Response of moth communities (Lepidoptera) to forest management strategies after disturbance
Spruce forests face many threats such as climate change and bark beetle outbreaks. Yet, bark beetle dynamics have a long co-evolutionary history strongly linked to spruce forest structural dynamics. Disturbed spruce forest sites resulting from bark beetle outbreaks therefore should not be regarded a...
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| author | Britta UHL Václav POUSKA Jaroslav ČERVENKA Peter KARASCH Claus BÄSSLER |
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| description | Spruce forests face many threats such as climate change and bark beetle outbreaks. Yet, bark beetle dynamics have a long co-evolutionary history strongly linked to spruce forest structural dynamics. Disturbed spruce forest sites resulting from bark beetle outbreaks therefore should not be regarded as degraded land, but as early successional stages following natural forest dynamics. Three post-bark-beetle disturbance sites and one closed-canopy site in the Bavarian Forest and Šumava National Parks were investigated with the focus on moth communities. The three disturbed sites had undergone different post-disturbance management regimes, with one being treated by salvage logging, while at the other two forest sites deadwood was kept in the forest. To avoid the spread of bark beetles, however, the bark of dead trees was either gouged or removed. The aim was to determine how many moths can be found at the undisturbed and disturbed forest sites and if differences in community composition can be explained by different management regimes. The results highlight that natural forest disturbance can increase moth diversity, especially by favouring species that are associated with open and shrub habitats. Many rare and endangered species benefit from bark beetle outbreaks, indicating that accepting natural forest dynamics is an important part of conservation management. Post-bark beetle management seems to have a minor effect on moth communities. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9f110634043f4196a14d522939284a802024-01-19T13:16:32ZengInstitute of Entomology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of ScienceEuropean Journal of Entomology1210-57591802-88292023-02-011201354110.14411/eje.2023.005eje-202301-0005Response of moth communities (Lepidoptera) to forest management strategies after disturbanceBritta UHL0Václav POUSKA1Jaroslav ČERVENKA2Peter KARASCH3Claus BÄSSLER4Institute for Ecology, Evolution, and Diversity, Conservation Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany; e-mails: uhl@bio.uni-frankfurt.de, baessler@bio.uni-frankfurt.deDepartment of Nature Protection, Šumava National Park Administration, 1. máje 260, 38501 Vimperk, Czech Republic; e-mails: vaclav.pouska@npsumava.cz, jaroslav.cervenka@npsumava.czDepartment of Nature Protection, Šumava National Park Administration, 1. máje 260, 38501 Vimperk, Czech Republic; e-mails: vaclav.pouska@npsumava.cz, jaroslav.cervenka@npsumava.czBavarian Forest National Park, Freyunger Str. 2, 94481 Grafenau, Germany; e-mail: karasch@pilzteam-bayern.deInstitute for Ecology, Evolution, and Diversity, Conservation Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany; e-mails: uhl@bio.uni-frankfurt.de, baessler@bio.uni-frankfurt.deSpruce forests face many threats such as climate change and bark beetle outbreaks. Yet, bark beetle dynamics have a long co-evolutionary history strongly linked to spruce forest structural dynamics. Disturbed spruce forest sites resulting from bark beetle outbreaks therefore should not be regarded as degraded land, but as early successional stages following natural forest dynamics. Three post-bark-beetle disturbance sites and one closed-canopy site in the Bavarian Forest and Šumava National Parks were investigated with the focus on moth communities. The three disturbed sites had undergone different post-disturbance management regimes, with one being treated by salvage logging, while at the other two forest sites deadwood was kept in the forest. To avoid the spread of bark beetles, however, the bark of dead trees was either gouged or removed. The aim was to determine how many moths can be found at the undisturbed and disturbed forest sites and if differences in community composition can be explained by different management regimes. The results highlight that natural forest disturbance can increase moth diversity, especially by favouring species that are associated with open and shrub habitats. Many rare and endangered species benefit from bark beetle outbreaks, indicating that accepting natural forest dynamics is an important part of conservation management. Post-bark beetle management seems to have a minor effect on moth communities.https://www.eje.cz/artkey/eje-202301-0005_response_of_moth_communities_lepidoptera_to_forest_management_strategies_after_disturbance.phpbark beetlesspruce forestdisturbance managementforest conservationforest biodiversitycentral europe |
| spellingShingle | Britta UHL Václav POUSKA Jaroslav ČERVENKA Peter KARASCH Claus BÄSSLER Response of moth communities (Lepidoptera) to forest management strategies after disturbance European Journal of Entomology bark beetles spruce forest disturbance management forest conservation forest biodiversity central europe |
| title | Response of moth communities (Lepidoptera) to forest management strategies after disturbance |
| title_full | Response of moth communities (Lepidoptera) to forest management strategies after disturbance |
| title_fullStr | Response of moth communities (Lepidoptera) to forest management strategies after disturbance |
| title_full_unstemmed | Response of moth communities (Lepidoptera) to forest management strategies after disturbance |
| title_short | Response of moth communities (Lepidoptera) to forest management strategies after disturbance |
| title_sort | response of moth communities lepidoptera to forest management strategies after disturbance |
| topic | bark beetles spruce forest disturbance management forest conservation forest biodiversity central europe |
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