Post-industrial areas as successional habitats: Long-term changes of functional diversity in beetle communities

Hodecek, Jiri; Kuras, Tomáš; Šipoš, Ján; Dolný, Aleš

doi:10.1016/j.baae.2015.06.004

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“…In southeastern Australian ecosystems, we found no relationship between multiscalar habitat measures and wing morphology for species or individuals from epigaeic beetle assemblages in a grazing‐dominated landscape. This contrasts with previous research investigating interactions between habitat and wing morphology which supports the hypothesis that the proportion of wingless or brachypterous species declines with habitat isolation and increases with time since a habitat was restored (deVries et al ; Driscoll & Weir ; Moir et al ; Shibuya et al ; Hodecek et al ). However, the proportion of brachypterous species increases with isolation for true islands (e.g.…”

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“…However, it is unclear whether compositional differences are related to differences in the dispersal traits of beetles. Previous work on rehabilitated and naturally regenerating sites following anthropogenic disturbance has shown that colonization by wingless or brachypterous insects is slower than that by winged insects (Moir et al ; Woodcock et al ; Hodecek et al ). We therefore anticipated that younger vegetation (i.e.…”

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Does wing morphology affect recolonization of restored farmland by ground‐dwelling beetles?

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Restoration Ecology

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Revegetation of previously cleared land is widely used to increase habitat area and connectivity of remnant vegetation for biodiversity conservation. Whether new habitat attracts or supports fauna depends on the dispersal traits of those fauna as well as the structure and composition of the surrounding landscape. Here, we examined wing morphology as a key dispersal trait for beetles in a revegetated landscape and asked, first, how it was related to phylogeny (family), trophic position, and body size. Second, we asked if wing morphology of recolonizing (or persisting) beetles varied with habitat characteristics at multiple scales, from microhabitat to landscape context. Third, we examined how common winged and wingless species responded to habitat at multiple scales. We measured the wing morphology of ground‐dwelling beetles from a restoration chronosequence, including paddocks, “young” revegetation (8–11 years old), “old” revegetation (14–19 years old), and fenced remnant vegetation. We found that body size and family membership were significant predictors of winglessness, with wingless species of carabids and curculionids being larger than their winged counterparts. We found no difference in the number of sites occupied by winged and wingless species, and no relationship between the wing morphology traits represented in different locations and habitat characteristics or landscape context. Furthermore, the most abundant species of both winged and wingless ground‐dwelling beetles had relatively little affinity to any habitat successional stage. Thus, despite intrinsic differences in wing morphology among species of ground‐dwelling beetle, we found no evidence that flight‐related dispersal limitations influenced recolonization (or persistence) in this landscape.

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Does wing morphology affect recolonization of restored farmland by ground‐dwelling beetles?

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Cunningham

et al. 2016

Restoration Ecology

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“…Well-chosen forest practices contribute to maintaining forest biodiversity, because these practices have less intensive and less harmful impacts on environment than conventional clear-cutting model with soil preparation (7). Nevertheless, the conventional clear-cutting of mature forest stands and soil preparation before reforestation are still widely used throughout Europe (8). This forest practice is also commonly used by forestry in north-eastern part of the Great Hungarian Plain, Hungary (2).…”

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Recovery of surface-dwelling assemblages (Coleoptera: Carabidae, Staphylinidae) during clear-cut originated reforestation with native tree species

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Background and purpose: Timber-oriented forest management has an important impact on biodiversity in forest ecosystems. Recovery dynamics of two groups of beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae, Staphylinidae) were studied after reforestation with native English oak (Quercus robur). We expected that reforestation with heavy site preparation causes a shift in the diversity of surface-dwelling beetles in early phases of reforestation. Moreover, we tested the habitat specialist hypothesis, assuming that diversity of forest specialist species will be lower in early phases with open canopy than later phases of reforestation after the canopy closure. Materials and methods:We compared litter sifter samples among mature (130-year-old) oak forest, and recently established (5-year-old), young (15-year-old), middle-aged (45-year-old) reforestations. Results: Our results showed that diversity of ground beetles was the highest in the recently established reforestation, while it was the lowest in the mature oak forest. Contrarily, diversity of rove beetles was the lowest in recently established reforestation and it was the highest in the mature oak forest. In agreement with the habitat specialist hypothesis, the diversity of forest specialists of both taxa was lower in the recently established reforestation than in the young and middle-aged reforestations as well as mature forest. Discussion: Our results suggested that clear-cutting of mature forest, site preparation before reforestation and cultivation by light tilling in early phases of reforestation have detrimental effects on forest specialist rove beetles and ground beetles. However, reforestation with native species could be a feasible management method in pannonic mesophile sand steppe, because forest specialist species can recover after the canopy closure.IntRoductIon T imber-oriented forest management has a crucial impact on the structure and function of forest ecosystems. It also has a harmful effect on biodiversity, as several groups of animals, fungi, and plants are sensitive to anthropogenic disturbance and environmental changes (1, 2). The cover of planted and naturally regenerated forests with human interventions accounted for 64 percent of the world's forest area in 2010, while cover of primary forests has been steadily decreasing since 2000 (3 to halt biodiversity loss and promote sustainable management, and have included in the Natura 2000 network (4). In spite of these measures the designated forest area for conservation of biodiversity was still 4.6 percent of European forests in 2015 (5).During forest management there are important decisions; selection of tree species (native, non-native species), sustainable practices, such as even-aged (modified clearcutting, seed tree method and shelterwood harvesting) and uneven-aged (group selection, single tree selection) regeneration methods (2, 6). Well-chosen forest practices contribute to maintaining forest biodiversity, because these practices have less intensive and less harmful impacts on environment tha...

