Artículo

La versión final de este artículo es de uso interno de la institución.
Consulte el artículo en la página del editor
Consulte la política de Acceso Abierto del editor

Abstract:

Silvicultural practices are traditionally aimed at increasing forest profits; however, recent approaches to forest conservation have broadened to include nature-based silviculture for regenerating forests. In southern Ontario (Canada), originally dominated by deciduous forests, conifer plantations were established on abandoned agricultural sites. Currently, there is an increasing interest to convert these conifer stands to a state that mimics the original deciduous forest. We investigated arthropod abundance, species richness of carabid beetles, and abundance of arthropod assemblages (trophic and prey groups) under five silvicultural treatments conducted to regenerate deciduous forests (the natural forest type) from the old conifer plantations. The treatments included: (1) uniform canopy removal; (2) uniform canopy removal and understory removal; (3) group canopy removal; (4) group canopy removal and understory removal; and (5) untreated control plots (relatively pure red pine). Insects were sampled annually using sweepnets and pitfall traps. Results revealed treatment effects on the abundance of Coleoptera, Heteroptera, herbivores, and small arthropods (<3 mm) caught in sweepnet samples, where plots subjected to group shelterwood removal and understory removal supported higher abundances than the control plots. There was no treatment effect on the abundance of other arthropod groups or on the species richness and abundance of carabid beetles. The silvicultural treatments used to encourage natural regeneration did not seem to affect arthropod food availability for insectivorous vertebrates. Thus, the type of silvicultural strategy used to convert pine plantations to a stage that mimics the natural deciduous forests had little overall impact on arthropods.

Registro:

Documento: Artículo
Título:Convergence in arthropod assemblages with various restoration approaches for Canadian deciduous forests
Autor:Bellocq, M.I.; Smith, S.M.
Filiación:Depto. de Ecologia Genet./Evolucion, FCEN - Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires 1428, Argentina
Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto, 33 Willcocks St., Toronto, Ont. M5S 3B3, Canada
Palabras clave:Carabid beetles; Functional assemblages; Insects; Silviculture; Stand conversion; abundance; arthropod; deciduous forest; restoration ecology; silviculture; species richness; Canada; Arthropoda; Carabidae; Coleoptera; Coniferophyta; Heteroptera; Hexapoda; Pinus resinosa; Vertebrata
Año:2003
Volumen:7
Número:2
Página de inicio:99
Página de fin:109
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1025573230900
Título revista:Journal of Insect Conservation
Título revista abreviado:J. Insect Conserv.
ISSN:1366638X
Registro:https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_1366638X_v7_n2_p99_Bellocq

Referencias:

