied Science, 2480 Koppang, Norway
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- grid.452215.50000 0004 7590 7184Department of Conservation and Research, Bavarian Forest National Park, Freyunger Str. 2, 94481 Grafenau, Germany
- grid.8379.50000 0001 1958 8658Field Station Fabrikschleichach, Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, University of Würzburg, 96181 Rauhenebrach, Germany
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Combined threats of climate change and land use to boreal protected areas with red-listed forest species in Finland. Glob Ecol Conserv 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2022.e02348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Vergara PM, Fierro A, Carvajal MA, Alaniz AJ, Quiroz M. Multiple environmental drivers for the Patagonian forest-dwelling beetles: Contrasting functional and taxonomic responses across strata and trophic guilds. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 838:155906. [PMID: 35580677 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2021] [Revised: 05/07/2022] [Accepted: 05/09/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
Forest disturbances modify microhabitats along the different vertical strata, triggering structural and functional changes in forest-dwelling beetle communities. However, the effects of multiple environmental factors can be complex to detect in ecosystems that offer a broad variety of microhabitats for a great variety of beetle species. This is the case in Patagonian temperate forests, where the use of remote sensing provides an opportunity to evaluate the sensitivity of beetle species to environmental changes. Here, we identified the environmental drivers of forest-dwelling beetle communities in the ground and canopy of 34 north Patagonian-forest landscapes. We analyzed the associations of the taxonomic and functional diversity of five trophic guilds with 30 remote-sensing variables of landscape structure, composition, and disturbances; vegetation and soil properties; and climate and physical variables. Hierarchical clustering analysis was used to identify trophic guilds responding similarly to predictors. Segmented regression analysis was used to evaluate functional redundancy from taxonomic-functional richness relationships. A total of 583 species (23,848 individuals) of beetles were recorded for both strata. The effects of environmental variables were heterogeneous across strata and guilds. Canopy beetles were especially sensitive to early successional conditions, and canopy attributes, but also benefited from the canopy openness. Forest specialists of the ground and canopy responded differently to environmental variables. Ground-dwelling beetles were mostly affected by fires, human modifications, edge closeness, high temperatures, and soil properties, responding weakly to canopy properties. Functional redundancy varied weakly along environmental gradients, being more likely in local communities of ground-dwelling beetles mostly composed of species with overlapping functional roles. Contrasting environmental responses between ground and canopy beetles, as well as among beetles of different trophic guilds, should arise from microhabitats that vary across strata and interact differently with response traits.
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- Pablo M Vergara
- Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH), Facultad Tecnológica, Departamento de Gestión Agraria, Santiago, Chile.
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- Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH), Facultad Tecnológica, Departamento de Gestión Agraria, Santiago, Chile
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- Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH), Facultad Tecnológica, Departamento de Gestión Agraria, Santiago, Chile; Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile; Departamento de Ingeniería Geográfica, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Chile; Centro de Estudios en Ecología Espacial y Medio Ambiente, Ecogeografía, Santiago, Chile
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- Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH), Facultad Tecnológica, Departamento de Gestión Agraria, Santiago, Chile
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Müller J, Brandl R, Cadotte MW, Heibl C, Bässler C, Weiß I, Birkhofer K, Thorn S, Seibold S. A replicated study on the response of spider assemblages to regional and local processes. ECOL MONOGR 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ecm.1511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Jörg Müller
- Field Station Fabrikschleichach, Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Biocenter University of Würzburg, Glashüttenstraße 5 Rauhenebrach Germany
- Bavarian Forest National Park, Freyunger Str. 2 Grafenau Germany
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- Department of Ecology ‐ Animal Ecology, Faculty of Biology Philipps‐Universität Marburg, Karl‐von‐Frisch Str. 8 Marburg Germany
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- Department of Biological Sciences University of Toronto–Scarborough Toronto Canada
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of Toronto Toronto Canada
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- Bavarian Forest National Park, Freyunger Str. 2 Grafenau Germany
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- Conservation Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Institute for Ecology, Evolution and Diversity Goethe‐University Frankfurt Frankfurt am Main Germany
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- Bavarian Forest National Park, Freyunger Str. 2 Grafenau Germany
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- Department of Ecology Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus‐Senftenberg, Konrad‐Wachsmann Allee 6 Cottbus Germany
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- Field Station Fabrikschleichach, Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Biocenter University of Würzburg, Glashüttenstraße 5 Rauhenebrach Germany
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- Technical University of Munich Freising Germany
- Berchtesgaden National Park Berchtesgaden Germany
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Busse A, Cizek L, Čížková P, Drag L, Dvorak V, Foit J, Heurich M, Hubený P, Kašák J, Kittler F, Kozel P, Lettenmaier L, Nigl L, Procházka J, Rothacher J, Straubinger C, Thorn S, Müller J. Forest dieback in a protected area triggers the return of the primeval forest specialist
Peltis grossa
(Coleoptera, Trogossitidae). CONSERVATION SCIENCE AND PRACTICE 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/csp2.612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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- Annika Busse
