Intense game grazing shapes epigeic spider communities of pedunculate oak Quercus robur plantations in anthropogenic environments

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216208:11120/23:43925941

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/forest-ecology-and-management/vol/545/suppl/C" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/forest-ecology-and-management/vol/545/suppl/C</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2023.121301" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.foreco.2023.121301</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Intense game grazing shapes epigeic spider communities of pedunculate oak Quercus robur plantations in anthropogenic environments

Original language description

Game browsing affects nature conservation because the interests of hunters and gamekeepers often lead to high game stocking rates. However, the compositional effects of game browsing on invertebrates are insufficiently understood. We addressed the dynamics of epigeic spider communities in oak stands planted in newly formed anthropogenic environments under the facultative pressure of browsing game. The study site consisted of an open-cast lignite mine and an overburden deposit in NW Czechia. Using pitfall traps, we examined five habitat types (four transects per habitat type): Quercus robur stands &amp; GE; 25 years of age, 12-24 years of age, and 0-2 years of age; Q. robur stands 12-24 years of age that were heavily damaged by game browsing; and sites subject to spontaneous succession for 12-22 years. We captured 9459 individuals from 134 spider species distributed unevenly across the examined habitat types. The young stands were dominated by Pardosa agrestis, Pardosa monticola, and Oedothorax apicatus, whereas Pardosa prativaga, Pardosa lugubris, Pisaura mirabilis, and Alopecosa cuneata dominated the old stands. The stands damaged by browsing had the highest species richness and were dominated by Alopecosa pulverulenta, Xerolycosa miniata, A. cuneata, and Trochosa ruricola. All the oak stands were rich in threatened species, with most (26) found in habitats damaged by browsing, whereas the youngest stands hosted the lowest number of threatened species (11). The species dominating old stands still included species that prefer greater canopy openness, such as P. lugubris, whereas numerous species of central European climax oak forests were lacking. In conclusion, we identified oak stands heavily damaged by game browsing as a unique environment that shapes the community of epigeic spiders and that differs from epigeic spider communities of oak stands of various ages and those colonizing areas that are allowed to undergo spontaneous succession.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

40106 - Agronomy, plant breeding and plant protection; (Agricultural biotechnology to be 4.4)

Project

Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2023

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

ISSN

0378-1127

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

545

Issue of the periodical within the volume

OCT 1 2023

Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

12

Pages from-to

121301

UT code for WoS article

001049631000001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85166481682