Rove Beetles (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) as Bioindicators of Change in Boreal Forests and Their Biological Control Services in Agroecosystems: Canadian Case Studies

Klimaszewski, Jan; Brunke, Adam; Work, Timothy T.; Venier, Lisa A.

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“…This is in line with a study by Jackson and Harrison [6], which reported an increased activity density of rove beetles in plots where the cover crops were killed by an herbicide vs. conventional tillage. It has been demonstrated that ecological infrastructures (e.g., hedgerows and cover crops) within cropping systems can enhance the abundance and diversity of rove beetles by providing prey and refuge sites [43]. The density of rove beetles was observed to increase when mown grass was left to dry in experimental plots, suggesting that plant residues could be important for their persistence [44].…”

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Influence of Cover Crop Termination on Ground Dwelling Arthropods in Organic Vegetable Systems

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Burgio

Magagnoli

et al. 2020

Insects

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A key aspect in cover crop management is termination before the cash crop is planted. The aim of this study was to assess the effects of termination methods on ground-dwelling arthropods. The conventional mechanical termination method—i.e., green manuring by means of a disc harrow—was compared to flattening using a roller crimper. Two different crop systems were investigated for two growing seasons; cauliflower was grown in autumn after the termination of a mixture of cowpea, pearl millet, and radish, and tomato was cropped in spring and summer after the termination of a mixture of barley and vetch. Ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae), rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), and spiders (Araneae) were sampled by means of standard pitfall traps throughout the growing season of both cash crops. The roller crimper increased the overall abundance of ground beetles in the first growing season of both cash crops, whereas in the second year, no significant effect could be detected. Rove beetles were more abundant in plots where the cover crops were terminated by the roller crimper. Finally, green manuring increased the abundance of spiders, especially on the first sampling date after cover crop termination. Albeit different taxa showed different responses, the termination of cover crops by a roller crimper generally increased the abundance of ground dwelling arthropods. Given that most of the sampled species were generalist predators, their increased abundance could possibly improve biological control.

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Influence of Cover Crop Termination on Ground Dwelling Arthropods in Organic Vegetable Systems

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Burgio

Magagnoli

et al. 2020

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“…The in uence of vegetation structure on rove beetle communities was also pointed out by other authors. For example, Klimaszewski et al (2018) claim that broadleaved and mixed forests provide for staphylinids richer and moister ground litter, which is a more suitable habitat for these beetles. According to Rose (2001) and Klimaszewski et al (2018), canopy cover is the most important factor in uencing the structure of rove beetle communities.…”

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“…For example, Klimaszewski et al (2018) claim that broadleaved and mixed forests provide for staphylinids richer and moister ground litter, which is a more suitable habitat for these beetles. According to Rose (2001) and Klimaszewski et al (2018), canopy cover is the most important factor in uencing the structure of rove beetle communities. During the same investigation, we found out that the total dynamic activity of weevils showed a signi cant positive relationship with number of plant species in shrub vegetation layer, while the species richness of weevils was signi cantly positively related to the number of plant species in herb and negatively to stand canopy of tree vegetation layers (Litavský et al 2021b).…”

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“…The Staphylinidae, or rove beetles, belong to the largest and most biologically diverse beetle families. The world fauna consists of more than 63,495 described species (Klimaszewski et al 2018). Representatives of the family are found among euedaphic species in deep soil layers, on the soil surface, on the vegetation up to the canopy of forests, and from marine habitats in the eulittoral zone of the sea up to high mountain zones (Thayer 2005).…”

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“…Within the family, however, you'll nd rove beetles that specialize on a diet of fungal spores, others that eat pollen, and still others that feed on the regurgitated food from ants (Hadley 2020). Because of good knowledge of ecological demands of most Central European species of rove beetles and their distribution in all semi-natural and man-made habitats, many authors consider these organisms to be very suitable bioindicators of anthropogenic environmental changes (Boháč 1990(Boháč , 1999Michaels 2007;Boháč and Jahnová 2015;Klimaszewski et al 2018).…”

