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ABSTRACT: We assessed the relative contributions of in situ survival and recolonization to overall recovery of arthropod populations following prescribed fire by monitoring RESEARCH ARTICLE arthropod morphospecies richness and abundance in enclosed and open plots in adjacent burned and unburned units within two remnant Illinois prairies. Vacuum sampling of arthropods at semimonthly intervals following spring burns at each site indicated that fire strongly depressed arthropod abundance initially, but that abundance and species richness • tended to recover toward the end of the summer, mostly due to recolonization from adjacent unburned refuges. Nevertheless, arthropod groups (taxa or guilds) were affected Effects of differently by fire, and differences in arthropod species composition among burned and unburned plots persisted. Sampled arthropod groups significantly reduced by fire at one or both study sites included springtails (Collembola), deltocephaline leafhoppers (Ho- Prescribed Fire on moptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae), aphids (Homoptera: Aphididae), delphacid planthoppers (Homoptera: Delphacidae), parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera), and spiders Prairie Arthropods: (Araneae). Only one group, typhlocybine leafhoppers (Homoptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlo- cybinae), exhibited a significant positive response to fire. These results indicate that in situ populations of many arthropod species are substantially reduced by prescribed fire. An Enclosure Study Thus, to preserve native arthropod faunas, land managers should ensure that unburned refuges are maintained and that the intervals between burns are sufficient to allow recolonization of burned areas to occur. Mary G. Harper Index terms: arthropods, insects, management effects, prescribed burning, recolonization Chris H. Dietrich Richard L. Larimore Paul A. Tessene Illinois Natural History Survey 607 E. Peabody Drive INTRODUCTION versity, but also because of the crucial Champaign, IL 61820 USA roles played by insects and other arthro- Prairies throughout the midwestern Unit- pods in ecosystem function (e.g., pollina- ed States are being managed with tion and nutrient cycling). Unfortunately, • pre-scribed fire (Collins and Wallace responses to management remain largely 1990). Prescribed fire releases nutrients unknown for most arthropod communi- into the soil, discourages growth of some ties. Because many native arthropod spe- woody and invasive species, and cies are apparently restricted to isolated encourages production and flowering of patches of relatively high-quality habitat some native grass-es and forbs. The (Panzer et al. 1995), survival of these spe- assumption that fire benefits native cies may hinge on the development of animal species by restoring their habitat management strategies that not only main- has been questioned by some tain native vegetation, but also avoid harm- entomologists (reviewed by Warren et al. ing resident arthropod populations. 1987, Panzer 1988, Swengel 1996, Reed 1997), who have noted marked declines in Previous studies (reviewed by Warren et al. insect abundance in recently burned areas 1987, Panzer 1988, Reed 1997) indicate that and expressed concern over possible short-term responses to fire vary among long-term, detrimental effects on arthropod taxa. The reasons for such populations of insects restricted to prairie variation in fire sensitivity are not well habitats. De-tailed study of the effects of understood, partly because it is not known fire on native arthropods is needed whether most prairie arthropod species can because many prairies today persist as survive fire in situ (in soil or plant tissue, small remnants that represent habitat for example) or whether they must islands upon which many arthropod recolonize from unburned refuges. Direct species depend for their survival (Panzer evidence of high levels of insect mortality et al. 1995). due to fire (e.g., Miller 1979) as well as information on insect life histories suggest Management practices that maintain a that few arthropods other than those Corresponding author e-mail: dietrich@ di-verse arthropod community are inhabiting the soil survive prescribed fire mail.inhs.uiuc.edu important not only because arthropods represent the dominant component of Natural Areas Journal 20:325–335 terrestrial biodi- Volume 20 (4), 2000 Natural Areas journal 325 in situ. This has led to the recommenda- enclosures survived in situ, whereas those tion that sites supporting remnant-depen- in open sites represented in situ survival, dent arthropod populations (i.e., those recolonization, or both. We predicted that having an obligatory association with rem- arthropods occurring within the soil dur- nants of fragmented ecosystems; Panzer et ing