- Department of Nature Conservation and Research Bavarian Forest National Park Grafenau Germany
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- Department of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences České Budějovice Czech Republic
- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science University of South Bohemia České Budějovice Czech Republic
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- Správa Národního parku Šumava Vimperk Czech Republic
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- Ecological Research Station University of Würzburg Rauhenebrach Germany
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- Department of Forest Protection and Wildlife Management Mendel University in Brno Brno Czech Republic
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- Department of Visitor Management and National Park Monitoring Bavarian Forest National Park Grafenau Germany
- Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Biology Albert‐Ludwigs‐University Freiburg Freiburg Germany
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- Správa Národního parku Šumava Vimperk Czech Republic
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- Department of Forest Protection and Wildlife Management Mendel University in Brno Brno Czech Republic
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- Ecological‐Botanical Garden University of Bayreuth Bayreuth Germany
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- Department of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences České Budějovice Czech Republic
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science University of Hradec Králové Hradec Králové Czech Republic
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- Department of Nature Conservation and Research Bavarian Forest National Park Grafenau Germany
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- Department of Forest Ecology Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and Horticulture Brno Czech Republic
- Moravian Museum Brno Czech Republic
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- Ecological Research Station University of Würzburg Rauhenebrach Germany
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- Department of Nature Conservation and Research Bavarian Forest National Park Grafenau Germany
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- Ecological Research Station University of Würzburg Rauhenebrach Germany
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- Department of Nature Conservation and Research Bavarian Forest National Park Grafenau Germany
- Ecological Research Station University of Würzburg Rauhenebrach Germany
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Kozel P, Sebek P, Platek M, Benes J, Zapletal M, Dvorsky M, Lanta V, Dolezal J, Bace R, Zbuzek B, Cizek L. Connectivity and succession of open structures as a key to sustaining light‐demanding biodiversity in deciduous forests. J Appl Ecol 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.14019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Petr Kozel
- Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences Ceske Budejovice Czech Republic
- Faculty of Science University of South Bohemia Ceske Budejovice Czech Republic
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- Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences Ceske Budejovice Czech Republic
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- Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences Ceske Budejovice Czech Republic
- Bile Karpaty Protected Landscape Area Administration Luhacovice Czech Republic
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- Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences Ceske Budejovice Czech Republic
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- Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences Ceske Budejovice Czech Republic
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- Institute of Botany Czech Academy of Sciences Trebon Czech Republic
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- Institute of Botany Czech Academy of Sciences Trebon Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Science University of South Bohemia Ceske Budejovice Czech Republic
- Institute of Botany Czech Academy of Sciences Trebon Czech Republic
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- Department of Forest Ecology Czech University of Life Sciences Praha Czech Republic
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- Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences Ceske Budejovice Czech Republic
- Faculty of Science University of South Bohemia Ceske Budejovice Czech Republic
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Prylutskyi O, Yatsiuk I, Savchenko A, Kit M, Solodiankin O, Schigel D. Strict substrate requirements alongside rapid substrate turnover may indicate an early colonization: A case study of Pleurotus calyptratus (Agaricales, Basidiomycota). FUNGAL ECOL 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2021.101098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Wood-inhabiting fungal responses to forest naturalness vary among morpho-groups. Sci Rep 2021; 11:14585. [PMID: 34272417 PMCID: PMC8285386 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-93900-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2020] [Accepted: 06/16/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The general negative impact of forestry on wood-inhabiting fungal diversity is well recognized, yet the effect of forest naturalness is poorly disentangled among different fungal groups inhabiting dead wood of different tree species. We studied the relationship between forest naturalness, log characteristics and diversity of different fungal morpho-groups inhabiting large decaying logs of similar quality in spruce dominated boreal forests. We sampled all non-lichenized fruitbodies from birch, spruce, pine and aspen in 12 semi-natural forest sites of varying level of naturalness. The overall fungal community composition was mostly determined by host tree species. However, when assessing the relevance of the environmental variables separately for each tree species, the most important variable varied, naturalness being the most important explanatory variable for fungi inhabiting pine and aspen. More strikingly, the overall species richness increased as the forest naturalness increased, both at the site and log levels. At the site scale, the pattern was mostly driven by the discoid and pyrenoid morpho-groups inhabiting pine, whereas at the log scale, it was driven by pileate and resupinate morpho-groups inhabiting spruce. Although our study demonstrates that formerly managed protected forests serve as effective conservation areas for most wood-inhabiting fungal groups, it also shows that conservation planning and management should account for group- or host tree -specific responses.
