Open-grown trees as key habitats for arthropods in temperate woodlands: The diversity composition, and conservation value of associated communities

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60077344%3A_____%2F16%3A00462905" target="_blank" >RIV/60077344:_____/16:00462905 - isvavai.cz</a>

Alternative codes found

RIV/60076658:12310/16:43890842 RIV/62690094:18470/16:50005111 RIV/00216208:11310/16:10328649

Result on the web

<a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S037811271630490X" target="_blank" >http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S037811271630490X</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2016.08.052" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.foreco.2016.08.052</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Open-grown trees as key habitats for arthropods in temperate woodlands: The diversity composition, and conservation value of associated communities

Original language description

Temperate open woodlands are recognized as biodiversity hotspots. They are characterised by the presence of scattered, open-grown, often old and large trees (hereafter referred to as solitary trees). Such trees are considered keystone ecological features for biodiversity. However, thenecological role of solitary trees and their importance for woodland communities are still not fully understood. Communities of arthropods in temperate forests are often structured not only by the horizontal openness of the stand, but also by vertical stratification. Thus there is a need forncomparisons among communities associated with solitary trees and different forest strata. In this study, we analysed the diversity, conservation value, and nestedness of four taxonomic groups (beetles (Coleoptera), bees and wasps (aculeate Hymenoptera), ants (Formicidae), and spiders (Araneae)) on (i) solitary trees in open woodlands, and four habitat types in adjacentnclosed-canopy forests: (ii) edge-canopy, (iii) edge-understorey, (iv) interior-canopy, and (v) interior-understorey. Across the focal insect groups, solitary trees harboured the greatest number of species, whilst spider communities were also equally rich in forest edge canopies. The conservation value of communities was highest in solitary trees for beetles, and in solitary trees and edge-canopy habitats for bees and wasps. For spiders, the conservation value was similar across all habitat types, but ordination analysis revealed general preferences for solitary trees among threatened species. We also found that communities from the forest interior were mostly only nested subsets of the communities found on solitary trees. Our results show an important and irreplaceable role that open-grown trees have in maintaining temperate woodland biodiversity.nTherefore, preservation and maintenance of open-grown trees should be a primary concern in biological conservation.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

EH - Ecology - communities

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/GAP504%2F12%2F1952" target="_blank" >GAP504/12/1952: Saproxylic diversity in space and time: From landscape history to community ecology and habitat modelling</a><br>

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2016

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

380

Issue of the periodical within the volume

NOV 15

Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

10

Pages from-to

172-181

UT code for WoS article

000385605500018

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-84986631549