Long-Term Effects of Logging Residue Addition and Removal on Macroarthropods and Enchytraeids

Bengtsson, Jan; Persson, Tryggve; Lundkvist, Heléne

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“…This indicated that the treatments did not result in large changes in relative abundances. However, the changes in soil fauna composition due to the treatments in the present study were larger than the year-to-year changes on single mature forest sites found by Bengtsson (1994; average W = 0·80) and the changes between treatments and between years found in a whole-tree harvesting experiment (Bengtsson, Persson & Lundkvist 1997; W-values > 0·80).…”

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Effects of experimental irrigation and drought on the composition and diversity of soil fauna in a coniferous stand

Lindberg

Engtsson

Persson

2002

Journal of Applied Ecology

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Summary1. The effects of experimental long-term summer drought and irrigation on soil fauna were studied in a Norway spruce stand in south-western Sweden. The treatments, carried out over 8 and 10 years respectively, were chosen to simulate two scenarios of climate change, involving drier and wetter summers. 2. Different microarthropod communities developed in the different treatments. The abundances of enchytraeids, mesostigmatid mites and macroarthropod predators were all lowest in the drought plots. Drought decreased and irrigation increased the abundance and diversity of Oribatida. Drought decreased the abundance of Collembola. 3. The dominance structure of Oribatida and Collembola also changed, but less markedly. Drought affected community composition of both groups more than irrigation. 4. The study confirms that soil microarthropods can be useful environmental indicators, but their responses did not support the widely held view that deviations from a lognormal dominance structure indicates a stressed community. 5. The results also indicate that a drier climate with summer drought will lead to the local extinction of some soil animal species in this region.

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Effects of experimental irrigation and drought on the composition and diversity of soil fauna in a coniferous stand

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Engtsson

Persson

2002

Journal of Applied Ecology

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“…The ecological characteristics added also on the basis of Bregetova (1961). The abbreviation of collectors are as follows: AD: Dorottya Angyal, AM: Andrej Mock, CSCS: Csaba Csuzdi, DL: László Dányi, EJ: Judit Erőss, FZ: Zoltán Fehér, HE: Edit Norway (Slomian et al 2005), Poland (Kaczma rek et al 2011), Romania (Kontschán & Ujvári 2008), Russia (Makarova 2011), Slovakia (Fenďa & Mańán 2009), Sweden (Bengtsson et al 1997).…”

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“…Holarctis (Salmane & Kontschán 2005b Published records. Austria (Wissuwa et al 2012), Belgium (Skubała et al 2013), British Isles (Skorupski & Luxton 1998) (Farrier 1957), Latvia (Salmane 1999), Norway (Slomian et al 2005), Poland (Skorupski 2009), Romania (Manu 2013), Russia (Makarova 2011), Slovakia (Fenďa & Mańán 2009), Sweden (Lundqvist 1974 (Klimov 1998), Slovakia (Fenďa & Mańán 2009), Sweden (Bengtsson et al 1997).…”

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Contribution to the Veigaiidae Oudemans, 1939 fauna of the Carpathian Basin and the Balkan Peninsula (Acari: Mesostigmata)

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Kontschán²

2015

Opusc Zool

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“…For example, it is understood that the long-term activity of decomposer populations depends on a consistent supply of fresh C (Fontaine and Barot 2005) and that the soil C pool is determined by the balance between C input by litterfall and rhizodeposition on the one hand and the release of C during decomposition on the other (Jandl et al 2007). Researchers have cited concerns that intense logging such as FTH systems might result in long-term decreases in the abundance of many soil animal groups, upsetting these evolved balances (e.g., Bengtsson et al 1997).…”

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Increasing pressures to use forest biomass: A conservation viewpoint

Hesselink¹

2010

The Forestry Chronicle

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Various policy, economic, and social drivers are pushing us towards utilizing our forests for a changing mix of products that include returning to them for biomass as a fuel source. While this is a use with some limited merit, it must be considered prudently and with the ecological limits of our forests clearly identified and understood before substantially investing our public resources towards this purpose. There is enough scientific evidence to suggest that caution and restraint is needed so that we can identify key ecological impacts and define sites on which increased fibre harvesting is not appropriate before biomass policies are put in place. Information is needed on monitoring methods, and effects on site productivity, biodiversity, and carbon cycling; full economic analyses and life-cycle carbon accounting is needed. Perverse incentives need to be avoided. A precautionary path is therefore required that makes ecosystem sustainability a priority, that builds confidence in application of current practices, that includes environmental assessment and pilot programs, and that operates under a clear regulatory regime that integrates bioenergy removals within clear forest management plans. The pervasive impacts of climate change are converging with an economic opportunity to set the groundwork for our next forest economy, and biomass utilization policy will play a key role in how well we choose to manage our forest resources in this unique context. To proceed with maximization of use as the dominant management priority is to ignore the critical obligation that managers must appreciate: that our forest resources have limits to their exploitation from which, once exceeded, they do not easily recover. On the evidence available, this is a time for government policy makers to take the precautionary path in allocating our forest biomass, and to ensure that we are comfortably living on the interest from our forest ecosystems but not tapping into its capital.Key words: biomass, sustainability, policy, conservation, full-tree harvesting, environmental impacts, intensity, carbon, utilization pressures RÉSUMÉ Plusieurs forces politiques, économiques et sociales nous poussent à utiliser nos forêts pour en tirer des produits différents ce qui comprend aussi un retour vers la biomasse en tant que source de carburant. Même s'il s'agit d'une utilisation ayant quelques mérites, elle se doit d' être considérée prudemment et dans les limites écologiques clairement identifiées de nos forêts et comprises avant d'investir substantiellement nos ressources publiques dans cette direction. Il existe suffisamment de preuves scientifiques laissant entendre que des précautions et de la retenue doivent être exercées pour nous permettre d'identifier les impacts écologiques et définir les sites sur lesquels l' exploitation plus poussée de la matière ligneuse n' est pas appropriée avant que les politiques portant sur la biomasse ne soient mises en place. Il nous faut plus d'information sur les méthodes de suivi et les effets sur la pr...

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Long-Term Effects of Logging Residue Addition and Removal on Macroarthropods and Enchytraeids

Cited by 56 publications

References 17 publications

Effects of experimental irrigation and drought on the composition and diversity of soil fauna in a coniferous stand

Effects of experimental irrigation and drought on the composition and diversity of soil fauna in a coniferous stand

Contribution to the Veigaiidae Oudemans, 1939 fauna of the Carpathian Basin and the Balkan Peninsula (Acari: Mesostigmata)

Increasing pressures to use forest biomass: A conservation viewpoint

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