Influence of Traditional Management and Environmental Variables on Mediterranean Saproxylic Beetle Assemblages

2017 ◽  
Vol 46 (6) ◽  
pp. 1235-1242 ◽  
Author(s):  
P Ramilo ◽  
A P Martínez-Falcón ◽  
A García-López ◽  
H Brustel ◽  
E Galante ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Variables ◽  
Traditional Management ◽  
Beetle Assemblages ◽  
Saproxylic Beetle

Functional and Taxonomic Beta Diversity of Saproxylic Beetles in Mediterranean Forests: On What Factors Do They Depend?

2020 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 615-626
Author(s):  
D Pérez-Sánchez ◽  
E Galante ◽  
E Micó
Keyword(s):  
Functional Traits ◽  
Beta Diversity ◽  
Environmental Variables ◽  
Saproxylic Beetles ◽  
Mediterranean Forests ◽  
Geographical Distance ◽  
Functional Composition ◽  
Species Replacement ◽  
Beetle Assemblages ◽  
Saproxylic Beetle

Abstract Understanding how biodiversity is distributed across geographical and environmental gradients is a main goal of diversity sciences. However, since ecosystem processes are linked to variation in functional traits of the biota, examining functional beta diversity is particularly important. Our objective was to analyze the taxonomic and functional beta diversity patterns of saproxylic beetle assemblages in evergreen Quercus forest of Spain. We tested whether environmental or geographical distance had a greater influence on taxonomic and functional beta diversity, and if both measures of beta diversity were affected by the same environmental variables. We used 45 flight interception traps distributed in three protected areas over a 12-mo period to sample saproxylic beetles. We measured 13 environmental variables around each trap and the geographical distance between traps. For functional composition, we used 12 functional traits from four functional groups (morphological, phenological, trophic, and a surrogate of physiological). Our results showed that environmental differences between areas influenced the taxonomic and functional beta diversity components (replacement and loss/gain) but in different ways. While replacement components (higher for taxonomic composition) increased with environmental distance, the loss or gain components (higher for functional composition) remained constant, indicating that species replacement mostly involved functionally redundant species. Besides, environmental variables influencing both taxonomic and functional composition were strongly dependent on each area. In conclusion, in well-preserved Mediterranean forests, environmental filtering determines the taxonomic and functional composition of saproxylic beetle assemblages, by favoring species replacement but filtering species traits.

Diversity loss and changes in saproxylic beetle assemblages following a high-severity fire in Araucaria–Nothofagus forests

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 585-601
Author(s):  
Francisco Tello ◽  
Mauro E. González ◽  
Nelson Valdivia ◽  
Fernanda Torres ◽  
Antonio Lara ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Severity ◽  
Diversity Loss ◽  
Beetle Assemblages ◽  
Saproxylic Beetle ◽  
Nothofagus Forests

scholarly journals Contrasting functional structure of saproxylic beetle assemblages associated to different microhabitats

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Estefanía Micó ◽  
Pablo Ramilo ◽  
Simon Thorn ◽  
Jörg Müller ◽  
Eduardo Galante ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Functional Structure ◽  
Beetle Assemblages ◽  
Saproxylic Beetle

How does the replacement of native forest by exotic forest plantations affect the diversity, abundance and trophic structure of saproxylic beetle assemblages?

2017 ◽  
Vol 405 ◽  
pp. 246-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrés Fierro ◽  
Audrey A. Grez ◽  
Pablo M. Vergara ◽  
Alfredo Ramírez-Hernández ◽  
Estefanía Micó
Keyword(s):  
Trophic Structure ◽  
Forest Plantations ◽  
Native Forest ◽  
Beetle Assemblages ◽  
Saproxylic Beetle

Effectiveness of three sampling methods to survey saproxylic beetle assemblages in Mediterranean woodland

2013 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 765-776 ◽  
Author(s):  
Javier Quinto ◽  
María de los Ángeles Marcos-García ◽  
Hervé Brustel ◽  
Eduardo Galante ◽  
Estefanía Micó
Keyword(s):  
Sampling Methods ◽  
Beetle Assemblages ◽  
Saproxylic Beetle ◽  
Mediterranean Woodland

Saproxylic beetle assemblages on native and exotic snags in a West African tropical forest

2007 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Lachat ◽  
R. Peveling ◽  
S. Attignon ◽  
G. Goergen ◽  
B. Sinsin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tropical Forest ◽  
West African ◽  
Beetle Assemblages ◽  
Saproxylic Beetle

scholarly journals Carabid beetle assemblages (Coleoptera) in a wooded meadow and in the adjacent habitats on the Saaremaa Island, Estonia

1995 ◽  
Vol 6 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 169-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tõnu Talvi
Keyword(s):  
Species Diversity ◽  
Dominant Species ◽  
Deciduous Forest ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Carabid Beetles ◽  
Pitfall Traps ◽  
Spruce Forest ◽  
Traditional Management ◽  
Beetle Assemblages ◽  
Pterostichus Melanarius

Carabid beetles were sampled by using pitfall traps during one season in traditionally managed wooded meadow and in adjacent habitats (dry meadow, deciduous forest and spruce forest) on Saaremaa Island, Estonia. A total of 2356 carabids belonging to 35 species were caught. The number of species and species diversity were highest in the wooded meadow and lowest in the dry meadow. In the wooded meadow, the dominant species were Pterostichus melanarius (Illiger) and P. niger, (Schaller), which counted together for 49% of the total sample. The highest number of scarce species was found in the wooded meadow. Similarity of the carabid assemblages was highest between the two types of forests. The carabid assemblage in the wooded meadow was most similar to that of the deciduous forest; the values of similarity of wooded meadow versus spruce forest and wooded meadow versus dry meadow were only slightly lower. The results indicate that high biodiversity level of the wooded meadow can be maintained only through continuous traditional management.

scholarly journals Author Correction: Contrasting functional structure of saproxylic beetle assemblages associated to different microhabitats

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Estefanía Micó ◽  
Pablo Ramilo ◽  
Simon Thorn ◽  
Jörg Müller ◽  
Eduardo Galante ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Functional Structure ◽  
Beetle Assemblages ◽  
Saproxylic Beetle
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