spring and fall (e.g., eggs or immatures al. 1995) should be burned infrequently, of many Araneae, Coleoptera, Diptera, and that sites managed with fire should be and Orthoptera) would be insulated from divided so that only a portion is burned in the hot temperatures of fires and would any given year (Panzer 1988, Moffat and consequently show greater in situ survival McPhillips 1993). Recent experimental than other arthropods. We predicted that evidence (Panzer 1988, Dana 1991, Swen- arthropods occurring in lit-ter or gel 1996) suggests that some aboveground vegetative tissues (e.g., remnant-dependent prairie arthropods leafhoppers [Homoptera], which overwin- either survive fire in situ or easily ter as eggs in plant tissue or as adults in overcome barriers to recolonization litter; various bees and wasps [Hy- (habitat gaps, etc.). Nevertheless, the menoptera], which overwinter in plant debate over how fire affects arthropod stems) would be more vulnerable to fire, communities will likely continue until the and therefore would suffer higher levels of mechanisms of postburn population mortality than would other arthropods. response and the long-term effects of bum management on the community are better METHODS understood. Knowledge of whether, and under what conditions, arthropods can Study sites survive prescribed bums in situ would improve our ability to design management Native prairie remnants at Richardson strategies that enhance over-all ecosystem Wildlife Foundation (RWF), Lee County, structure and function in native prairie Illinois, and Windfall Prairie Nature remnants. Pre-serve (Windfall) in Vermilion County, Figure 1. Map of Illinois showing the locations of the two sample sites: Richardson Wildlife Foun- Illinois, were chosen for study (Figure 1). Based on sampling in 1996 (C.H. Dietrich, dation, Lee County (square) and Windfall Prairie, Although several studies have examined Vermilion County (circle). the effects of fire on insect communities in unpubl. data), the arthropod fauna of RWF prairies (Rice 1932, Cancelado and Yonke was known to include numerous 1970, Nagel 1973, Anderson et al. 1989) remnant-dependent leafhopper species (e.g., Dorydiella kansana Beamer, and other ecosystems thought to be of blackberry (Rubus spp.) and other Graminella spp., Laevicephalus fire-dependent (Delettre 1994, Collett and woody shrubs occur throughout the prai- Neumann 1995, Moya-Raygoza 1995, Sie- unicoloratus [Gillette and Baker], rie (maximum height ca. 1.5 m), but these mann et al. 1997), specific information on Limotettix truncatus Sleesman). Windfall patches were avoided for the purpose of the relative importance of in situ survival Prairie was also expected to sup-port a insect sampling (i.e., no plot was located and recolonization for maintaining insect variety of native, remnant-dependent within 1 m of a shrub patch). populations in fire-managed prairies is arthropod species, based on its location available for only a few species (Borth and and vegetation. Two adjacent areas of The study areas at RWF consisted of north Barina 1991, Dana 1991, Fay and Samenus approximately equal size, designated as and south management units, approximate- 1993, Swengel 1995). If in situ survival of "unburned" and "burned," were selected ly 6 m apart, separated from each other by fire by prairie arthropods is rare, and for study in each prairie in the autumn of a shallow ditch. Each unit is approximate- near-by refuges are not available to serve 1996. The burned areas were subjected to ly 1 ha in size, but both occur within a as sources for recolonization, then prescribed fire the following spring, native prairie that is approximately 9 ha in frequent burning of such isolated where-as the adjacent areas remained size. The eastern boundaries of both units preserves risks reducing the viability of, unburned. grade into a pond. Both had been managed or even extirpating, some arthropod by prescribed burning for several years populations. The RWF prairie consists of dry-mesic, prior to the present study; the south unit and mesic to wet-mesic sand prairie. (burned treatment) had been burned annu- We compared in situ arthropod survival Grass-es such as Indian grass (Sorghastrum ally in the spring between 1989 and 1996, with general arthropod survival (recoloni- nu-tans [L.] Nash), big bluestem and the north unit had been burned be- zation plus in situ) after a prescribed fire. (Andropogon Berardi Vitman), bluejoint tween 1989 and 1995. Qualitative sampling Arthropod abundance and diversity were grass (Calamagrostis canadensis [Michx.] during the 1996 growing season (C.H. measured in burned and unburned sites, P. Beauv.), and prairie cord-grass (Spartina Dietrich, unpubl. data) indicated the pres- and in both enclosed and open plots. We pectinata Link) characterize the
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