The impact of a forest fire event on moth assemblages in Western Bohemia, Czech Republic
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00228745%3A_____%2F21%3AN0000038" target="_blank" >RIV/00228745:_____/21:N0000038 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/60077344:_____/21:00557559 RIV/60076658:12310/21:43906077
Result on the web
<a href="https://bioone.org/journals/polish-journal-of-ecology/current" target="_blank" >https://bioone.org/journals/polish-journal-of-ecology/current</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3161/15052249PJE2021.69.3.00" target="_blank" >10.3161/15052249PJE2021.69.3.00</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The impact of a forest fire event on moth assemblages in Western Bohemia, Czech Republic
Original language description
Fire has major impact on species diversity in natural ecosystems around the world. The consequences of fires for invertebrates can be immediate, and recovery of species assemblages may be a long-term process. We recorded moth communities from May to November 2019 in a pine forest in Western Bohemia, Czech Republic, where a local fire occurred in April of that year. We used UV light traps at one burned site and two neighboring unburned sites with a similar character as the burned site before the fire event. We analyzed moth assemblages using several species diversity indices – index of dominance, Shannon-Wiener index and Shannon-Wiener evenness, Simpson index, and Chao1 nonparametric estimation. We detected 67 species at the burned site, and 97 and 106 at the unburned sites. The three most frequently trapped species at all sites were Macaria liturata, Buphalus piniaria and Thera obeliscata, representing common forest geometrid moths. We observed a decline in species number and abundance at the burned site compared to the unburned sites, probably due to the direct mortality of larvae. On the contrary, the burned site was more diverse according to the diversity indices. The fire disrupted the original character of the coniferous forest, which was proved by a decline of species feeding on conifers and Vaccinium spp. The burned site attracted species associated with dry habitats such as Eublemma purpurina, Charissa obscurata and Scopula rubiginata. Even though wildfires are viewed negatively in general, they might temporarily enhance diversity in a homogeneous landscape.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10616 - Entomology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju
Others
Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Polish journal of ecology
ISSN
1505-2249
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
69
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2
Country of publishing house
PL - POLAND
Number of pages
16
Pages from-to
160-175
UT code for WoS article
999
EID of the result in the Scopus database
999