Rapid recovery of boreal rove beetle (Staphylinidae) assemblages 16 years after variable retention harvest

Abstract

File descriptions:The datafile (Lee_etal_2022_Ecography_datafile.xlsx) includes eight sheets in the bottom tab (i.e., RAW data, Species code and abbreviations, NMS data, NMS env, PERMANOVA, Catch, Common species, and info).RAW data consist of a total of 11 columns and 26,994 rows. 'Coll' represents collection numbers. 'Code' represents trap locations in each compartment. 'Code2' represents compartment numbers. 'Standardized Catch' in the column J shows 'Catch' divided by 'Trap Days'.Both NMS data and NMS env are the ones you need to use for an NMS ordination analysis.PERMANOVA is the data format you need to use for PERMANOVA using PERMANOVA+ add on package for PRIMER v7.Catch shows standardized catches. Trmt stands for harvest treatments.Common species shows standardized catches of each of nine species.

Response of rove‐beetle (Staphylinidae) assemblages to the cumulative effect of wildfire and linear footprint in boreal treed peatlands

“…Tachinus basalis (Erichson, 1839) was the only indicator species of Unburned Forest with the highest indicator value (IndVal = 0.855; Table 1 ). This is a generalist species but prefers closed canopy (Klimaszewski et al, 2007 ; Lee et al, 2022 ). Proteinus limbatus (Maklin, 1852) (IndVal = 0.638), Tachinus fumipennis (Say, 1832) (IndVal = 0.577) and Ischnosoma fimbriatum (IndVal = 0.560) were indicator species of the Unburned Edge habitat.…”

“…Proteinus limbatus (Maklin, 1852) (IndVal = 0.638), Tachinus fumipennis (Say, 1832) (IndVal = 0.577) and Ischnosoma fimbriatum (IndVal = 0.560) were indicator species of the Unburned Edge habitat. Both P. limbatus , T. fumipennis are documented as forest specialist species (Klimaszewski et al, 2007 ; Lee et al, 2022 ) and I. fimbriatum is a generalist species preferring open habitats and regenerating forest, but can be also found in mature forest. Only one species, Paederus littorarius (Gravenhorst, 1806) (IndVal = 0.678) was indicator of the Unburned Line habitat (Table 1 ) and has been associated with wet litter conditions (Klimaszewski et al, 2007 ).…”

“…Biodiversity ecology widely and effectively used as bioindicators to assess recovery following disturbance (Hammond et al, 2018;Klimaszewski et al, 2018;Lee et al, 2022;Nagy et al, 2016).…”

“…Rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) are diverse and active in forest ecosystems (Brunke et al, 2019; Grimaldi & Engel, 2005; Klimaszewski et al, 2018; Thayer, 2016), do not particularly depend on the presence of mature forest but on various specific ecological niches (Thayer, 2016), and are sensitive to environmental changes (Bohac, 1999; Klimaszewski et al, 2018; Pohl et al, 2008). Consequently, rove beetles have been widely and effectively used as bioindicators to assess recovery following disturbance (Hammond et al, 2018; Klimaszewski et al, 2018; Lee et al, 2022; Nagy et al, 2016).…”

Inverted Soil Mounding as a Restoration Approach of Seismic Lines in Boreal Peatlands: Implications on Plant and Arthropod Abundance and Diversity

“…In a study exploring the effects of wildfires on rove beetle assemblages on seismic lines, rove beetle richness was also found to be higher on seismic lines compared to the adjacent fen in both burned and unburned sites [60]. Interestingly, studies in upland stands have also found higher rove beetle richness immediately after tree harvesting [61,62]. The increase in richness following these disturbances is likely due to the ingress of open-habitat species and the persistence of some closed-canopy species, as there may be a lag in species responses to the loss of trees [59,62].…”