Underground mining can contribute to freshwater biodiversity conservation: Allogenic succession forms suitable habitats for dragonflies

Dolný, Aleš; Harabiš, Filip

doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2011.10.020

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“…Thus, disturbance -succession dynamics create highly heterogeneous, patchy conditions, which may generate resources for rich arrays of species (Cizek, Vrba, Benes, Hrazsky, & Koptik, 2013). Similar disturbance processes can be found also at other industrial sites, either terrestrial (Tropek et al, 2010 or even aquatic (Dolny & Harabis, 2012;Gray, Clarke, Warwick, & Hobbs, 1990;Ugland, Bjørgesaeter, Bakke, Fredheim, & Gray, 2008). Irregular disturbances may thus be an important phenomenon of primary successional changes at post-industrial sites.…”

Section: Changes In Communities Over Time and Main Environmental Factorsmentioning

confidence: 93%

“…Underground mining has contributed to many changes in the lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, biosphere and soil cover. The anthropogenic landforms can generally be divided into landscape alterations consciously created by humans (spoil heaps, tailings and slurry lagoons) and changes originating as unintentional consequences of human activities (subsidence) (Dolny & Harabis, 2012).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Post-industrial areas as successional habitats: Long-term changes of functional diversity in beetle communities

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Basic and Applied Ecology

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Section: Changes In Communities Over Time and Main Environmental Factorsmentioning

confidence: 93%

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Post-industrial areas as successional habitats: Long-term changes of functional diversity in beetle communities

Hodecek

Kuras

Šipoš

et al. 2015

Basic and Applied Ecology

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“…mayflies, caddisflies or stoneflies, but also dragonflies) are used as indicators of pollution in streams or lakes, whereas terrestrial insects (beetles, ants or butterflies) are widely used as ecological indicators of terrestrial habitats (da Rocha et al 2010). The Odonata, as a group of freshwater invertebrates closely linked to specific freshwater habitat conditions, are widely used as ecological indicators of habitat quality and the integrity of freshwater ecosystems (Hardersen 2000;Sahlén and Ekestubbe 2001;Smith et al 2007;Silva et al 2010;Arimoro et al 2011;Simaika and Samways 2011;Dolný and Harabiš 2012). Some studies (e.g.…”

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Aquatic insects indicate terrestrial habitat degradation: changes in taxonomical structure and functional diversity of dragonflies in tropical rainforest of East Kalimantan

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As a group of freshwater invertebrates, dragonflies (Odonata) are commonly used as ecological indicators of freshwater ecosystems. Despite earlier studies suggesting that adult odonates may be good indicators for complex changes in a landscape, the utility of odonates as suitable indicators to indicate health of non-aquatic (forest) habitats remains poorly understood. This study analyses the adult dragonfly assemblage pattern against spatial and temporal disturbance characteristics in Indonesia's Sungai Wain Protection Forest. The core of this reserve comprises one of the few remaining fragments of primary rain forest along the East Kalimantan coast, whereas the rest of the reserve is covered by secondary forest, scrub, grassland, and farmland. Adult dragonfly assemblages at individual sampling sites were analysed in relation to (1) their intensity, (2) frequency of human-caused disturbances, and (3) the time since the last such disturbance, while controlling random variables (type of aquatic and terrestrial habitat) were removed. This study tests the effect of these factors on (1) species richness, (2) proportion of Zygoptera, (3) proportion of forest specialists, and (4) proportion of Borneo's endemics. The humaninduced disturbances in the rain forest resulted in pronounced changes in the taxonomical composition and functional diversity of the odonate fauna. Results reported here demonstrate that gradual changes in the odonate assemblages correspond to the degree of anthropogenic influences on forest environments. Adult odonates comprise an appropriately sensitive and versatile indicator group for identifying changes in terrestrial forest environments as well as in freshwater habitats.

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“…[105]). Broad-scale considerations are fundamental for understanding the functioning of novel ecosystems [106], but they are lacking in the whole emerging field of systematic conservation assessment of such ecosystems (e.g., [107], [108]) and remain only speculative in our study as well.…”

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Long-Term Impacts of Forest Ditching on Non-Aquatic Biodiversity: Conservation Perspectives for a Novel Ecosystem

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Artificial drainage (ditching) is widely used to increase timber yield in northern forests. When the drainage systems are maintained, their environmental impacts are likely to accumulate over time and along accompanying management, notably after logging when new forest develops on decayed peat. Our study provides the first comprehensive documentation of long-term ditching impacts on terrestrial and arboreal biodiversity by comparing natural alder swamps and second-generation drained forests that have evolved from such swamps in Estonia. We explored species composition of four potentially drainage-sensitive taxonomic groups (vascular plants, bryophytes, lichens, and snails), abundance of species of conservation concern, and their relationships with stand structure in two-ha plots representing four management types (ranging from old growth to clearcut). We found that drainage affected plot-scale species richness only weakly but it profoundly changed assemblage composition. Bryophytes and lichens were the taxonomic groups that were most sensitive both to drainage and timber-harvesting; in closed stands they responded to changed microhabitat structure, notably impoverished tree diversity and dead-wood supply. As a result, natural old-growth plots were the most species-rich and hosted several specific species of conservation concern. Because the most influential structural changes are slow, drainage impacts may be long hidden. The results also indicated that even very old drained stands do not provide quality habitats for old-growth species of drier forest types. However, drained forests hosted many threatened species that were less site type specific, including early-successional vascular plants and snails on clearcuts and retention cuts, and bryophytes and lichens of successional and old forests. We conclude that three types of specific science-based management tools are needed to mitigate ditching effects on forest biodiversity: (i) silvicultural techniques to maintain stand structural complexity; (ii) context-dependent spatial analysis and planning of drained landscapes; and (iii) lists of focal species to monitor and guide ditching practices.

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Underground mining can contribute to freshwater biodiversity conservation: Allogenic succession forms suitable habitats for dragonflies

Cited by 56 publications

References 44 publications

Post-industrial areas as successional habitats: Long-term changes of functional diversity in beetle communities

Post-industrial areas as successional habitats: Long-term changes of functional diversity in beetle communities

Aquatic insects indicate terrestrial habitat degradation: changes in taxonomical structure and functional diversity of dragonflies in tropical rainforest of East Kalimantan

Long-Term Impacts of Forest Ditching on Non-Aquatic Biodiversity: Conservation Perspectives for a Novel Ecosystem

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