Cross-taxon congruence and relationships to stand characteristics of vascular plant, bryophytes, polyporous fungi and beetles in mature managed boreal forests
Multi-taxon analyses of ecological assemblages are needed when the effects of forestry on biodiversity are examined. Management usually simplifies the structure of forests, which results in quantitative and qualitative declines in many microhabitats and species associated with them. In Fennoscandia,...
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ftluke:oai:jukuri.luke.fi:10024/540770 2023-10-09T21:51:27+02:00 Cross-taxon congruence and relationships to stand characteristics of vascular plant, bryophytes, polyporous fungi and beetles in mature managed boreal forests Jokela, Jari Juutilainen, Katja Korpela, Leila Kouki, Jari Kuntsi, Satu Koivula, Matti Siitonen, Juha University of Eastern Finland, School of Forest Sciences University of Jyväskylä, Department of Biological and Environmental Science Jyväskylä University Museum, Natural History Section Luke / Luonnonvarat ja biotuotanto / Ekosysteemit ja ekologia / Metsä- ja eläinekologia (4100100316) Luke / Luonnonvarat ja biotuotanto / Ympäristövaikutukset / Maaperä ekosysteeminä (4100100414) Luke / Vihreä teknologia / Geneettinen tutkimus / Biometrinen genetiikka (4100200213) 4100100316 4100100414 4100200213 Sekä painettu, että verkkojulkaisu 137-145 false http://jukuri.luke.fi/handle/10024/540770 eng eng Elsevier Ecological Indicators doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.10.036 1470-160X 85 http://jukuri.luke.fi/handle/10024/540770 1872-7034 www.elsevier.com/locate/ecolind indicators stand structure species covariation surrogate species richness species composition fi=A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä|sv=A1 Originalartikel i en vetenskaplig tidskrift|en=A1 Journal article (refereed), original research| ftluke https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.10.036 2023-09-12T20:26:24Z Multi-taxon analyses of ecological assemblages are needed when the effects of forestry on biodiversity are examined. Management usually simplifies the structure of forests, which results in quantitative and qualitative declines in many microhabitats and species associated with them. In Fennoscandia, most forests are managed for industrial use of wood, but relatively little is known about the relationships between structural components and biodiversity in managed forests. Abundance, composition or species number of different species groups reacting similarly to variation in their environment would be a useful tool e.g. in estimating responses of species that are more difficult to sample. Thus far evidence for, or the lack of, such congruence or indicator functioning is not conclusive. We therefore examined the associations between stand structural features and species diversity and congruence between species groups of vascular plants, bryophytes and lichens, polypores and beetles. Our study was carried out in mature managed Norway spruce dominated forests in Southern Finland in 2009. Our main findings were (1) cross-taxon congruence in species richness was generally low, suggesting that any single taxonomic group performed poorly as an indicator of overall biodiversity; (2) the volume and diversity of dead trees were the most frequently detected significant predictors of species richness of the studied groups; (3) in terms of species composition, only vascular plants co-varied significantly with bryophytes and lichens; in addition, bryophytes and lichens as well as polypores co-varied significantly with stand structural features; (4) species composition of vascular plants, polypores and saproxylic beetles was associated with the volume of living trees, and in polypores it was also associated with the volumes of both dead and living deciduous trees. These results suggest that biodiversity monitoring for management and conservation requires data from several taxa. However, the volume and diversity of dead wood are ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Fennoscandia Natural Resources Institute Finland: Jukuri Norway Ecological Indicators 85 137 145 |
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indicators stand structure species covariation surrogate species richness species composition Jokela, Jari Juutilainen, Katja Korpela, Leila Kouki, Jari Kuntsi, Satu Koivula, Matti Siitonen, Juha Cross-taxon congruence and relationships to stand characteristics of vascular plant, bryophytes, polyporous fungi and beetles in mature managed boreal forests |
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Multi-taxon analyses of ecological assemblages are needed when the effects of forestry on biodiversity are examined. Management usually simplifies the structure of forests, which results in quantitative and qualitative declines in many microhabitats and species associated with them. In Fennoscandia, most forests are managed for industrial use of wood, but relatively little is known about the relationships between structural components and biodiversity in managed forests. Abundance, composition or species number of different species groups reacting similarly to variation in their environment would be a useful tool e.g. in estimating responses of species that are more difficult to sample. Thus far evidence for, or the lack of, such congruence or indicator functioning is not conclusive. We therefore examined the associations between stand structural features and species diversity and congruence between species groups of vascular plants, bryophytes and lichens, polypores and beetles. Our study was carried out in mature managed Norway spruce dominated forests in Southern Finland in 2009. Our main findings were (1) cross-taxon congruence in species richness was generally low, suggesting that any single taxonomic group performed poorly as an indicator of overall biodiversity; (2) the volume and diversity of dead trees were the most frequently detected significant predictors of species richness of the studied groups; (3) in terms of species composition, only vascular plants co-varied significantly with bryophytes and lichens; in addition, bryophytes and lichens as well as polypores co-varied significantly with stand structural features; (4) species composition of vascular plants, polypores and saproxylic beetles was associated with the volume of living trees, and in polypores it was also associated with the volumes of both dead and living deciduous trees. These results suggest that biodiversity monitoring for management and conservation requires data from several taxa. However, the volume and diversity of dead wood are ... |
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University of Eastern Finland, School of Forest Sciences University of Jyväskylä, Department of Biological and Environmental Science Jyväskylä University Museum, Natural History Section Luke / Luonnonvarat ja biotuotanto / Ekosysteemit ja ekologia / Metsä- ja eläinekologia (4100100316) Luke / Luonnonvarat ja biotuotanto / Ympäristövaikutukset / Maaperä ekosysteeminä (4100100414) Luke / Vihreä teknologia / Geneettinen tutkimus / Biometrinen genetiikka (4100200213) 4100100316 4100100414 4100200213 |
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Cross-taxon congruence and relationships to stand characteristics of vascular plant, bryophytes, polyporous fungi and beetles in mature managed boreal forests |
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Cross-taxon congruence and relationships to stand characteristics of vascular plant, bryophytes, polyporous fungi and beetles in mature managed boreal forests |
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Cross-taxon congruence and relationships to stand characteristics of vascular plant, bryophytes, polyporous fungi and beetles in mature managed boreal forests |
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Cross-taxon congruence and relationships to stand characteristics of vascular plant, bryophytes, polyporous fungi and beetles in mature managed boreal forests |
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Cross-taxon congruence and relationships to stand characteristics of vascular plant, bryophytes, polyporous fungi and beetles in mature managed boreal forests |
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cross-taxon congruence and relationships to stand characteristics of vascular plant, bryophytes, polyporous fungi and beetles in mature managed boreal forests |
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