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Kral-O'Brien KC, Harmon JP. The expanding role of movement behavior in insect conservation ecology. CURRENT OPINION IN INSECT SCIENCE 2021; 45:69-74. [PMID: 33601061 DOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2021.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2020] [Revised: 01/25/2021] [Accepted: 02/05/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Insect conservation will rely on incorporating behavior into management. Dispersal behavior is one such vital behavior for conservation, but it is generally poorly understood at the species level. We reviewed recent literature to identify intricacies that complicate including dispersal behavior in conservation management. Many previous theories used to predict the need to disperse do not explicitly address successful dispersal. Additionally, we found identifying barriers to dispersal as a possible way to improve conservation management, but it is necessary to consider multiple parts of dispersal (emigration, matrix navigation, immigration). Species' dispersal is context-specific. Therefore, to effectively incorporate dispersal behavior into conservation, more research is necessary on individual species' responses to their environment, how they navigate to optimal sites, and their fitness after dispersal events.
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- Katherine C Kral-O'Brien
- School of Natural Resource Sciences, North Dakota State University, 202 Hultz Hall, 1300 Albrecht Blvd., Fargo, ND, 58102, USA
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- School of Natural Resource Sciences, North Dakota State University, 202 Hultz Hall, 1300 Albrecht Blvd., Fargo, ND, 58102, USA.
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Augustynczik ALD. Habitat amount and connectivity in forest planning models: Consequences for profitability and compensation schemes. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2021; 283:111982. [PMID: 33508551 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.111982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2020] [Revised: 01/04/2021] [Accepted: 01/09/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Adjacency relationships are pervasive in forest planning problems, especially the ones related to the selection of habitat networks for biodiversity conservation. Two main approaches are applied in the planning of these conservation actions: i) selection grounded on the island biogeography theory, where connected habitats are preferred and ii) selection grounded in the habitat amount hypothesis, where the amount of habitat is enforced in local landscapes, regardless of their spatial distribution. Because the presence of connectivity requirements in the creation of habitat networks impose more stringent limitations on the search for optimal solutions, they are expected to cascade to the total benefit from harvesting revenues and, consequently, to the costs of the habitat networks. The ecological implications of these approaches have been investigated, whereas the economic consequences of imposing connectivity remain unclear. Here, I address this issue and investigate the costs of selecting habitat networks in multiple forest landscapes in central Europe, applying these two approaches. To this end, a conic optimization model is proposed, to find minimum cost allocations of forest reserves. Furthermore, a sensitivity analysis on the optimal allocation is conducted, regarding the size of the habitat network required and the level of heterogeneity in forest profitability within the landscapes. The results show that habitat networks amounting to 10% of the forest area may be created with up to 5.5% reduction in the total Net Present Value (NPV), with a higher cost when connectivity is imposed (6.5%). The cost of connectivity, however, may increase in landscapes with high heterogeneity in forest profitability and with the minimum amount of habitat required. In conclusion, habitat selection must be tailored to local conditions and weight the additional costs of imposing connectivity against the requirements of the target species and the expected ecological benefits.