  • Beaudry, S., Duchesne, L.C., Côté, B., Short-term effects of three forestry practices on carabid beetles assemblages in a jack pine forest (1997) Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 27, pp. 2065-2071
  • Bellocq, M.I., Bendell, J.F., Cadogan, B.L., Effects of the insecticide Bacillus thuringiensis on Sorex cinereus (masked shrew) population, diet, and prey selection in a jack pine plantation in northern Ontario (1992) Canadian Journal of Zoology, 70, pp. 505-510
  • Bellocq, M.I., Smith, S.M., Arthropod preferred as food by Sorex cinereus (masked shrew) and Peromyscus maniculatus (deer mouse): An experimental approach (1994) Mammalia, 58, pp. 391-396
  • Bellocq, M.I., Bendell, J.F., Innes, D.G.L., Diet of Sorex cinereus, the Masked shrew, in relation to abundance of Lepidoptera larvae in northern Ontario (1994) American Midland Naturalist, 132, pp. 68-73
  • Bellocq, M.I., Kloosterman, K., Smith, S.M., The diet of coexisting species of amphibians in Canadian jack pine forests (2000) Herpetological Journal, 10, pp. 63-68
  • Bellocq, M.I., Smith, S.M., Doka, M.E., Short-term effects of harvest technique and mechanical site preparation on arthropod communities in jack pine plantations (2001) Journal of Insect Conservation, 5, pp. 187-196
  • Bird, S., Coulson, R.N., Crossley D.A., Jr., Impacts of silvicultural practices on soil and litter arthropod diversity in a Texas pine plantation (2000) Forest Ecology and Management, 131, pp. 65-80
  • Borror, D.J., Triplehorn, C.A., Johnson, N.F., (1989) an Introduction to the Study of Insects, , Saunders College Publishing, New York
  • Bradshaw, R., Gemmel, P., Bjørkmann, L., Development of natural-based silvicultural models in southern Sweeden: The scientific background (1994) Forest and Landscape Research, 1, pp. 95-110
  • Butterfield, J., Luff, M.L., Baines, M., Eyre, M.D., Carabid beetle communities as indicator of conservation potential in upland forests (1995) Forest Ecology and Management, 79, pp. 63-77
  • Didham, R.K., Ghazoul, J., Stork, N.E., Davis, A.J., Insects in fragmented forests: A functional approach (1996) Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 11, pp. 255-260
  • Elliott, K., (1995) Managing Succession in Conifer Plantations, , Establishment Report, Durham Area, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Ontario, Canada, 29 pp
  • Emborg, J., Understory light conditions and regeneration with respect to the structural dynamics of a near-natural temperate deciduous forest in Denmark (1998) Forest Ecology and Management, 106, pp. 83-95
  • Eyre, M.D., Luff, M.L., The use of ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in conservation assessments of exposed riverine sediment habitats in Scotland and northern England (2002) Journal of Insect Conservation, 6, pp. 25-38
  • Greenberg, C.H., McGrane, A., A comparison of relative abundance and biomass of ground-dwelling arthropods under different forest management practices (1996) Forest Ecology and Management, 89, pp. 31-41
  • Holloway, J.D., Kirk-Spriggs, A.H., Chey, V.K., The response of some rain forest insect groups to logging and conversion to plantation (1992) Tropical Rain Forest: Disturbance and Recovery, pp. 425-436. , Marshall A.G. and Swaine M.D. (eds) Alden Press, Oxford
  • Huhta, V., Karppinen, E., Nurminen, M., Valpas, A., Effect of silvicultural practices upon arthropod, annelid and nematode populations in coniferous forest soil (1967) Annals Zoologici Fennici, 4, pp. 87-143
  • Kremen, C., Colwell, R.K., Erwin, T.L., Murphy, D.D., Noss, R.F., Sanjayan, M.A., Terrestrial arthropod assemblages: Their use in conservation planning (1993) Conservation Biology, 7, pp. 796-808
  • Kruess, A., Tscharntke, T., Habitat fragmentation, species loss, and biological control (1994) Science, 264, pp. 1581-1584
  • Lenski, R.E., The impact of forest cutting on the diversity of ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in the southern Appalachians (1982) Ecological Entomology, 7, pp. 385-390
  • Maglia, A.M., Ontogeny and feeding ecology of red-backed salamander, Plethodoncinereus (1996) Copeia, 3, pp. 576-583
  • McAlpine, D.F., Dilworth, T.G., Microhabitat and prey size among three species of Rana (Anura: Ranidae) sympatric in eastern Canada (1989) Canadian Journal of Zoology, 67, pp. 2244-2252
  • Michaels, K., Bornemissza, G., Effects of clearfell harvesting on Lucanid beetles (Coleoptera: Lucanidae in wet and dry sclerophyll forests in Tasmania (1999) Journal of Insect Conservation, 3, pp. 85-95
  • Moore, J.E., Strickland, E.H., Further notes on the food of Alberta amphibians (1955) American Midland Naturalist, 54, pp. 253-256
  • Niemelä, J., Invertebrates and boreal forest management (1997) Conservation Biology, 11, pp. 601-610
  • Niemelä, J., Haila, Y., Halme, E., Lahti, T., Pajunen, T., Punttila, P., The distribution of carabid beetles in fragments of old coniferous taiga and adjacent managed forest (1988) Annals Zoologici Fennici, 25, pp. 107-119
  • Niemelä, J., Haila, Y., Halme, E., Pajunen, T., Punttila, P., Small-scale heterogeneity in the spatial distribution of carabid beetles in the southern Finnish taiga (1992) Journal of Biogeography, 19, pp. 173-181
  • Niemelä, J., Spence, J.R., Langor, D., Haila, Y., Tukia, H., Logging and boreal ground-beetle assemblages on two continents: Implications for conservation Perspectives on Insect Conservation. Intercept., pp. 29-50. , Gaston K.J., New T.R. and Samways J. (eds), Andover, England
  • Pajunen, T., Haila, Y., Halme, E., Niemelä, J., Punttila, P., Ground-dwelling spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) in fragments of old forest and surrounding managed forests in southern Finland (1995) Ecography, 18, pp. 62-72
  • Punttila, P., Haila, Y., Niemelä, J., Pajunen, T., Ant communities in fragments of old growth taiga and managed surroundings (1994) Annals Zoologici Fennici, 31, pp. 131-144
  • Refseth, D., Ecological analysis of carabid communities: Potencial use in biological classification for nature conservation (1980) Biological Conservation, 17, pp. 131-141
  • Shure, D.J., Phillips, D.L., Patch size of forest openings and arthropod populations (1991) Oecologia, 86, pp. 325-334
  • Spence, J.R., Langor, D.W., Niemelä, J.K., Cárcamo, H., Currie, C.R., Northern forestry and carabids: The case for concern about old-growth species (1996) Annals Zoologici Fennici, 33, pp. 173-184
  • Stewart, M.M., Sandison, P., Comparative feeding habits of sympatric minkfrogs, bullfrogs and green frogs (1972) Journal of Herpetology, 6, pp. 241-244
  • Tolf, C.A., Resource partitioning in amphibians and reptiles (1985) Copeia, 1, pp. 1-21
  • Watt, A.D., Stork, N.E., Eggleton, P., Srivastava, D., Bolton, B., Larsen, T.B., Brendell, M.J.D., Bignell, D.E., Impact of forest loss and regeneration on insect abundance and diversity (1997) Forests and Insects, pp. 273-286. , Watt A.D., Stork N.E. and Hunter M.D. (eds), Chapman and Hall, London, UK
  • York, A., Long-term effects of frequent low-intensity burning on the abundance of litter-dwelling invertebrates in coastal blackbutt forests of southeastern Australia (1999) Journal of Insect Conservation, 3, pp. 191-199

Citas:

---------- APA ----------
Bellocq, M.I. & Smith, S.M. (2003) . Convergence in arthropod assemblages with various restoration approaches for Canadian deciduous forests. Journal of Insect Conservation, 7(2), 99-109.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1025573230900
---------- CHICAGO ----------
Bellocq, M.I., Smith, S.M. "Convergence in arthropod assemblages with various restoration approaches for Canadian deciduous forests" . Journal of Insect Conservation 7, no. 2 (2003) : 99-109.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1025573230900
---------- MLA ----------
Bellocq, M.I., Smith, S.M. "Convergence in arthropod assemblages with various restoration approaches for Canadian deciduous forests" . Journal of Insect Conservation, vol. 7, no. 2, 2003, pp. 99-109.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1025573230900
---------- VANCOUVER ----------
Bellocq, M.I., Smith, S.M. Convergence in arthropod assemblages with various restoration approaches for Canadian deciduous forests. J. Insect Conserv. 2003;7(2):99-109.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1025573230900