Recolonisation of revegetated bauxite mine sites by predatory invertebrates

Nichols, Owen; Burrows, Ryan M.

doi:10.1016/0378-1127(85)90013-1

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“…It may be due to more vigorously growing vegetation, leading to more abundant prey. Nichols and Burrows (1985) found that predatory arthropods (mostly spiders) requiring logs and dense leaf litter were less common in young rehabilitated areas than in surrounding unmined forest, whilst those utilising small bushes, open spaces or small amounts of cover were equally or more common in young rehabilitated areas than in the unmined forest. However, their study was conducted at a time before CWD was replaced as part of the mine rehabilitation process.…”

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Arthropods in coarse woody debris in jarrah forest and rehabilitated bauxite mines in Western Australia

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Abstract• Coarse woody debris (CWD) is returned to Alcoa's rehabilitated mined areas in the jarrah forest as potential vertebrate fauna habitat, however, its value for invertebrate fauna has not been investigated. We sought to determine if CWD in rehabilitated areas supported a similar arthropod fauna to that on fallen logs in the adjacent unmined jarrah forest.• Using emergence tents, sampling from logs in 5-year old and 15-year old rehabilitated forest, and in unmined forest, yielded 2 266 specimens from 187 taxa. Collembola (43% of total) and Acarina (32%) were the most abundant groups, followed by Diptera (11%), Araneae (4%) and Coleoptera (3%).• There were no significant differences in either taxa richness or overall abundance among the three forest types. However, community composition varied significantly. Species richness from the Araneida, Coleoptera and Diptera was highest in the 5-year old rehabilitated forest, while Collembola and Acarina were better represented in the unmined forest; this was related to changes in the environment surrounding the logs as rehabilitated forest develops, and to log condition. The composition of arthropods on logs in the 15-year old rehabilitated forest was intermediate, indicating a trend of increasing similarity to the unmined forest in arthropod fauna as the rehabilitated forest ages.• We suggest that over longer time periods, CWD in rehabilitated forest will support arthropod communities similar to those found in unmined forest. Future work should determine if returning logs to mined areas facilitates the return of CWD-dependent taxa. Mots-clés :débris ligneux grossiers / mine de bauxite / Diptera / Araneae / Coleoptera Résumé -Les arthropodes dans les débris ligneux grossiers de la forêt de jarrah et dans les mines de bauxite réhabilitées en Australie occidentale.• Les débris ligneux grossiers (CWD) sont retournés dans les zones de mines réhabilitées à Alcoa dans la forêt de jarrah comme habitat potentiel de la faune des vertébrés, cependant sa valeur pour la faune invertébrée n'a pas été étudiée. Nous avons cherché à déterminer si les CWD en zones réhabilitées soutenait une faune semblable à celle des arthropodes des arbres abattus dans la forêt adjacente de jarrah.• L'utilisation de tentes d'émergence et l'échantillonnage à partir de billes de 5 et 15 ans dans la forêt réhabilitée et dans la forêt sans mine, a fourni 2 266 spécimens de 187 taxons. Collembola (43 % du total) et Acarina (32 %) ont été les groupes les plus abondants, suivis par Diptera (11 %), Araneae (4 %) et Coleoptera (3 %).• Il n'y avait pas de différences significatives dans la richesse ou l'abondance chez l'un ou l'autre des taxa entre les trois types de forêts. Toutefois, la composition de la communauté a varié de façon significative. La richesse des espèces de Araneida, Coleoptera et Diptera a été la plus élevée dans la forêt réhabilitée âgée de 5-ans, tandis que Collembola et Acarina étaient mieux représentés dans la forêt sans mine ; ce qui a trait aux changements de l'environnement entoura...

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Arthropods in coarse woody debris in jarrah forest and rehabilitated bauxite mines in Western Australia

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“…This would suggest that C. rubra could be equally efficient as a test candidate for use in reformed slope stabilisation and soil stability in any of the soils used in this experiment. It would, however, be beneficial to use biosolids to achieve rapid plant growth in aboveground revegetation programmes, which in turn could encourage recolonisation by important soil and litter fauna (Greenslade et al, 2011;Nichols and Burrows, 1985), and may benefit soil microbial factors that were not examined in the current study .…”

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Using municipal biosolids in ecological restoration: What is good for plants and soil may not be good for endemic earthworms

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Boyer

Adair

et al. 2014

Ecological Engineering

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“…The significant alterations to habitat and floristics associated with P. cinnamomi dieback have been predicted to substantially affect fauna through changes to important resources, such as food and nesting sites (Garkaklis et al, 2004;Wilson et al, 1994). Studies in southern Australia have tended to support these predictions, with declines in species richness and abundance of faunal communities recorded in areas with P. cinnamomi dieback (Armstrong and Nichols, 2000;Laidlaw and Wilson, 2006;Nichols and Bamford, 1985;Nichols and Burrows, 1985;Wilson et al, 1994), primarily due to changes in habitat structure. The negative effects of P. cinnamomi-induced floristic changes on faunal communities are likely to be significant given the wide range of plant species that are susceptible to P. cinnamomi (Garkaklis et al, 2004).…”

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“…Similarly, the limited amount of research on the responses of other fauna to Phytophthora indicates that species richness is often reduced in diseased areas e.g. invertebrates (Nichols and Burrows, 1985); reptiles and frogs (Nichols and Bamford, 1985).…”

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Impact of Phytophthora-dieback on birds in Banksia woodlands in south west Western Australia

Davis

Valentine

Craig

et al. 2014

Biological Conservation

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Invasive plant pathogens have impacted forest and woodland systems globally and can negatively impact biodiversity. The soil-borne plant pathogen Phytophthora cinnamomi is listed as one of the world's worst invasive species and alters plant community composition and habitat structure. Few studies have examined how these Phytophthora-induced habitat changes affect faunal communities.We examined bird communities in Banksia woodland with, and without, Phytophthora dieback in a biodiversity hotspot, southwestern Australia. Seven sites along dieback fronts, with paired 1-ha plots in diseased and healthy vegetation, were surveyed monthly for birds over seven months. Vegetation assessments showed that diseased sites had reduced plant species richness, litter, shrub, tree and canopy cover, high bare ground and significantly lower flowering scores, than healthy sites. Bird community composition differed significantly between diseased and healthy sites, although total bird abundance, total species richness and foraging guilds, did not. Average species richness of birds per survey and the abundance of brown honeyeaters, western spinebills and silvereyes was lower in diseased than healthy sites. The tawny-crowned honeyeater had higher abundances in diseased sites.Similarity matrices of habitat structure, flowering scores and bird assemblages were congruent, indicating that habitat structural differences were influencing bird community composition. Our results suggest that this pathogen is potentially a serious threat to avian biodiversity and especially for nectarivores, and populations in fragmented landscapes. Since elimination of the pathogen is not currently possible, management should focus on methods of preventing its spread until techniques to eliminate the pathogen are developed.

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Recolonisation of revegetated bauxite mine sites by predatory invertebrates

Cited by 27 publications

References 5 publications

Arthropods in coarse woody debris in jarrah forest and rehabilitated bauxite mines in Western Australia

Arthropods in coarse woody debris in jarrah forest and rehabilitated bauxite mines in Western Australia

Using municipal biosolids in ecological restoration: What is good for plants and soil may not be good for endemic earthworms

Impact of Phytophthora-dieback on birds in Banksia woodlands in south west Western Australia

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