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Meyer S, Rusterholz H, Baur B. Saproxylic insects and fungi in deciduous forests along a rural-urban gradient. Ecol Evol 2021; 11:1634-1652. [PMID: 33613995 PMCID: PMC7882972 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.7152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2020] [Revised: 11/25/2020] [Accepted: 12/01/2020] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Urbanization is increasing worldwide and is regarded a major threat to biodiversity in forests. As consequences of intensive human use, the vegetation structure of naturally growing urban forests and their amount of deadwood can be reduced. Deadwood is an essential resource for various saproxylic insects and fungi. We assessed the effects of urbanization and forest characteristics on saproxylic insects and fungi. We exposed standardized bundles consisting of each three freshly cut beech and oak branches in 25 forests along a rural-urban gradient in Basel (Switzerland). After an exposure of 8 months, we extracted the saproxylic insects for 10 months using an emergence trap for each bundle. We used drilling chips from each branch to determine fungal operational taxonomic units (OTUs). In all, 193,534 insect individuals emerged from the experimental bundles. Our study showed that the abundance of total saproxylic insects, bark beetles, longhorn beetles, total flies, moths, and ichneumonid wasps decreased with increasing degree of urbanization, but not their species richness. However, the taxonomic composition of all insect groups combined was altered by wood moisture of branches and that of saproxylic beetles was influenced by the degree of urbanization. Unexpectedly, forest size and local forest characteristics had a minor effect on saproxylic insects. ITS (internal transcribed spacer of rDNA) analysis with fungal specific primers revealed a total of 97 fungal OTUs on the bundles. The number of total fungal OTUs decreased with increasing degree of urbanization and was affected by the volume of naturally occurring fine woody debris. The composition of fungal OTUs was altered by the degree of urbanization and pH of the branch wood. As a consequence of the altered compositions of saproxylics, the association between total saproxylic insects and fungi changed along the rural-urban gradient. Our study shows that urbanization can negatively impact saproxylic insects and fungi.
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- Sandro Meyer
- Department of Environmental SciencesSection of Conservation BiologyUniversity of BaselBaselSwitzerland
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- Department of Environmental SciencesSection of Conservation BiologyUniversity of BaselBaselSwitzerland
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- Department of Environmental SciencesSection of Conservation BiologyUniversity of BaselBaselSwitzerland
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Bae S, Heidrich L, Levick SR, Gossner MM, Seibold S, Weisser WW, Magdon P, Serebryanyk A, Bässler C, Schäfer D, Schulze E, Doerfler I, Müller J, Jung K, Heurich M, Fischer M, Roth N, Schall P, Boch S, Wöllauer S, Renner SC, Müller J. Dispersal ability, trophic position and body size mediate species turnover processes: Insights from a multi‐taxa and multi‐scale approach. DIVERS DISTRIB 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/ddi.13204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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- Soyeon Bae
- Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology University of Würzburg Würzburg Germany
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- Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology University of Würzburg Würzburg Germany
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- Forest Entomology WSL Swiss Federal Research Institute Birmensdorf Switzerland
- Department of Environmental Systems Science Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems ETH Zurich Zurich Switzerland
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- Terrestrial Ecology Research Group Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Management Technical University of Munich Freising Germany
- Ecosystem Dynamics and Forest Management Group Technical University of MunichFreising and Berchtesgaden National Park Berchtesgaden Germany
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- Terrestrial Ecology Research Group Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Management Technical University of Munich Freising Germany
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- Forest Inventory and Remote Sensing Faculty of Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology University of Göttingen Göttingen Germany
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- Department of Geoinformatics Munich University of Applied Sciences München Germany
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- Bavarian Forest National Park Grafenau Germany
- Faculty of Biological Sciences Institute for Ecology, Evolution and DiversityGoethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main Germany
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- Plant Biodiversity Research Group Department of Ecology & Ecosystem Management Technical University of Munich Freising Germany
- Institute of Biology and Environmental Science Vegetation Science & Nature ConservationUniversity of Oldenburg Oldenburg Germany
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- Department of Nature Conservation Heinz Sielmann Foundation Wustermark Germany
- Institute of Biology and Biochemistry University of Potsdam Potsdam Germany
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- Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation Genomics University Ulm Ulm Germany
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- Bavarian Forest National Park Grafenau Germany
- Chair of Wildlife Ecology and Wildlife Management University of Freiburg Freiburg im Breisgau Germany
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- Institute of Plant Sciences University of Bern Bern Switzerland
- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (SBiK‐F) Frankfurt am Main Germany
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- Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology University of Würzburg Würzburg Germany
- Forest Entomology WSL Swiss Federal Research Institute Birmensdorf Switzerland
- School of Agricultural Forest and Food Sciences Bern University of Applied Sciences Zollikofen Switzerland
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- Silviculture and Forest Ecology of the Temperate Zones University of Göttingen Göttingen Germany
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- Research Unit Biodiversity & Conservation Biology WSL Swiss Federal Research Institute Birmensdorf Switzerland
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- Faculty of Geography Philipps‐University Marburg Marburg Germany
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- Head of Ornithology Natural History Museum Vienna Vienna Austria
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- Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology University of Würzburg Würzburg Germany
- Bavarian Forest National Park Grafenau Germany
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Lindman L, Larsson MC, Mellbrand K, Svensson GP, Hedin J, Tranberg O, Ranius T. Metapopulation dynamics over 25 years of a beetle, Osmoderma eremita, inhabiting hollow oaks. Oecologia 2020; 194:771-780. [PMID: 33159540 PMCID: PMC7683440 DOI: 10.1007/s00442-020-04794-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2020] [Accepted: 10/22/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Osmoderma eremita is a species of beetle that inhabits hollows in ancient trees, which is a habitat that has decreased significantly during the last century. In southeastern Sweden, we studied the metapopulation dynamics of this beetle over a 25 year period, using capture-mark-recapture. The metapopulation size had been rather stable over time, but in most of the individual trees there had been a positive or negative trend in population development. The probability of colonisation was higher in well-connected trees with characteristics reflecting earlier successional stages, and the probability of extinction higher in trees with larger diameter (i.e. in later successional stages), which is expected from a habitat-tracking metapopulation. The annual tree mortality and fall rates (1.1% and 0.4%, respectively) are lower than the colonisation and extinction rates (5-7%), indicating that some of the metapopulation dynamics are due to the habitat dynamics, but many colonisations and extinctions take place for other reasons, such as stochastic events in small populations. The studied metapopulation occurs in an area with a high density of hollow oaks and where the oak pastures are still managed by grazing. In stands with fewer than ten suitable trees, the long-term extinction risk may be considerable, since only a small proportion of all hollow trees harbours large populations, and the population size in trees may change considerably during a decade.
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- Ly Lindman
- Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 7044, 750 07, Uppsala, Sweden.
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- Department of Plant Protection Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 102, 230 53, Alnarp, Sweden
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- County Administrative Board of Södermanland County, 611 86, Nyköping, Sweden
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- County Administrative Board of Kalmar County, 391 86, Kalmar, Sweden
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- Department of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 901 83, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 7044, 750 07, Uppsala, Sweden
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Cox K, McKeown N, Vanden Broeck A, Van Breusegem A, Cammaerts R, Thomaes A. Genetic structure of recently fragmented suburban populations of European stag beetle. Ecol Evol 2020; 10:12290-12306. [PMID: 33209288 PMCID: PMC7663065 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.6858] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2020] [Revised: 09/04/2020] [Accepted: 09/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Habitat loss and fragmentation due to urbanization can negatively affect metapopulation persistence when gene flow among populations is reduced and population sizes decrease. Inference of patterns and processes of population connectivity derived from spatial genetic analysis has proven invaluable for conservation and management. However, a more complete account of population dynamics may be obtained by combining spatial and temporal sampling. We, therefore, performed a genetic study on European stag beetle (Lucanus cervus L.) populations in a suburban context using samples collected in three locations and during the period 2002-2016. The sampling area has seen recent landscape changes which resulted in population declines. Through the use of a suite of F ST, clustering analysis, individual assignment, and relatedness analysis, we assessed fine scale spatiotemporal genetic variation within and among habitat patches using 283 individuals successfully genotyped at 17 microsatellites. Our findings suggested the three locations to hold demographically independent populations, at least over time scales of relevance to conservation, though with higher levels of gene flow in the past. Contrary to expectation from tagging studies, dispersal appeared to be mainly female-biased. Although the life cycle of stag beetle suggests its generations to be discrete, no clear temporal structure was identified, which could be attributed to the varying duration of larval development. Since population bottlenecks were detected and estimates of effective number of breeders were low, conservation actions are eminent which should include the establishment of suitable dead wood for oviposition on both local and regional scales to increase (re)colonization success and connectivity among current populations.