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“…Deep underground hard-rock mining has a considerable impact on the landscape, transforming original habitats and leaving landscapes in altered states (Szczepanska & Twardowska, 1999;Hodecek et al, 2015;Klimkina et al, 2018;Yorkina et al, 2019). The landscape transformation due to open-pit coal mining causes major changes in terrain structures, waterways, microclimates, land uses, and living organism communities (Sklenicka et al, 2004;Hendrychova et al, 2011;Yorkina et al, 2018;Zadorozhnaya et al, 2018).…”

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“…The technical and biological reclamation phase is essential for managing a disturbed landscape (Hildmann & Wunsche, 1996;Rehor et al, 2006;Hodecek et al, 2016). The technical phase of the reclamation processes is a significant disturbance that slows down the successional rate of beetle communities (Hodecek et al, 2015).…”

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Temperature effect on the temporal dynamic of terrestrial invertebrates in technosols formed after reclamation at a post-mining site in Ukrainian steppe drylands

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The research was carried out at the Research Centre of the Dnipro State Agrarian and Economic University in Pokrov city. Sampling was carried out in 2013–2015 on a variant of artificial soil (technosols) formed on loess-like loam, red-brown clay, green-grey clay, technological mixture of rocks, and also formed on loess-like loam with a humus-rich 70 cm top soil layer. To investigate the spatiotemporal variation in the abundance, species richness and species composition of invertebrate assemblages within the experimental polygon, the animals were sampled using pitfall traps. In total, 60 pitfall traps were operated simultaneously during each sampling period. Each year the pitfalls were emptied 26 times every 7–9 days. Invertebrates (Arthropoda and Mollusca) of 6 classes, 13 orders, 50 families and 202 species or parataxonomic units were recorded. Diplopoda was most abundant taxonomic group, though it was represented by only one species Rossiulus kessleri (Lohmander, 1927). Coleoptera and Araneae were the most numerous taxonomic groups. Readily available water for plants, precipitation, wind speed, atmospheric temperature (daily minimum, daily maximum, daily mean), atmospheric humidity and atmospheric pressure were used as environmental predictors. Two dimension geographic coordinates of the sampling locations were used to generate a set of orthogonal eigenvector-based spatial variables. Time series of sampling dates were used to generate a set of orthogonal eigenvector-based temporal variables. The moisture content in the technosols was revealed to be the most important factor determining the temporal dynamics of the terrestrial invertebrate community in conditions of semi-arid climate and the ecosystem which formed as a result of the reclamation process. Following soil moisture, the factor most strongly affecting invertebrates in the technosols was temperature. From the total set of the invertebrates, two relatively homogeneous species groups in terms of thermal preferences were extracted: the microtemperature and mesotemperature groups. The microtemperature species are more tolerant to the thermal factor, and the mesotemperature species are more sensitive. The Huisman-Olff-Fresco approach expanded by Jansen-Oksanen provides a wide set of ecologically relevant models which are able to explain species response. The species response to temperature is affected by a complex of other environmental, temporal and spatial factors. The effect of other factors on the species response must be previously extracted to find real estimations of the species temperature optima and tolerance. The approaches to solving this problem may be the object of future investigation.

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Post-industrial areas as successional habitats: Long-term changes of functional diversity in beetle communities

Cited by 31 publications

References 67 publications

Does wing morphology affect recolonization of restored farmland by ground‐dwelling beetles?

Does wing morphology affect recolonization of restored farmland by ground‐dwelling beetles?

Recovery of surface-dwelling assemblages (Coleoptera: Carabidae, Staphylinidae) during clear-cut originated reforestation with native tree species

Temperature effect on the temporal dynamic of terrestrial invertebrates in technosols formed after reclamation at a post-mining site in Ukrainian steppe drylands

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