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Saproxylic Beetle Community in the Expansion Site of a Megaproject and in the Surrounding Area in the Western Italian Alps

Diversity, 2023
Beetles are one of the most diverse and often highly specialized groups among saproxylic organisms and play a key role in forest dynamics. To develop conservation plans in forests threatened by human activities, such as construction sites, it is crucial ...
Irene Piccini, Davide Bellone, Viviana Di Pietro, Roberta Berretti, Luca Cristiano, Enrico Caprio, Alessandro Bruno Biscaccianti, Simona Bonelli   +7 more
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Effects of restoration practices on biodiversity in temperate and boreal forests

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Several restoration practices are used to mitigate and compensate for the negative effects of large‐scale forestry on biodiversity in temperate and boreal forests. A comprehensive synthesis of the benefits of these practices across taxa is missing. We conducted a systematic review and meta‐analysis on this topic.
Malin Tälle, Thomas Ranius, Julia Koricheva   +2 more
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Weak Isolation by Distance inDiaperis boleti, a Fungivorous Saproxylic Beetle [PDF]

Journal of Insect Science, 2014
Living in unstable habitats is expected to decrease the intensity of isolation by distance in populations through the need for frequent movements of individuals. Insects associated with fruiting bodies of fungi therefore are supposed to have weak spatial genetic structure of populations compared with those living in more stable habitats.
openaire   +2 more sources

Landscape and Geography Determine Saproxylic Beetle Captures in Pheromone‐Baited Traps

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, EarlyView.
Pheromone‐baited traps at 39 forest sites across southern Sweden captured 58 saproxylic beetle species, including seven Red‐listed taxa. The effect of surrounding forest cover on beetle abundance may depend on latitude and longitude: positive effects were strongest in warmer southern and eastern regions but weakened or reversed in colder northwestern ...
Markus Franzén, Christoffer Fristedt, Olof Persson, Per Milberg, Victor Johansson   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A comparative study of the saproxylic diversity of a natural and a reforested forest in Morocco: Implications for conservation and ecosystem management [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences
Moroccan forest ecosystems are rich in biodiversity. However, they are threatened by deforestation. To reduce this, the country has adopted plans involving reforestation.
Elaine Imad, Benyahia Yousra, Taheri Ahmed   +2 more
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Management and tree dieback alter beetle assemblage structure and body size distribution in a temperate German forest

Ecological Entomology, EarlyView.
Forest management and climate‐induced tree dieback alter the structural characteristics of forests, which could subsequently lead to changes in the structure of beetle assemblages. Beetle assemblages in more open forests exhibited less even abundance distributions, with fewer, more dominant species (higher rates of decline (r), higher dominance (d ...
Julian Lunow, Katja Wehner, Matteo Trevisan, Nico Blüthgen, Michael Heethoff, Jörg Müller, Nadja K. Simons   +6 more
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The White-backed Woodpecker (Dendrocopos leucotos) as an umbrella species for threatened saproxylic beetle communities in Central European beech forests

Ecological Indicators
The umbrella species concept is a popular conservation planning tool which postulates that conservation schemes targeting a specific species will indirectly benefit many other sympatric species.
Romain Angeleri, Urs G. Kormann, Nicolas Roth, Antonia Ettwein, Gilberto Pasinelli, Raphaël Arlettaz, Thibault Lachat   +6 more
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Wood-inhabiting beetles in low stumps, high stumps and logs on boreal clear-cuts: implications for dead wood management.

PLoS ONE, 2015
The increasing demand for biofuels from logging residues require serious attention on the importance of dead wood substrates on clear-cuts for the many forestry-intolerant saproxylic (wood-inhabiting) species.
Jon Andersson, Joakim Hjältén, Mats Dynesius   +2 more
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Interaction Networks Help to Infer the Vulnerability of the Saproxylic Beetle Communities That Inhabit Tree Hollows in Mediterranean Forests

Insects, 2023
Insect communities are facing contrasting responses due to global change. However, knowledge on impacts of communities’ reorganizations is scarce.
Javier Quinto, Cecilia Díaz-Castelazo, Alfredo Ramírez-Hernández, Ascensión Padilla, Esther Sánchez-Almodóvar, Eduardo Galante, Estefanía Micó   +6 more
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Hermit beetle (Osmoderma barnabita) habitat selection and movement are shaped by tree microhabitat availability in Eastern Romanian Carpathians

Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
We conducted the first radio‐tracking study on Osmoderma barnabita to examine the movement ecology and habitat selection in the Eastern Carpathians. A female recorded the longest movement distance and had larger home ranges than males. It showed a preference for Quercus petraea, with wood mould cavities and DBH as key predictors.
Marian D. Mirea, Iulia V. Miu, Viorel D. Popescu, Lavinia C. Pindaru, Steluta Manolache, Silviu Chiriac, Laurentiu Rozylowicz   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source