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- Karen Cox
- Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)GeraardsbergenBelgium
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- Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS)Aberystwyth UniversityAberystwythUK
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- Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)GeraardsbergenBelgium
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- Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)GeraardsbergenBelgium
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- Retired from the Natural and Agricultural Environment Studies Department (DEMNA)Public Service of WalloniaGemblouxBelgium
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- Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)BrusselsBelgium
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Dickie IA, Wakelin A, Richardson SJ. Rare species of wood-inhabiting fungi are not local. ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS : A PUBLICATION OF THE ECOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2020; 30:e02156. [PMID: 32358821 DOI: 10.1002/eap.2156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2019] [Revised: 03/09/2020] [Accepted: 03/18/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Wood-inhabiting fungal communities are a diverse and ecologically critical part of forest ecosystems, yet the spatial structure of fungal biodiversity in these ecosystems is largely unknown. Legislation allowed harvesting of deadwood from temperate rainforests on conservation lands in New Zealand following Cyclone Ita in 2014. Harvesting guidelines specified widely spread harvesting, on the assumption that rare fungal species may be highly spatially restricted, but were not based on quantitative assessment. We sampled fungi in and on logs of Dacrydium cupressinum (Podocarpaceae) a long-lived, common, canopy tree in lowland New Zealand forests. DNA was extracted from 81 logs varying in decay state across a 40 km long region of West Coast (South Island) forests, and sequenced using general fungal primers for metabarcoding to identify OTUs (operational taxonomic units). We examined three axes of rarity: occupancy, dominance when present, and niche breadth (as spatial extent and decay state specialization). Low-occupancy fungi were common, including a group of infrequently occurring but dominant when present fungi, the majority of which were Ascomycota. Despite this, there was an overall positive relationship between occupancy and dominance. Widespread, dominant fungi were most commonly Basidiomycota. Testing all fungal OTUs, there were no more fungi with maximum range sizes < 4 km than would be expected at random. Of the 351 low-occupancy OTUs found two to four times, only 12 had maximum range sizes < 900 m, and there was no more spatial restriction at scales < 900 m than would be expected by random chance, although there was some evidence of niche breadth restriction based on decay state similarity. The results show that fungal communities in deadwood are highly diverse, and include many rare taxa. Nonetheless, the lack of fungal OTUs with spatial restriction at scales < 900 m suggests that spatially dispersed timber harvesting will not mitigate risks of harvesting to rare fungal biodiversity.
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- Ian A Dickie
- Bio-Protection Research Centre, School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Bio-Protection Research Centre, Lincoln University, Lincoln, New Zealand
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Müller J, Ulyshen M, Seibold S, Cadotte M, Chao A, Bässler C, Vogel S, Hagge J, Weiß I, Baldrian P, Tláskal V, Thorn S. Primary determinants of communities in deadwood vary among taxa but are regionally consistent. OIKOS 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/oik.07335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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- Jörg Müller
- Field Station Fabrikschleichach, Dept of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Biocenter, Univ. of Würzburg Glashüttenstraße 5 DE‐96181 Rauhenebrach Germany
- Bavarian Forest National Park Grafenau Germany
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- USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station Athens GA USA
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- Dept of Ecology and Ecosystem Management, Technical Univ. of Munich Freising Germany
- Berchtesgaden National Park Berchtesgaden Germany
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- Dept of Biological Sciences, Univ. of Toronto–Scarborough Toronto ON Canada
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- Inst. of Statistics, National Tsing Hua Univ. Hsin‐Chu Taiwan
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- Field Station Fabrikschleichach, Dept of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Biocenter, Univ. of Würzburg Glashüttenstraße 5 DE‐96181 Rauhenebrach Germany
- Bavarian Forest National Park Grafenau Germany
- Dept of Biodiversity Conservation, Institute for Ecology, Evolution and Diversity, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt Frankfurt am Main Germany
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- Field Station Fabrikschleichach, Dept of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Biocenter, Univ. of Würzburg Glashüttenstraße 5 DE‐96181 Rauhenebrach Germany
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- Forest Nature Conservation, Georg‐August‐Univ. Göttingen Göttingen Germany
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- Bavarian Forest National Park Grafenau Germany
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- Laboratory of Environmental Microbiology, Inst. of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences Prague Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Environmental Microbiology, Inst. of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences Prague Czech Republic
