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Green-Tree Retention and Controlled Burning in Restoration and Conservation of Beetle Diversity in Boreal Forests
Dissertationes Forestales 21 Green-tree retention and controlled burning in restoration and conservation of beetle diversity in boreal forests Esko Hyvärinen Faculty of Forestry University of Joensuu Academic dissertation To be presented, with the permission of the Faculty of Forestry of the University of Joensuu, for public criticism in auditorium C2 of the University of Joensuu, Yliopistonkatu 4, Joensuu, on 9th June 2006, at 12 o’clock noon. 2 Title: Green-tree retention and controlled burning in restoration and conservation of beetle diversity in boreal forests Author: Esko Hyvärinen Dissertationes Forestales 21 Supervisors: Prof. Jari Kouki, Faculty of Forestry, University of Joensuu, Finland Docent Petri Martikainen, Faculty of Forestry, University of Joensuu, Finland Pre-examiners: Docent Jyrki Muona, Finnish Museum of Natural History, Zoological Museum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland Docent Tomas Roslin, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Division of Population Biology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland Opponent: Prof. Bengt Gunnar Jonsson, Department of Natural Sciences, Mid Sweden University, Sundsvall, Sweden ISSN 1795-7389 ISBN-13: 978-951-651-130-9 (PDF) ISBN-10: 951-651-130-9 (PDF) Paper copy printed: Joensuun yliopistopaino, 2006 Publishers: The Finnish Society of Forest Science Finnish Forest Research Institute Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry of the University of Helsinki Faculty of Forestry of the University of Joensuu Editorial Office: The Finnish Society of Forest Science Unioninkatu 40A, 00170 Helsinki, Finland http://www.metla.fi/dissertationes 3 Hyvärinen, Esko 2006. Green-tree retention and controlled burning in restoration and conservation of beetle diversity in boreal forests. University of Joensuu, Faculty of Forestry. ABSTRACT The main aim of this thesis was to demonstrate the effects of green-tree retention and controlled burning on beetles (Coleoptera) in order to provide information applicable to the restoration and conservation of beetle species diversity in boreal forests. -
The Nitidulidae and Kateretidae of Sardinia: Recent Data and Updated Checklist (Coleoptera) *
ConseRVaZione haBitat inVeRteBRati 5: 447–460 (2011) CnBfVR The Nitidulidae and Kateretidae of Sardinia: recent data and updated checklist ( Coleoptera)* Paolo AUDISIO Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie "Charles Darwin", Sapienza Università di Roma, Via A. Borelli 50, I-00161 Rome, Italy. E-mail: [email protected] *In: Nardi G., Whitmore D., Bardiani M., Birtele D., Mason F., Spada L. & Cerretti P. (eds), Biodiversity of Marganai and Montimannu (Sardinia). Research in the framework of the ICP Forests network. Conservazione Habitat Invertebrati, 5: 447–460. ABSTRACT This paper deals with the Coleoptera Nitidulidae and Kateretidae collected in Sardinia during the surveys organized by Centro Nazionale per lo Studio e la Conservazione della Biodiversità Forestale "Bosco Fontana" of Verona in 2003–2008, with a few selected additional data collected on the island by the author during entomological trips carried out in 1982–2008, and by several Italian and European entomologists in the last few decades. The paper is also completed with the updated checklist of the species so far recorded from the island, including those based on a few unpublished data or extracted from recently examined material. 79 species (73 Nitidulidae, including 10 the presence of which is based only on very doubtful ancient records, and 6 Kateretidae) are listed for Sardinia. The updated list includes two species endemic to the Corso-Sardinian System: Sagittogethes nuragicus (Audisio & Jelínek, 1990), and Thymogethes foddaii (Audisio, De Biase & Trizzino, 2009) n. comb. Sagittogethes minutus (C. Brisout de Barneville, 1872) is recorded for the fi rst time from continental Italy (SE Calabria). Key words: Nitidulidae, Kateretidae, Sardinia, faunistics. -
Effect of Distance to Urban Areas on Saproxylic Beetles in Urban Forests
Effect of distance to urban areas on saproxylic beetles in urban forests Effekt av avstånd till bebyggda områden på vedlevande skalbaggar i urbana skogsområden Jeffery D Marker Faculty of Health, Science and Technology Biology: Ecology and Conservation Biology Master’s thesis, 30 hp Supervisor: Denis Lafage Examiner: Larry Greenberg 2019-01-29 Series number: 19:07 2 Abstract Urban forests play key roles in animal and plant biodiversity and provide important ecosystem services. Habitat fragmentation and expanding urbanization threaten biodiversity in and around urban areas. Saproxylic beetles can act as bioindicators of forest health and their diversity may help to explain and define urban-forest edge effects. I explored the relationship between saproxylic beetle diversity and distance to an urban area along nine transects in the Västra Götaland region of Sweden. Specifically, the relationships between abundance and species richness and distance from the urban- forest boundary, forest age, forest volume, and tree species ratio was investigated Unbaited flight interception traps were set at intervals of 0, 250, and 500 meters from an urban-forest boundary to measure beetle abundance and richness. A total of 4182 saproxylic beetles representing 179 species were captured over two months. Distance from the urban forest boundary showed little overall effect on abundance suggesting urban proximity does not affect saproxylic beetle abundance. There was an effect on species richness, with saproxylic species richness greater closer to the urban-forest boundary. Forest volume had a very small positive effect on both abundance and species richness likely due to a limited change in volume along each transect. An increase in the occurrence of deciduous tree species proved to be an important factor driving saproxylic beetle abundance moving closer to the urban-forest. -
