The influence of grassland management on ground beetles (Carabidae, Coleoptera) in Swiss montane meadows

Grandchamp, Anne-Catherine; Bergamini, Ariel; Stofer, Silvia; Niemelä, Jari; Duelli, Peter; Scheidegger, Christoph

doi:10.1016/j.agee.2005.04.018

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“…On the contrary, Fu and Cheng [52] showed that in the short term defoliation leads to the increasing of the abundance of soil decomposers because of release of carbon-rich compounds. Our results compare well to Grandchamp et al [38], where species of open habitats were dominant on mown meadows.…”

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“…Annual (A) and regional (B) separation of isopod assemblages using Detrended Correspondence Analysis (see abbreviations of species in Table 2) Grassland management can be considered as an intermediate disturbance [37], but it significantly changes the structure and composition of vegetation. It has positive effect on certain groups of arthropods [38,39,15,39], but some animal taxa are affected negatively. For example, the high mortality of larvae, or pupae, of flower-visiting insects may be caused by mowing [40].…”

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The short- and long-term effects of changes of vegetation structure on isopod (Oniscidea) diversity and composition in Mátra Mountains

Vona-Túri

Szmatona-Túri²

2017

Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, Agriculture and Environment

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Abstract. The aim of the present study was to examine the short-and long-term effects of changes in vegetation structure caused by shrub removal and mowing on isopod diversity and composition in Natura 2000 habitats of Mátra Landscape Protection Area. Species richness and isopod diversity increased in the short term as a result of annual changes in vegetation; however, the values of both indices were reduced in the long term. The changes in vegetation structure on a regional scale led to a reduced isopod diversity in the short and long term. The changes in vegetation structure caused alterations in community structure in the long term. We conclude that changes of vegetation structure have a negative effect on species richness and the diversity of isopod communities in the long term.

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The short- and long-term effects of changes of vegetation structure on isopod (Oniscidea) diversity and composition in Mátra Mountains

Vona-Túri

Szmatona-Túri²

2017

Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, Agriculture and Environment

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“…Grazing has been shown to reduce (Cagnolo et al 2002, Pöyry et al 2006 or increase (Siemann 1998, Dennis et al 2002 carabid diversity. Grandchamp et al (2005) found that species richness of ground beetles was higher in mown plots compared to grazed in Swiss montane meadows and that fertilization was positively associated with carabid diversity in grazed meadows.…”

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Effects of Cattle on the Abundance and Composition of Carabid Beetles in Temperate Grasslands

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Fraser

2014

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Grasslands are of vital importance to the ranching industry. Cattle grazing can alter the structure and composition of the plant community, and may indirectly affect insect communities. We investigated the effects of cattle grazing and site productivity on carabid beetle abundance, dried weight (biomass), species richness and diversity. We used pitfall traps to capture beetles in three sessions in 2008 in Lac Du Bois Provincial Park, British Columbia (B.C.), Canada. To test for main and interacting effects of elevation and grazing, carabid beetles were quantified by trap for abundance, dried weight (biomass), species richness and Shannon's diversity. We found that elevation (a proxy of site productivity) was the most important predictor of carabid parameters, with lower elevation (low site productivity) having lower abundance, biomass, species richness and diversity compared to upper elevation (high site productivity). Although there was no main effect caused by grazing, there was a reduction in carabid biomass and diversity at grazed upper elevation sites compared to ungrazed upper elevation sites, suggesting that site productivity and plant structure affects carabid communities. Cattle management of natural grasslands benefits by considering biodiversity of all biota, including invertebrates. Carabid species diversity can be maximized by restricting grazing at high site productivity where plant biomass and litter is high.

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“…Paillet et al 2010), and intensive versus extensive regimes (Batary et al 2007;Bowman et al 2000;Meier et al 2005), (2) by using an ordinal gradient of 3-4 levels (Flynn et al 2009;Müller et al 2007a;Oehl et al 2003), (3) by deriving an index (Herzog et al 2006;Liira et al 2007;Mas and Dietsch 2003;Wilson et al 2003), (4) by using the main axis of a principal component analysis of management components (Kerr and Cihlar 2004) or (5) by simply treating the single management components separately in multivariate statistics (e.g. Dormann et al 2007;Billeter et al 2008;Grandchamp et al 2005;Kleijn et al 2009). …”

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How to quantify forest management intensity in Central European forests

2013

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Existing approaches for the assessment of forest management intensity lack a widely accepted, purely quantitative measure for ranking a set of forest stands along a gradient of management intensity. We have developed a silvicultural management intensity indicator (SMI) which combines three main characteristics of a given stand: tree species, stand age and aboveground, living and dead wooden biomass. Data on these three factors are used as input to represent the risk of stand loss, which is a function of tree species and stand age, and stand density, which is a function of the silvicultural regime, stand age and tree species. Consequently, the indicator consists of a risk component (SMI r ) and a density component (SMI d ). We used SMI to rank traditional management of the main Central European tree species: Norway spruce (Picea abies [Karst.] L.), European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.), Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.), and oak (Quercus robur L. and Quercus petraea L.). By analysing SMI over their whole rotation period, we found the following ranking of management intensity: oak\beech\pine(spruce. Additionally, we quantified the SMI of actual research plots of the German Biodiversity exploratories, which represent unmanaged and managed forest stands including conifer forests cultivated outside their natural range. SMI not only successfully separate managed from unmanaged forests, but also reflected the variability of forest management and stand properties across the entire sample and within the different management groups. We suggest using SMI to quantify silvicultual management intensity of stands differing in species composition, age, silvicultural system (even-aged vs. uneven-aged), thinning grade and stages of stand conversion from one stand type into another. Using SMI may facilitate the assessment of the impact of forest management intensity on biodiversity in temperate forests.

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The influence of grassland management on ground beetles (Carabidae, Coleoptera) in Swiss montane meadows

Cited by 77 publications

References 23 publications

The short- and long-term effects of changes of vegetation structure on isopod (Oniscidea) diversity and composition in Mátra Mountains

The short- and long-term effects of changes of vegetation structure on isopod (Oniscidea) diversity and composition in Mátra Mountains

Effects of Cattle on the Abundance and Composition of Carabid Beetles in Temperate Grasslands

How to quantify forest management intensity in Central European forests

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