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- Field Station Fabrikschleichach, Dept of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Biocenter, Univ. of Würzburg Glashüttenstraße 5 DE‐96181 Rauhenebrach Germany
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Vogel S, Gossner MM, Mergner U, Müller J, Thorn S. Optimizing enrichment of deadwood for biodiversity by varying sun exposure and tree species: An experimental approach. J Appl Ecol 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.13648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Sebastian Vogel
- Field Station Fabrikschleichach Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology Julius Maximilians University Würzburg Rauhenebrach Germany
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- Forest Entomology Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL Birmensdorf Switzerland
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- Forestry Administration Ebrach Bavarian Forestry Administration Ebrach Germany
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- Field Station Fabrikschleichach Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology Julius Maximilians University Würzburg Rauhenebrach Germany
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- Field Station Fabrikschleichach Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology Julius Maximilians University Würzburg Rauhenebrach Germany
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Ranius T, Snäll T, Nordén J. Importance of spatial configuration of deadwood habitats in species conservation. CONSERVATION BIOLOGY : THE JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY FOR CONSERVATION BIOLOGY 2019; 33:1205-1207. [PMID: 31304990 DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2019] [Revised: 05/07/2019] [Accepted: 05/30/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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- Thomas Ranius
- Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 7044, 75007, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Swedish Species Information Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 7007, 75007, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, Gaustadalléen 21, NO-0349, Oslo, Norway
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Elo M, Halme P, Toivanen T, Kotiaho JS. Species richness of polypores can be increased by supplementing dead wood resource into a boreal forest landscape. J Appl Ecol 2019. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.13364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Merja Elo
- Department of Biological and Environmental ScienceUniversity of Jyväskylä Jyväskylä Finland
- School of Resource WisdomUniversity of Jyväskylä Jyväskylä Finland
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- Department of Biological and Environmental ScienceUniversity of Jyväskylä Jyväskylä Finland
- School of Resource WisdomUniversity of Jyväskylä Jyväskylä Finland
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- Department of Biological and Environmental ScienceUniversity of Jyväskylä Jyväskylä Finland
- BirdLife Finland Helsinki Finland
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- Department of Biological and Environmental ScienceUniversity of Jyväskylä Jyväskylä Finland
- School of Resource WisdomUniversity of Jyväskylä Jyväskylä Finland
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Friess N, Müller JC, Aramendi P, Bässler C, Brändle M, Bouget C, Brin A, Bussler H, Georgiev KB, Gil R, Gossner MM, Heilmann‐Clausen J, Isacsson G, Krištín A, Lachat T, Larrieu L, Magnanou E, Maringer A, Mergner U, Mikoláš M, Opgenoorth L, Schmidl J, Svoboda M, Thorn S, Vandekerkhove K, Vrezec A, Wagner T, Winter M, Zapponi L, Brandl R, Seibold S. Arthropod communities in fungal fruitbodies are weakly structured by climate and biogeography across European beech forests. DIVERS DISTRIB 2019. [DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12882] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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- Nicolas Friess
- Department of Ecology ‐ Animal Ecology, Faculty of Biology Philipps‐Universität Marburg Marburg Germany
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- Bavarian Forest National Park Grafenau Germany
- Field Station Fabrikschleichach, Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology University of Würzburg Biocenter Rauhenebrach Germany
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- Department of Ecology ‐ Animal Ecology, Faculty of Biology Philipps‐Universität Marburg Marburg Germany
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- Irstea, 'Forest Ecosystems' Research Unit Nogent‐sur‐Vernisson France
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- INPT – Ecole d'Ingénieurs de Purpan UMR 1201 Dynafor INRA‐INPT, University of Toulouse Toulouse France
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- Bavarian Forest National Park Grafenau Germany
- Field Station Fabrikschleichach, Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology University of Würzburg Biocenter Rauhenebrach Germany
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- Department of Evolutionary, Biology and Ecology, Institute of Invertebrate Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences University of Wroclaw Wrocław Poland
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- Forest Entomology Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL Birmensdorf Switzerland
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- Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen Copenhagen Denmark
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- School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences HAFL Bern University of Applied Sciences Zollikofen Switzerland
- Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL Birmensdorf Switzerland
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- INRA UMR1201 DYNAFOR, Chemin de Borde Rouge, University of Toulouse Castanet Tolosan Cedex France
- CRPF OC Tolosane France