Forest Edges in the Mixed-Montane Zone of the Bavarian Forest National Park – Hot Spots of Biodiversity
Silva Gabreta vol. 13 (2) p. 121–148 Vimperk, 2007 Forest edges in the mixed-montane zone of the Bavarian Forest National Park – hot spots of biodiversity Jörg Müller1,*, Heinz Bußler2, Martin Goßner3, Axel Gruppe4, Andrea Jarzabek- Müller1, Manuel Preis1 & Thomas Rettelbach5 1Bavarian Forest National Park, Freyunger Strasse 2, D-94481 Grafenau, Germany 2Bayerische Landesanstalt für Wald und Forstwirtschaft, Am Hochanger 13, D-85354 Freising, Germany 3Schussenstrasse 12, D-88273 Fronreute, Germany 4Department of Animal Ecology, Technical University Munich, Am Hochanger 13, D-85354 Freising, Germany 5Fritzenanger 9, D-83362 Surberg, Germany *[email protected] Abstract Using 60 flight interception traps we investigated twelve different forest edges in the National Park Bava- rian Forest. Half of the forest edges studied were created by bark beetle attacks (interior edges), the others result from clearance for farming by humans. At each forest edge, five traps were installed as follows: one trap was placed in the open area 50–80 m distant from the forest edge, two traps at the edge (one at ground level, one in the canopy), and two traps in the forest interior 70–100 m away from the edge (one at ground level, one in the canopy). We caught and determined 10,966 specimens representing 421 insect species: 240 beetles, 96 true bugs, 65 Aculeata, and 20 lacewings. The highest number of species was found in the open spaces and at the edges. Bark beetle gaps are shown as hot spots of insect biodiversity. Key words: interior forest edge, exterior forest edge, biodiversity, flight interception traps, bark beetles. -
Dead Trees Left in Clear-Cuts Benefit Saproxylic Coleoptera Adapted To
Biodiversity and Conservation 6, 1±18 (1997) Dead trees left in clear-cuts bene®t saproxylic Coleoptera adapted to natural disturbances in boreal forest LAURI KAILAÃ Finnish Museum of Natural History, Zoological Museum, PO Box 17, FIN-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland PETRI MARTIKAINEN and PEKKA PUNTTILA Department of Ecology and Systematics, Division of Population Biology, PO Box 17, FIN-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland Received 27 April 1995; revised and accepted 25 October 1995 Forest management alters the pattern of forest dynamics from that in natural conditions in the boreal region. In order to examine how certain forestry measures matching natural dynamics aect forest insects, we compared assemblages of saproxylic Coleoptera on dead, standing birch trunks left behind in eight clear-cut areas with corresponding assemblages in seven mature forests in southern and eastern Finland. We used trunk-window traps for sampling. Distinct beetle assemblages were asso- ciated with the dierent habitats. Median numbers of species or specimens caught did not dier between closed forests and clear-cuts, but individual beetle species occurred unevenly among the habitats. Several beetle species associated with open forest habitat, e.g. burned forests or storm- damage areas, including species regarded as threatened in Finland, were found almost exclusively, in clear-cuts. Correspondingly, a number of beetle species occurring frequently in closed forests were not found in clear-cuts. We conclude that dead trunks left in the clear-cut areas may host not only generalist saproxylic species but also many beetle species specialized to warm, sun-exposed en- vironments, and such species may not be able to survive in closed forests. -
Of the Genus Glischrochilus Reitter (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae, Cryptarchinae)
RESEARCH CIRCULAR 266 APRIL 1981 An Annotated Bibliography of the Genus Glischrochilus Reitter (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae, Cryptarchinae) KARL V. MILLER and ROGER N. WILLIAMS OHIO AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER Wooster, Ohio _ CONTENTS Introduction • 1 World Dis_tribution and List of the Species of Glischrochilus Reitter 3 Publication~·with Inforrnatio~ on Glischrochilus. 8 Index. 58 Cov~r Photo: -Left to -.right-, Glischrochilus fasciatus (Oliver), G. quadrisignatus (L.), G. sanguinolentus (Oliver). From Dillon, E. S. c;ind - L. S. Dillon. 1972. A manual of connnon beetles of Eastern North America. Dover Publications, Inc. New York. All publications of the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center are available to all on a nondiscriminatory basis without regard to. race, color, national origin, sex, or religious affiliation. AGDEX 601-612 3-81-2M An ~notate:d Bibliography of The Genus Glischrochilus Reitter. (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae, Cryptarchin~e) · Karl V. · ~i.ller and Roger N. Willia.ms!/ INTRODUCTION · The purpose of th~s ·circular is to consolidate the lit~rature pertaining to the .gentJS Glischroch!lus. The objective has been to compile a sunnnary of in£ormation on.developmental biology, seasonal and geographical distribution, economic importan~e, h:abits, natural enemies, control, as well as information to assist in taxonomic studies. The bibliographical information provided here was obtained by a thorough search of the libraries at The Ohio State University and the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center for the years 1730 to 1980. Photocopies or microfilms of material unavailable at these two libraries were obtained from the National Agricultural Library or from other university libraries. This literature. -
Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology
Linköping University | Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology Master thesis, 60 hp | Biology programme: Physics, Chemistry and Biology Fall term 2020 and spring term 2021 | LITH-IFM-x-EX--21/3965--SE How do saproxylic beetles differ in spruce (Picea abies) forests of different age? A comparison between nature reserves and production forests, in county of Östergötland. Rebecca Petersen Examinor, György Barabas, IFM Biology, Linköpings universitet Supervisor, Nicklas Jansson, IFM Biology, Linköpings universitet Table of contents 1 Abstract .......................................................................................................................................... 3 2 Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 3 3 Material and methods ..................................................................................................................... 5 3.1 Study sites ............................................................................................................................. 5 3.2 Sampling design .................................................................................................................... 6 3.3 Sorting species ...................................................................................................................... 8 3.4 Ecological variables .............................................................................................................. 8 3.4.1 Basal area -
Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) Andrew R
Louisiana State University LSU Digital Commons LSU Doctoral Dissertations Graduate School 2005 Revision of Pocadius Erichson (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) Andrew R. Cline Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations Part of the Entomology Commons Recommended Citation Cline, Andrew R., "Revision of Pocadius Erichson (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae)" (2005). LSU Doctoral Dissertations. 561. https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations/561 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at LSU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in LSU Doctoral Dissertations by an authorized graduate school editor of LSU Digital Commons. For more information, please [email protected]. REVISION OF POCADIUS ERICHSON (COLEOPTERA: NITIDULIDAE). A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in The Department of Entomology by Andrew R. Cline B.S. University of Alabama - Huntsville, 1996 M.S. University of Missouri, 2000 December 2005 © Copyright 2005 Andrew R. Cline All rights reserved ii DEDICATION This dissertation is dedicated to my wife JoAnna. Through the many years we have spent together you have often been my balance and point of reason. Your patience and understanding were always a comfort and inspiration. The work produced herein would not have been possible without you. iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I thank my graduate advisor Dr. Christopher Carlton for his advice throughout the completion of this research. I thank former and current entomology department head’s Drs. -
The Diversity of Saproxylic Beetles' Community from the Natural
Ann. For. Res. 64(1): 31-60, 2021 ANNALS OF FOREST RESEARCH https://doi.org/10.15287/afr.2021.2144 www.afrjournal.org The diversity of saproxylic beetles’ community from the Natural Reserve Voievodeasa Forest, North-Eastern Romania Nicolai Olenici1, Ecaterina Fodor2 @ Olenici N., Fodor E., 2021. The diversity of saproxylic beetles’ community from the Natural Reserve Voievodeasa Forest, North-Eastern Romania. Ann. For. Res. 64(1): 31-60. Abstract Nature reserves harbour considerable richness and diversity of saproxylic organisms since dead wood is preserved in situ, this being also the case of Voivodeasa beech-spruce-fir forest in North-Eastern Romania, the area investigated under the present research. Flight interception traps were employed to capture insects during a vegetation season with the goal to characterize saproxylic Coleoptera community in terms of diversity and several other structural features. Among the captured insects, the majority pertained to obligate saproxylic species (217 species). However, the unexpected high species richness corresponded to an area with modest representation of deadwood due to previous status of commercial forest. The identified beetles were members of different habitat-guilds depending on what type of substrate they colonized: recently dead wood (23%), decomposed dead wood (41%), wood inhabiting fungi (34%) and tree- hollow detritus (2%). According to their trophic position, the identified saproxylic beetles pertained to the following guilds: xylophagous (40%), mycetophagous (39%), predatory (14%), -
Do Insect Fungivores That Visit Polypore Cafes Aid Sporedispersal?
