Wood Pastures: A Transitional Habitat between Forests and Pastures for Dung Beetle Assemblages

Somay, László; Szigeti, Viktor; Boros, Gergely; Ádám, Réka; Báldi, András

doi:10.3390/f12010025

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“…The heterogeneity of the WP, therefore, results in the assemblages of certain species that usually live in contrasting environments. Similar results for the family Geotrupidae have shown that wooded pastures support a dung beetle assemblage that is transitional between F and NWP assemblages(Somay et al 2020). Thus, it seems that several families of beetles nd suitable conditions in these semi-wooded areas.…”

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Ground beetles communities, diversity, biomass and traits in wooded pastures of Jura mountains

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Wieder

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Wooded pastures combine trees and pastures in an integrated land resulting from traditional silvopastoral practices. With their sparse tree cover, wooded pastures are expected to represent an ecotone between open area pastures and forests with potentially high species diversity, although this remains to be tested for animal groups including ground beetles. In this study, we aimed to characterise and compare species communities, diversity indices, biomass and ecological traits of ground beetles in wooded pastures, forests and non-wooded pastures. Pitfall traps were set up in 29 study sites located in the Swiss Jura mountains. Ground beetle communities in wooded pastures largely encompass those in open pastures and forests, although some species are found only in forests or open areas. Wooded pastures and open pastures have an equivalent species diversity level, which is significantly higher than the one in forests. Ground beetle diversity is positively correlated with the existence and surface of Biodiversity Promotion Areas. Areas with high tree cover (70–100%) favour brachypterous and hygrophilic species, whereas areas with reduced tree cover (0–20%) favour xerophilic and winged species. Ground beetles' size and biomass increase with tree cover. Wooded pastures are an important ecotone, ensuring a gradual change of land use systems between open areas and forests, where a wide range of species from both land use systems are found. This semi-natural habitat plays an important function in the conservation of ground beetles.

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Ground beetles communities, diversity, biomass and traits in wooded pastures of Jura mountains

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Wieder

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“…Although mixed classes were also defined in other mapping products, they were arguably challenging to accurately map, due to the variations in thresholds and sub-pixel heterogeneity [86]. Furthermore, the mixed classes defined in this study were mainly ecotones representing transitional zones from grass to forest, which are important landscape structures with distinctive ecological functions and wildlife importance [47,70,87]. This study presented a novel method to identify the locations of mixed habitats by combining the soft probability outputs from the RF classification model.…”

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A Multi-Stage Approach Combining Very High-Resolution Satellite Image, GIS Database and Post-Classification Modification Rules for Habitat Mapping in Hong Kong

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Identification and mapping of various habitats with sufficient spatial details are essential to support environmental planning and management. Considering the complexity of diverse habitat types in a heterogeneous landscape, a context-dependent mapping framework is expected to be superior to traditional classification techniques. With the aim to produce a territory-wide habitat map in Hong Kong, a three-stage mapping procedure was developed to identify 21 habitats by combining very-high-resolution satellite images, geographic information system (GIS) layers and knowledge-based modification rules. In stage 1, several classification methods were tested to produce initial results with 11 classes from a WorldView-2/3 image mosaic using a combination of spectral, textural, topographic and geometric variables. In stage 2, modification rules were applied to refine the classification results based on contextual properties and ancillary data layers. Evaluation of the classified maps showed that the highest overall accuracy was obtained from pixel-based random forest classification (84.0%) and the implementation of modification rules led to an average 8.8% increase in the accuracy. In stage 3, the classification scheme was expanded to all 21 habitats through the adoption of additional rules. The resulting habitat map achieved >80% accuracy for most of the evaluated classes and >70% accuracy for the mixed habitats when validated using field-collected points. The proposed mapping framework was able to utilize different information sources in a systematic and controllable workflow. While transitional mixed habitats were mapped using class membership probabilities and a soft classification method, the identification of other habitats benefited from the hybrid use of remote-sensing classification and ancillary data. Adaptive implementation of classification procedures, development of appropriate rules and combination with spatial data are recommended when producing an integrated and accurate map.

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“…Besides that, the diversity of insects has also been used to monitor forest health. For example, the diversity of dung beetles (Sullivan et al, 2018;Somay et al, 2021) and bark beetles (Rassati et al, 2016;Morris et al, 2018) have been analyzed and monitored to determine the soil moisture in the forest. Other than that, orchid bees (Suni, 2017;Allen et al, 2019), moths (Highland et al, 2013) and dragonflies (Dolný et al, 2013) were used to observe the forest fertility and humidity.…”

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A systematic literature review on the forest health biomonitoring technique: A decade of practice, progress, and challenge

Abas

2023

Front. Environ. Sci.

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The approach for monitoring forest health such as canopy layer, air quality, soil texture has evolved in tandem with the advancement of new technology such as lab analysis, remote sensing etc. The application of biomonitoring techniques for example species diversity and morphological observation, on the other hand, has been positive and has made its own contribution to forest management. Many studies have been conducted in the last decade (2011–2021), which use the biomonitoring techniques in assessing the forest health status. Therefore, this study aims to systematically review the forest health biomonitoring techniques in the last decade. This study used the PRISMA guidelines as the protocol to search and analyze all the papers. This study selected 72 out of 538 papers for a thematic analysis which eventually identified four main biomonitoring techniques, namely: 1) diversity distribution, 2) morphological observations, 3) trace elements, minerals and physiological measurements, and 4) behavioral observations. The biomonitoring techniques applied to monitor forest health has evolved with numerous ways that can support existing technologies, as well as help educate people on the necessity of protecting and safeguarding the natural forest environment. This also will give more options to the authority in monitoring the forest health and not only focusing on technology.

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Wood Pastures: A Transitional Habitat between Forests and Pastures for Dung Beetle Assemblages

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Ground beetles communities, diversity, biomass and traits in wooded pastures of Jura mountains

Ground beetles communities, diversity, biomass and traits in wooded pastures of Jura mountains

A Multi-Stage Approach Combining Very High-Resolution Satellite Image, GIS Database and Post-Classification Modification Rules for Habitat Mapping in Hong Kong

A systematic literature review on the forest health biomonitoring technique: A decade of practice, progress, and challenge

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