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, CNRS, Biologie Intégrative des Organismes Marins (BIOM) Banyuls/Mer France
- Réserve Naturelle Nationale de la Forêt de la Massane, Argelès-sur-Mer France
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- Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences Czech University of Life Sciences Prague Prague Czech Republic
- PRALES Rosina Slovakia
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- Department of Ecology ‐ Animal Ecology, Faculty of Biology Philipps‐Universität Marburg Marburg Germany
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- Ecology group, Developmental Biology, Department Biology University of Erlangen‐Nuremberg Erlangen Germany
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- Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences Czech University of Life Sciences Prague Prague Czech Republic
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- Field Station Fabrikschleichach, Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology University of Würzburg Biocenter Rauhenebrach Germany
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- National Institute of Biology Ljubljana Slovenia
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- Department of Biology University of Koblenz‐Landau Koblenz Germany
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- Centro Nazionale per lo Studio e la Conservazione della Biodiversità Forestale "Bosco Fontana" Marmirolo Italy
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- Department of Ecology ‐ Animal Ecology, Faculty of Biology Philipps‐Universität Marburg Marburg Germany
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- Terrestrial Ecology Research Group, Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Management Technische Universität München Freising Germany
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Moose RA, Schigel D, Kirby LJ, Shumskaya M. Dead wood fungi in North America: an insight into research and conservation potential. NATURE CONSERVATION 2019. [DOI: 10.3897/natureconservation.32.30875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
Abstract
Saproxylic fungi act as keystone species in forest ecosystems because they colonise and decompose dead wood, facilitating colonisation by later species. Here, we review the importance of intact forest ecosystems to dead wood fungi, as well as trends in their diversity research and challenges in conservation. Saproxylic communities are sensitive to transition from virgin forests to managed ecosystems, since the latter often results in reduced tree diversity and the removal of their natural habitat dead wood. The impact of dead wood management can be quite significant since many saproxylic fungi are host-specific. The significance of citizen science and educational programmes for saproxylic mycology is discussed with the emphasis on the North American region. We intend to raise the awareness of the role that dead wood fungi play in forest health in order to support development of corresponding conservational programmes.
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Roth N, Doerfler I, Bässler C, Blaschke M, Bussler H, Gossner MM, Heideroth A, Thorn S, Weisser WW, Müller J. Decadal effects of landscape-wide enrichment of dead wood on saproxylic organisms in beech forests of different historic management intensity. DIVERS DISTRIB 2018. [DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Nicolas Roth
- Field Station Fabrikschleichach, Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Biocenter; University of Würzburg; Rauhenebrach Germany
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- Terrestrial Ecology Research Group, Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Management, School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan; Technical University of Munich; Freising Germany
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- Terrestrial Ecology Research Group, Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Management, School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan; Technical University of Munich; Freising Germany
- Bavarian Forest National Park; Grafenau Germany
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- Bavarian State Institute for Forestry; Freising Germany
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- Terrestrial Ecology Research Group, Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Management, School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan; Technical University of Munich; Freising Germany
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- Bavarian Forest National Park; Grafenau Germany
- Department of Ecology, Animal Ecology, Faculty of Biology; Philipps-University of Marburg; Marburg Germany
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- Field Station Fabrikschleichach, Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Biocenter; University of Würzburg; Rauhenebrach Germany
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- Terrestrial Ecology Research Group, Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Management, School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan; Technical University of Munich; Freising Germany
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- Field Station Fabrikschleichach, Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Biocenter; University of Würzburg; Rauhenebrach Germany
- Bavarian Forest National Park; Grafenau Germany
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Ammer C, Fichtner A, Fischer A, Gossner MM, Meyer P, Seidl R, Thomas FM, Annighöfer P, Kreyling J, Ohse B, Berger U, Feldmann E, Häberle KH, Heer K, Heinrichs S, Huth F, Krämer-Klement K, Mölder A, Müller J, Mund M, Opgenoorth L, Schall P, Scherer-Lorenzen M, Seidel D, Vogt J, Wagner S. Key ecological research questions for Central European forests. Basic Appl Ecol 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2018.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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