Data from: Effects of undergrowth removal and edge proximity on ground beetles and vascular plants in urban boreal forests

• Main Authors: Koivula, Matti, Virta, Tiina, Kuitunen, Markku, Vallius, Elisa
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Dryad 2019
• Subjects: Deschampsia cespitosa; Vaccinium myrtillus; Calathus micropterus; Anthriscus sylvestris; Carabidae; Athyrium filix-femina; Hypericum maculatum; Pterostichus oblongopunctatus; Geranium sylvaticum; Vaccinium vitis-idaea; Synuchus vivalis; Pterostichus strenuous; Oxalis acetocella; Trechus rivularis; Melampyrum pretense; Anisodactylus binotatus; Pterostichus nigrita; Deschampsia flexuosa; Ribes rubrum; Alchemilla sp; Rubus idaeus; Festuca ovina; Holocene; Fragaria vesca; Cirsium arvense; Poa chaixii; Artemisia vulgaris; Leistus terminatus; Pterostichus diligens; Carex acuta; Milium effusum; Actaea spicata; Loricera pilicornis; Amara lunicollis; Gymnocarpium dryopteris; Hieracium sylvatica; Luzula luzuloides; Dryopteris carthusiana; Urtica urens; Epilobium montanum; Quaternary; Lonicera xylosteum; Amara communis; Sorbus aucuparia; Veronica chamaedrys; Linnaea borealis; edge effect; Epilobium angustifolium; Carex canescens; Equisetum sylvaticum; Agrostis capillaris; Rubus saxatilis; Urtica dioica; Carabus nemoralis; Patrobus atrorufus; Cychrus caraboides; Luzula pilosa; Phleum pretense; Ranunculus repens; Carabus hortensis; Campanula rotundifolia; Harpalus tardus; Pterostichus melanarius; Acer platanoides; Calathus melanocephalus; Melampyrum sylvaticum; Melica nutans; Notiophilus biguttatus; Richness; Equisetum pretense; Ranunculus acris; Veronica officinalis; Badister lacertosus; Viola riviniana; Aegopodium podagraria; Harpalus laevipes; Geum urbanum; Pterostichus niger; Nardus stricta; Galium album; Trientalis europaea; Convallaria majalis; ground beetles; Patrobus assimilis; Maianthemum bifolium; Leistus ferrugineus; Scrophularia nodosa; Paris quadrifolia; Calamagrostis arundinaceus; undergrowth; Taraxacum sp; Trechus secalis; Dryopteris filix-mas; Koivula; Ribes
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.h15c4sp; http://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.h15c4sp

Urban forests are regularly managed for human safety and aesthetic reasons, but they are crucial habitat for many species. Removals of undergrowth occur commonly in these forests, yet the ecological consequences of these operations are poorly understood. We sampled ground beetles (Coleoptera, Carabi...