Distribution and composition of carabid beetle (Coleoptera, Carabidae) communities across the plantation forest cycle—Implications for management

Karen, M. Wicker; O’Halloran, John; Breen, John; Giller, Paul S.; Pithon, Joséphine; Kelly, Thomas C.

doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2008.05.005

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“…It was generally confirmed that carabid assemblage composition changes with increasing plantation age, which is usually related to a reduction of open land species (Jukes et al 2001;Karen et al 2008;Pawson et al 2009). However, no overall conclusions can be drawn on the value of mature tree plantation stands for the conservation of carabids originating from natural forests.…”

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“…There are studies showing a reduced carabid species richness in plantations compared to forests (da Silva et al 2008;Fahy and Gormally 1998;Magura et al 2003) or a lower number of forest specialist species (Fuller et al 2008). On the other hand, it was shown that carabid beetle assemblages of mature plantations do not significantly differ from those of natural or semi-natural forest (Elek et al 2010;Karen et al 2008;Martinez et al 2009), indicating that the establishment of tree plantations will not Fig. 4 NMS ordination of carabid communities at the 13 sample sites: (filled triangle) rubber plantation; (empty square) grassland and shrubland; (empty square) rice field fallow; (filled circle) forest.…”

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Impact of rubber plantation on carabid beetle communities and species distribution in a changing tropical landscape (southern Yunnan, China)

Meng

Martin

Weigel³

et al. 2011

J Insect Conserv

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Carabid beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) have widely been used to assess biodiversity values of different habitats in cultivated landscapes, but rarely in the humid tropics. This study aimed to investigate effects of land use change on the carabid assemblages in a tributary valley of the Mekong River in tropical southern Yunnan, China. The study area includes habitats of traditional land use systems (rice production and shifting cultivation successions) and was dominated by natural forests until about 30 years ago. Since then, large areas of forest have been, and still are, successively transformed into commercial rubber monoculture plantations. In total, 102 species of Carabidae (including Cicindelinae) were recorded from 13 sites over different seasons, using pitfall traps, Malaise traps and aerial collectors in trees. Cluster analysis and indicator species analysis showed that three types of habitat (rice field fallows, early natural successions and natural forest) possess a degree of uniqueness in species composition. Non-metric multidimensional scaling revealed that the environmental factors explaining 80% of the total variation in carabid assemblage composition are the degree of vegetational openness of a habitat and its plant species diversity. Rice field fallows had significantly higher numbers of species and individuals than any other type of habitat and are probably dominated by species originating from other regions. Carabid assemblages of young rubber plantations (5 and 8 years) were quantitatively similar to those of forests, but without species of significant indicator value. With increasing plantation age (20 and 40 years), the number of carabid species decreased. Increasing age and a further spatial expansion of rubber plantations at the expense of forest areas will have negative impacts on the native forest carabid assemblages with strongest effects on forest specialists and rare species.

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Impact of rubber plantation on carabid beetle communities and species distribution in a changing tropical landscape (southern Yunnan, China)

Meng

Martin

Weigel³

et al. 2011

J Insect Conserv

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“…Dominant species, which were sampled in more than 10 sites in total of two years, were shown in bold. ; forest species, ; non-forest species according to Hori 2001, 2008and Kaizuka and Iwasa 2015 37 2011…”

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Effects of Small-Scale Soil Scarification under Canopies on Carabid Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in Conifer–Hardwood Mixed Forests after Selection Logging in Northern Japan

Yamanaka

Sayama

Kuramoto

et al. 2016

Japanese journal of applied entomology and zoology

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Small-scale soil scarification under canopies has been proposed to remove regeneration inhibitor plants that often dominate the understory in natural forests after selection logging. We studied the impacts of the small-scale soil scarification on carabid beetle assemblages in conifer-hardwood mixed forests in northern Japan. We sampled carabid beetles using pitfall traps in scarified sites and adjacent unscarified sites two and four years after scarification. Forest species made up 98% of the total catch with only a few individuals of non-forest species occurring in scarified sites. Species richness of forest species did not differ significantly between scarified and unscarified sites, whereas species richness of non-forest species was higher in scarified sites than in unscarified sites. Carabid species composition differed between scarified and unscarified sites in each of the two study years. Dissimilarity measures between scarified and adjacent unscarified sites were smaller after four years than after two years, indicating that differences in species composition associated with scarification declined during the study period. Some forest species were more abundant in scarified sites, whereas other forest species were more abundant in unscarified sites. Our results suggest that smallscale scarification may have a limited impact on carabid beetle diversity.

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“…Alcuni studi consentono di identificare in alcune caratteristiche di comunità indicatori di diverse situazioni e/o evoluzioni forestali (Brandmayr & Zetto Brandmayr 1987, Assmann 1999, Magura et al 2003. Più numerosi sono i lavori che mettono in relazione la struttura forestale con le caratteristiche e la composizione delle comunità animali e i problemi di conservazione (Karen et al 2008, Sitzia et al 2015, Allegro & Chiarabaglio 2016. È noto in letteratura che le attività forestali influenzano la biodiversità complessiva dei boschi (Fuller et al 2008).…”

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Ground beetles as indicators of past management of old-growth forests

Mazzei¹,

Gangale²,

Laurito³

et al. 2017

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IntroduzioneTra gli ecosistemi terrestri, le foreste sono quelli a maggior diversità genetica, specifica e sistematica (Lindenmayer et al. 2002). In passato, gran parte delle foreste europee sono state fortemente utilizzate , Horák et al. 2012, con interventiriconducibili a una selvicoltura intensiva -che hanno favorito una o poche specie a discapito di altre, it).Abstract: Ground beetles as indicators of past management of old-growth forests in the Sila National Park. Old-growth forests are terrestrial ecosystems with the highest level of biodiversity and the main environments for the study of conservation and dynamics of the forest system. In Mediterranean Europe, two millennia of human exploitation deeply altered the structural complexity of the native forests. Some animal groups, including insects, may be used as a proxy of such changes. In this paper we explored the possible effects of forest management on the functional diversity (species traits) of carabid beetle communities. Three old-growth forests of the Sila National Park were sampled by pitfall traps set up in pure beech, beech-silver fir and Calabrian black pine forests. In each forest, five managed vs. five unmanaged stands were considered. Managed sites were exploited until the sixties of the past century and then left unmanaged. More than 6000 carabid specimens belonging to 23 species were collected. The functional diversity in carabid groups is influenced by forest management especially in beech and beech-silver fir stands. Body size, specialized predators, endemic species and forest species were negatively affected by stand management. On the contrary, omnivorous ground beetles populations (or species) with a high dispersal power (macropterous) and large geographic distribution were positively influenced by stand management. In pine forests the old-growth community seems less sensitive to past management and more affected by soil evolution. Soil erosion and disturbance may reduce species diversity of ground beetles. Anyway, the composition of the carabid community shows that 50-60 years of forest restoration are enough for the reconstruction of a fairly diverse assemblage reflecting a "subclimax" situation.

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Distribution and composition of carabid beetle (Coleoptera, Carabidae) communities across the plantation forest cycle—Implications for management

Cited by 56 publications

References 33 publications

Impact of rubber plantation on carabid beetle communities and species distribution in a changing tropical landscape (southern Yunnan, China)

Impact of rubber plantation on carabid beetle communities and species distribution in a changing tropical landscape (southern Yunnan, China)

Effects of Small-Scale Soil Scarification under Canopies on Carabid Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in Conifer–Hardwood Mixed Forests after Selection Logging in Northern Japan

Ground beetles as indicators of past management of old-growth forests

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