Masteroppgave 2018 60 stp Faculty of Biosciences Do insect fungivores that visit polypore cafes aid sporedispersal? Kristian Seres Master of biology Department of plant science Preface First I would like to thank my supervisors Tone Birkemoe and Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson for their encouragement and support in my work. I would also like to thank Marius Saunders and Martin Paliocha for help and support with the text. Lastly I would also like to thank my family for being patient and supporting during this hectic year. This master thesis has been a journey into the exciting world of fungal ecology, and I am very grateful for having the opportunity to write about this topic. 1 Abstract Dispersal of wood-decaying fungi has been well studied, but the importance of insects for the dispersal of spores are less documented In this study I sampled beetles from red belt conk, tinder fungus and aspen bracket by sampling beetles from sporocarps. Several studies have been done on red belt conk and tinder fungus, but not on aspen bracket. Here, I present some species found ono aspen bracket that has not been reported previously. My aim was to find out if the beetle community associated with the polypores were host specific, and if they could potentially be good dispersers of spores. There were unique beetle communities connected to the polypores, and there were an overlap between beetles sampled from conifer and deciduous trees. 2 3 Table of contents Preface .................................................................................................................................................... -
A Catalog of Scolytidae and Platypodidae (Coleoptera), Supplement 3 (2000-2010), with Notes on Subfamily and Tribal Reclassifications Donald E
University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Center for Systematic Entomology, Gainesville, Insecta Mundi Florida 3-28-2014 A Catalog of Scolytidae and Platypodidae (Coleoptera), Supplement 3 (2000-2010), with notes on subfamily and tribal reclassifications Donald E. Bright Colorado State University, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi Bright, Donald E., "A Catalog of Scolytidae and Platypodidae (Coleoptera), Supplement 3 (2000-2010), with notes on subfamily and tribal reclassifications" (2014). Insecta Mundi. 861. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi/861 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Center for Systematic Entomology, Gainesville, Florida at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in Insecta Mundi by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. INSECTA MUNDI A Journal of World Insect Systematics 0356 A Catalog of Scolytidae and Platypodidae (Coleoptera), Supplement 3 (2000-2010), with notes on subfamily and tribal reclassifications Donald E. Bright C. P. Gillette Museum of Arthropod Diversity Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80525 Date of Issue: March 28, 2014 CENTER FOR SYSTEMATIC ENTOMOLOGY, INC., Gainesville, FL Donald E. Bright A Catalog of Scolytidae and Platypodidae (Coleoptera), Supplement 3 (2000-2010), with notes on subfamily and tribal reclassifications Insecta Mundi 0356: 1-336 ZooBank Registered: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:0BB30FB2-E0A6-43AD-9476-E95DA74B605E Published in 2014 by Center for Systematic Entomology, Inc. P. O. Box 141874 Gainesville, FL 32614-1874 USA http://www.centerforsystematicentomology.org/ Insecta Mundi is a journal primarily devoted to insect systematics, but articles can be published on any non- marine arthropod. -
Ecology, Survey and Management of Forest Insects1
United States Department of Proceedings Agriculture Forest Service Northeastern Ecology, Survey and Research Station General Technical Management of Forest Insects Report NE-311 Edited by: Michael L. McManus Andrew M. Liebhold Kraków, Poland September 1-5, 2002 Cover The photographs on the cover (from the upper left corner going clockwise) are (photographer’s name in parentheses): Leaf damage caused by the horse-chestnut leafminer, Cameraria ohridella (Gyuri Csóka), gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar late instar larva with eggs of the parasitoid, Parasetigena silvestris (Gyuri Csóka), extensive tree mortality caused by Ips typographus outbreak, Tatra National Park, Poland (Rose-Marie Muzika), and galleries of Ips typographus (Milos Knizek). Most of the papers in this publication were submitted electronically and were edited to achieve a uniform format and typeface. Each contributor is responsible for the accuracy and content of his or her own paper. Statements of the contributors from outside the U.S. Department of Agriculture may not necessarily reflect the policy of the Department. Some participants did not submit papers so they have not been included. The use of trade, firm, or corporation names in this publication is for the information and convenience of the reader. Such use does not constitute an official endorsement or approval by the U.S. Department of Agriculture or the Forest Service of any product or service to the exclusion of others that may be suitable. Remarks about pesticides appear in some technical papers contained in these proceedings. Publication of these statements does not constitute endorsement or recommendation of them by the conference sponsors, nor does it imply that uses discussed have been registered.