Saproxylic insect diversity of beech: limbs are richer than trunks

Schiegg, Karin

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“…In general, the occurrence of saproxylic beetles on LRs or dead wood is affected by substrate characteristics, including substrate metric parameters, such as bark thickness (Zhang et al 1993, Foit 2010 and diameter (Schiegg 2001, Lindhe & Lindelöw 2004, Lindhe et al 2005, Jonsell et al 2007, Maňák 2007, Jonsell 2008b, Foit 2010. Sun exposure (Jonsell et al 2004, Lindhe & Lindelöw 2004, Lindhe et al 2005, Jonsell 2008b), moisture (Wallace 1953, Larkin & Elbourn 1964, decomposition stage (Wallace 1953, Vanderwel et al 2006, Jonsell 2008b and the presence of other organisms (Jonsell et al 2005, Abrahamsson et al 2008, Weslien et al 2011) are of remarkable signifi cance for the occurrence of saproxylic beetles in various substrates.…”

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Bark- and wood-boring beetles on Scots pine logging residues from final felling: effects of felling date, deposition location and diameter of logging residues

Foit

2015

Ann. For. Res.

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Foit J., 2015. Bark-and wood-boring beetles on Scots pine logging residues from fi nal felling: effects of felling date, deposition location and diameter of logging residues. Ann. For. Res. 58(1): 67-79.Abstract. To reduce the risk of bark-and wood-boring beetle pests, the extensive removal of logging residues is conducted in forests; however, this practice can lead to a loss of saproxylic insect diversity. Thus, finding a better pest management strategy is needed and requires additional information on the actual effects of various, differently treated logging residues for pest multiplication. In the present study, a total of 2,160 fragments of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) logging residues generated during final felling in a single stand in the Drahanská Highlands in the Czech Republic were examined for bark-and wood-boring beetles. The felling occurred on four dates in 2006 (in February, May, August and November). The logging residues from each felling were left scattered on the clear-cut area or were gathered into piles. The fauna inhabiting the logging residues were investigated by peeling off the bark during the first six months of the vegetative period following the felling. The logging residues hosted species-rich assemblages of bark-and wood-boring beetles (25 species were identified). Beetle occurrence was significantly affected by felling date, logging residue type (trunk fragment or branch and branch thinner or thicker than 1 cm), diameter and the manner in which the logging residues were deposited (freely scattered, top pile layer, or bottom pile layer). The Scots pine logging residues were a substrate for the significant multiplication of several potentially significant pests (particularly, Pityogenes chalcographus [Linnaeus], Ips acuminatus [Gyllenhal] and Pityophthorus pityographus [Ratzeburg]). The results indicated that the risk of pest reproduction can be minimised by felling the trees in August (and probably also September and October). For I. acuminatus and P. pityographus, the risk can be minimised by gathering the logging residues into piles.

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Bark- and wood-boring beetles on Scots pine logging residues from final felling: effects of felling date, deposition location and diameter of logging residues

Foit

2015

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“…Downed coarse woody material (CWM) is widely regarded as an important conservation element in managed forest ecosystems (Siitonen 2001, Franklin et al 2002 providing habitat for numerous species including saproxylic arthropods (Schiegg 2001, Grove 2002, Hovemeyer and Schauermann 2003, Hammond et al 2004, fungi (Edman and Jonsson 2001) and mammals (Lee 2004). For groups such as saproxylic beetles, volumes of CWM within forest stands are strongly and positively correlated with species richness at least in mature and old-growth stands (Martikainen et al 2000).…”

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Estimating species loss of saproxylic insects under scenarios of reduced coarse woody material in eastern boreal forests

