Does dead wood volume affect saproxylic beetles in montane beech-fir forests of Central Europe?

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10841-019-00130-4" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10841-019-00130-4</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10841-019-00130-4" target="_blank" >10.1007/s10841-019-00130-4</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Does dead wood volume affect saproxylic beetles in montane beech-fir forests of Central Europe?

Original language description

As most European forests are commercially managed for wood production, excluding the disintegration phase of the forest development cycle, a serious decline of numerous species has been observed. The intensity of forest management is critical for biodiversity conservation, especially in regard to saproxylic organisms, as it reduces the abundance of old trees and dead wood. We studied saproxylic beetles in 12 montane beech-fir stands in a Central European mountain range. We used 72 flight interception traps exposed for two vegetation seasons (2012 and 2013) placed at sites characterized by three levels of dead wood volume. In total, 7990 individuals of 287 species belonging to 41 families were collected. Species richness and abundance of both non-threatened and threatened species showed no significant differences among the three studied forest stand categories. Nevertheless, the presence of both non-threatened and threatened species in the studied forest stands was affected by several environmental variables. Large diameter dead wood, dead wood in the last decay stage and dead beech wood close to the traps significantly affected the assemblage of threatened beetles. Canopy openness, thin dead wood in the wider trap surroundings and dead wood in the second and third decay stage in the closer trap surroundings affected the assemblage of non-threatened species.

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

10619 - Biodiversity conservation

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2019

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

Journal of Insect Conservation

ISSN

1366-638X

e-ISSN

1572-9753

Volume of the periodical

23

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

17

Pages from-to

157-173

UT code for WoS article

000460143000013

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85060189860