Boxing for biodiversity: evaluation of an artificially created decaying wood habitat

Carlsson, Staffan; Bergman, Karl‐Olof; Jansson, Nicklas; Ranius, Thomas; Milberg, Per

doi:10.1007/s10531-016-1057-2

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“…Artificial habitats have been designed for species that inhabit hollow trees (Carlsson et al . ); however, sustaining the biodiversity of early colonists of moribund wood will be challenging.…”

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“…In regions where the saproxylic fauna is better known, many species have been red-listed with serious conservation concerns (Jonsson et al 1997, Grove 2002, Hj€ alt en et al 2012. Artificial habitats have been designed for species that inhabit hollow trees (Carlsson et al 2016); however, sustaining the biodiversity of early colonists of moribund wood will be challenging. In regenerating forests on the Osa, areas surrounding remnant trees left in situ during land conversion had more woody plant species (Sandor & Chazdon 2014).…”

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What shapes cerambycid beetle communities in a tropical forest mosaic? Assessing the effects of host tree identity, forest structure, and vertical stratification

Lin

Aguilar²,

Berkov

2017

Biotropica

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Due to anthropogenic activities, tropical rain forests face many challenges in sustaining biodiversity and maintaining global climates. This study explores how forest successional stage, tree composition, and stratum affect communities of saproxylic cerambycid beetles—concealed feeders that play important roles in forest nutrient cycling. Forty trees in five families (Fabaceae, Lecythidaceae, Malvaceae, Moraceae, and Sapotaceae) were sampled in a mosaic of old‐growth and secondary forest on the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Bait branches yielded 3549 cerambycid individuals in 49 species. Species richness was almost identical in old‐growth and secondary forest, and both yielded specialists, but abundance was higher in old‐growth forest. Overall community structure was most strongly influenced by host plant species; within most plant families it was also impacted by forest successional status. Moraceae was the exception, presumably because the focal tree species was abundant in both old‐growth and secondary forest. Several host and old‐growth specialist species reached high densities within patches of old‐growth forest, but seldom colonized apparently suitable trees within secondary forest. This suggests that even small areas of old‐growth forest can act as refuges, but that secondary forest may act as a barrier to dispersal. The vulnerability of specialized saproxylic insects to land use change will be linked to the ability of their preferred hosts to disperse to and persist in successional habitats; rearing studies may provide the most accurate method to monitor community changes over time.

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What shapes cerambycid beetle communities in a tropical forest mosaic? Assessing the effects of host tree identity, forest structure, and vertical stratification

Lin

Aguilar²,

Berkov

2017

Biotropica

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“…Successful colonisation and breeding of the hermit beetle was obtained in an artificial habitat i.e. wooden boxes filled with oak leaves and sawdust, placed in natural conditions in Sweden and Poland (Jansson et al 2009, Hilszczański et al 2014, Carlsson et al 2016.…”

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Guidelines for the monitoring of Osmoderma eremita and closely related species

Maurizi¹,

Campanaro²,

Chiari³

et al. 2017

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Osmoderma eremita (Scopoli, 1763) is a saproxylic scarab beetle protected by the Habitats Directive in the European Union. The present paper is part of a special issue on monitoring of saproxylic beetles protected in Europe and starts with a revision of the current knowledge on systematics, ecology, ethology and conservation of O. eremita and its allied species, followed by experimental tests of different methods for monitoring its populations. Two methods were compared in several localities of central Italy: (1) the widely used pitfall traps into tree cavities and (2) black cross windows traps baited with a specific pheromone produced by male beetles. The first method, often used in northern and central Europe, did not give acceptable results in Italy probably because of the scarcity of veteran trees with large hollows. It could only be used successfully in areas where: 1) tree hollows were abundant, large enough and with sufficient amounts of wood mould for planting pitfall traps and 2) the team is composed of several operators in order to ensure the checking of at least 150 traps every two days during the whole period of mating activities (15 July-25 August). The second method, consisting of hanging 30 black cross window traps during the mating period and checking them every two days, turned out to be better for capturing a significant number of individuals but cannot be used every year because of the possible disturbance on mating activities of the species. CONSERVATION IN PRACTICE Launched to accelerate biodiversity conservation A peer-reviewed open-access journalEmanuela Maurizi et al. / Nature Conservation 20: 79-128 (2017) 80

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“…Conservation and management should focus on improving the quality and amount of the existing habitat, as the primary needs of efficient species-based conservation (cf. Jansson et al 2009, Manning et al 2013, Carlsson et al 2016, Landvik et al 2016b.…”

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Evidence for geographic substructuring of mtDNA variation in the East European Hermit beetle (Osmoderma barnabita)

Landvik¹,

Miraldo²,

Niemelä³

et al. 2017

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The genus Osmoderma is a flagship taxon of invertebrate conservation in Europe and encompasses a complex of four accepted species. While species limits amongst Osmoderma have been intensively studied, patterns of intraspecific variation are poorly known. In this paper, the authors focus on clarifying the phylogeographic structure of the East European Osmoderma barnabita using samples from Croatia to Finland. Samples of hind legs were collected from populations in Latvia and Finland (n=186) and combined with previously-published sequences from GenBank and museum specimens (n=10). In a partial sequence of the mitochondrial COI gene (759 bp), 26 closely related haplotypes were found. Beetle samples from different parts of Europe were distinct and showed no overlap in haplotype composition. The solitary population of Finland proved to be monomorphic and all 97 individuals sampled here belonged to a single haplotype unique to this region. The results suggest the Northern parts of Eastern Europe to be dominated * These authors contributed equally to this work. RESEARCH ARTICLE Launched to accelerate biodiversity conservation A peer-reviewed open-access journalMatti Landvik et al. / Nature Conservation 19: 171-189 (2017) 172 by a single COI haplotype to which most of the other haplotypes are linked by one or two mutations. The pattern seems to reflect a founder effect or a strong bottleneck event. While O. barnabita is widely distributed over Eastern Europe, current patterns of mitochondrial genetic diversity appear influenced by population history and little homogenisation by ongoing gene flow. From a conservation perspective, the patterns suggest that regional populations might need to be managed as subunits and that the population of Finland may be affected by low genetic diversity.

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Boxing for biodiversity: evaluation of an artificially created decaying wood habitat

Cited by 16 publications

References 33 publications

What shapes cerambycid beetle communities in a tropical forest mosaic? Assessing the effects of host tree identity, forest structure, and vertical stratification

What shapes cerambycid beetle communities in a tropical forest mosaic? Assessing the effects of host tree identity, forest structure, and vertical stratification

Guidelines for the monitoring of Osmoderma eremita and closely related species

Evidence for geographic substructuring of mtDNA variation in the East European Hermit beetle (Osmoderma barnabita)

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