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Hibbert

2011

Ecosphere

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Abstract. Increased exploitation of forests and residual biomass remaining after harvest has the potential to reduce biodiversity particularly of saproxylic organisms. We compare incidence-based species accumulation curves based on saproxylic flies collected using in situ emergence cages in 2006 and 2007 under two biomass harvesting scenarios. In these scenarios volume-based biomass targets would be achieved by either 1) selective removal of the largest individual pieces of coarse woody material (CWM) or alternatively 2) selective removal of smaller pieces of CWM with preferential retention of larger pieces of CWM with presumably greater conservation value. We then extrapolated a species accumulation curve to estimate thresholds of potential species loss as a function of CWM volume left within a forest stand using binomial mixing. More species would be maintained under the scenario that selectively targets larger individual pieces of CWM because of extremely large species turnover between individual sample logs and little relation between species richness and diameter of CWM. Given these circumstances, the number of individual pieces of CWM present in a stand may be more important in determining species richness than total volume of CWM for flies. When the species accumulation curve was extrapolated to stand-level volumes, species richness began to decline when CWM volumes were reduced below 40 m 3 /ha. We suggest that intensive management strategies aimed at recovering additional woody biomass should not exploit CWM volumes below these thresholds without mitigative measures aimed at replenishing dead wood volumes such as standing retention if maintaining biodiversity is an objective.

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“…(Dahlsten and Stephen 1974); and white spruce, Picea glauca (Moench) Voss (Whitmore 1982;Gara et al 1995;Haberkern et al 2002). In Europe, community level work on subcortical forest insects also has been conducted in beech, Fagus sylvatica L. (Schiegg 2001); Norway spruce, Picea abies (L.) Karst, and Pinus sylvestris (Kaila et al 1997); and subalpine spruce forests (Wermelinger et al 2002(Wermelinger et al , 2003Joensuu et al 2008).…”

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Application of Semiochemicals to Assess the Biodiversity of Subcortical Insects following an Ecosystem Disturbance in a Sub-boreal Forest

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From 2000 through 2003 we used semiochemicalbaited traps in northeastern Minnesota, USA, to assess changes in assemblages of subcortical forest insects after a catastrophic wind storm in 1999 and subsequent (1999)(2000) fuel-reduction activities (salvage-logging and prescribed-burning). We determined the regional efficacy of fifteen semiochemical blends (pheromones and kairomones) as attractants for target and non-target subcortical insect species (Coleoptera: Anthribidae, Buprestidae, Cerambycidae, Cleridae, Cucujidae, Curculionidae, Histeridae, Nemonychidae, Salpingidae, Scolytidae, Tenebrionidae, and Hymenoptera: Siricidae we trapped 86,471 subcortical insects (143 species) in baited and unbaited Lindgren funnel traps, and 500 beetles (44 species) in baited and unbaited pitfall traps. We report 23 new state collection records of subcortical insects from Minnesota. Trap catches of subcortical insects were greatest in the wind-disturbed areas 2 years after the event, and declined thereafter. Similar trends were observed for subcortical insects in the burned areas. Both wind-disturbance and burning increased the subcortical insect species richness and diversity on the landscape. The subcortical insect species compositions of the salvaged and burned forest areas differed from those of the undisturbed and wind-disturbed areas. Trap catches of subcortical insects in response to semiochemical treatments also varied with year of sampling and land-area treatment. The greatest diversity of subcortical beetle species was in traps baited with attractants for the scolytids, Dendroctonus valens [(+)-α-pinene and (−)-β-pinene] and Dryocoetes spp. [exo-brevicomin and (−)-α-pinene], perhaps reflecting the generic nature of the baits. The most distinct species compositions were collected in response to the woodborer and Dendroctonus simplex baits, whereas the species compositions in traps with the D. valens and Dryocoetes spp. baits, and the unbaited funnel trap were the most similar. The variation in trap catch with time and across landscapes suggests that the responses of subcortical insects to semiochemicals are more complex than previously appreciated.

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Saproxylic insect diversity of beech: limbs are richer than trunks

Cited by 91 publications

References 33 publications

Bark- and wood-boring beetles on Scots pine logging residues from final felling: effects of felling date, deposition location and diameter of logging residues

Bark- and wood-boring beetles on Scots pine logging residues from final felling: effects of felling date, deposition location and diameter of logging residues

Estimating species loss of saproxylic insects under scenarios of reduced coarse woody material in eastern boreal forests

Application of Semiochemicals to Assess the Biodiversity of Subcortical Insects following an Ecosystem Disturbance in a Sub-boreal Forest

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