Effects of Pine Forest Management Practices on Bat Functional Traits in a Subtropical Region

Time will tell: Taxonomic and functional diversity of monilophyte ferns in native forests and abandoned silviculture systems

“…As expected, we observed a high richness (α diversity), abundance, and functional richness in the native forest compared to silviculture systems. Generally, the greater taxonomic and functional diversity observed in native forests may be related to a high habitat diversity (Biassi et al., 2022; Qin et al., 2016), which could lead to increased complementarity in resource utilization by the plant species of the monilophytic community (Riaño & Moulatlet, 2022; Zhang et al., 2023). Moreover, species specialization and occupation of specific microhabitats may increase species richness (Jin et al., 2021), as well as functional diversity (Aros‐Mualin et al., 2021; Kessler et al., 2011), explaining why Asplenium claussenii , Ctenitis falciculata , Doryopteris patula , Campyloneurum nitidum , Doryopteris concolor , and Doryopteris pentagona are indicators for native forest systems.…”

“…In silviculture systems, there is also the presence of native species like Ilex paraguariensis and Araucaria angustifolia (Biassi et al., 2022; Liposki et al., 2022). The management of silviculture systems started in 1978 and ceased in 2002 (Biassi et al., 2022; Liposki et al., 2022), and the actual adjacent systems are characterized by soy monoculture and fragments of mixed ombrophilous forest (Cavallet et al., 2022). Therefore, the management of these silviculture systems was abandoned 20 years prior to sampling (in 2022).…”