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Influence of Selected Environmental Parameters on Rove Beetle (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) Communities in Central European Floodplain Forests

Stašiov

Litavský

Majzlan

et al. 2021

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Wetlands and especially floodplain forests belong to the most endangered ecosystems in Europe, characterized by complex dynamics of flood and dry periods and providing specific irreplaceable habitats for many organisms, including bioindicators. Many rove beetle species, for instance, are well-known detectors in monitoring ecological change, however, their use in environmental assessment requires to expand the insufficient knowledge on ecological environmental particularities of their assemblages. Therefore, we compared the rove beetle communities in eight habitats of floodplain forests from 2015 to 2016. Staphylinids were sampled by pitfall trapping. We compared the rove beetle taxocoenoses in the floodplain forests and their ecotones alongside three rivers (Danube, Tisa and Begej). We evaluated the impact of plant diversity and cover of vegetation layers, area, circumference and age of forest stands, distance to the forest edge, thickness of the litter layer, physical and chemical properties of soil and leaf litter (conductivity, pH, P, N, H, C) and anthropogenic impact on structure of rove beetle communities. We recorded significant interactions between total dynamic activity of rove beetles and number of plant species in shrub vegetation layer. Species richness was significantly positively correlated with number of plant species in shrub vegetation layer and soil pH, and negatively with relative H content of soil. We did not find any significant correlation between Shannon diversity, but evenness was negatively linked with species richness of plant communities in shrub layer.

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

Pinzón

2022

Ecology and Evolution

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Cumulative effects of anthropogenic and natural disturbances have become increasingly relevant in the context of biodiversity conservation. Oil and gas (OG) exploration and extraction activities have created thousands of kilometers of linear footprints in boreal ecosystems of Alberta, Canada. Among these disturbances, seismic lines (narrow corridors cut through the forest) are one of the most common footprints and have become a significant landscape feature influencing the maintenance of forest interior habitats and biodiversity. Wildfire is a common stand‐replacing natural disturbance in the boreal forest, and as such, it is hypothesized that its effects can mitigate the linear footprint associated with OG exploration, but only a few studies have examined its effectiveness. We studied the short‐term (1 year post‐fire) response of rove‐beetle assemblages to the combined effects of wildfire and linear footprint in forest, edge, and seismic line habitats at burned and unburned peatlands along the southwest perimeter of the 2016 Horse River wildfire (Fort McMurray). While rove‐beetle species richness was higher in seismic lines in both the burned and unburned habitats compared with the adjacent peatland, diversity was greater only in seismic lines of burned areas. Abundance was lower in the burned adjacent peatland but similarly higher in the remaining habitats. Assemblage composition on seismic lines was significantly different from that in the adjacent forest and edge habitats within both burned and unburned sites. Moreover, species composition in burned seismic lines was different from either unburned lines or burned forest and edge. Euaesthethus laeviusculus and Gabrius picipennis were indicator species of burned line habitats, are sensitive to post‐fire landscapes and can occupy wet habitats with moss cover more efficiently than when these habitats are surrounded by unburned forest. Although these results are based on short‐term responses, they suggest that wildfire did not reduce the linear footprint, and instead, the cumulative effect of these two disturbances had a more complex influence on rove‐beetle recovery at the landscape level than for other invertebrates. Therefore, continued monitoring of these sites can become useful to evaluate changes over time and to better understand longer‐term biodiversity responses to the cumulative effects of wildfire and linear disturbances in boreal treed peatlands, given the long‐lasting effect of such disturbances.

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Rove Beetles (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) as Bioindicators of Change in Boreal Forests and Their Biological Control Services in Agroecosystems: Canadian Case Studies

Cited by 14 publications

References 76 publications

Influence of Cover Crop Termination on Ground Dwelling Arthropods in Organic Vegetable Systems

Influence of Cover Crop Termination on Ground Dwelling Arthropods in Organic Vegetable Systems

Influence of Selected Environmental Parameters on Rove Beetle (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) Communities in Central European Floodplain Forests

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

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