A Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Harvesting on the Abundance and Richness of Soil Fauna in Boreal and Temperate Forests
The processes of matter and energy metabolism in forest ecosystems are largely dependent on the activity of the complex of invertebrates associated with litter and soil. To quantify the effect of forest harvesting on soil fauna, we used a meta-analysis to examine a database of 720 responses to harve...
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| author | Alexey Kudrin Evgenia Perminova Anastasia Taskaeva Alla Ditts Tatiana Konakova |
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| description | The processes of matter and energy metabolism in forest ecosystems are largely dependent on the activity of the complex of invertebrates associated with litter and soil. To quantify the effect of forest harvesting on soil fauna, we used a meta-analysis to examine a database of 720 responses to harvesting collected from 52 publications from boreal and temperate forests. Overall, forest harvesting was found to decrease the abundance of soil fauna while not affecting its richness. However, the reaction of soil fauna to forest harvesting differed significantly among the taxonomic groups, with negative, neutral, and positive effects observed. We found that the negative effect of forest harvesting on soil fauna increased with decreasing body size. In addition, the type of forest and harvesting practice played important roles in driving the responses of soil biota to forest harvesting. The abundance of <i>Nematoda</i>, <i>Oribatida</i>, and <i>Enchytraeidae</i> recovered to control values occurring approximately 10 years after harvesting. Despite the limitations of the dataset, the results obtained from our meta-analysis expand our understanding of the reaction of soil fauna to forest harvesting. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b6d77ab013c3457e9cd9e9361d7ca4f72023-11-18T01:23:44ZengMDPI AGForests1999-49072023-04-0114592310.3390/f14050923A Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Harvesting on the Abundance and Richness of Soil Fauna in Boreal and Temperate ForestsAlexey Kudrin0Evgenia Perminova1Anastasia Taskaeva2Alla Ditts3Tatiana Konakova4Institute of Biology of Komi Science Centre of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Kommunisticheskaya, 28, 167982 Syktyvkar, RussiaInstitute of Biology of Komi Science Centre of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Kommunisticheskaya, 28, 167982 Syktyvkar, RussiaInstitute of Biology of Komi Science Centre of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Kommunisticheskaya, 28, 167982 Syktyvkar, RussiaInstitute of Biology of Komi Science Centre of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Kommunisticheskaya, 28, 167982 Syktyvkar, RussiaInstitute of Biology of Komi Science Centre of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Kommunisticheskaya, 28, 167982 Syktyvkar, RussiaThe processes of matter and energy metabolism in forest ecosystems are largely dependent on the activity of the complex of invertebrates associated with litter and soil. To quantify the effect of forest harvesting on soil fauna, we used a meta-analysis to examine a database of 720 responses to harvesting collected from 52 publications from boreal and temperate forests. Overall, forest harvesting was found to decrease the abundance of soil fauna while not affecting its richness. However, the reaction of soil fauna to forest harvesting differed significantly among the taxonomic groups, with negative, neutral, and positive effects observed. We found that the negative effect of forest harvesting on soil fauna increased with decreasing body size. In addition, the type of forest and harvesting practice played important roles in driving the responses of soil biota to forest harvesting. The abundance of <i>Nematoda</i>, <i>Oribatida</i>, and <i>Enchytraeidae</i> recovered to control values occurring approximately 10 years after harvesting. Despite the limitations of the dataset, the results obtained from our meta-analysis expand our understanding of the reaction of soil fauna to forest harvesting.https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/14/5/923functional traitsbody sizeconiferous vs. deciduousclear-cutting vs. partial cutting |
| spellingShingle | Alexey Kudrin Evgenia Perminova Anastasia Taskaeva Alla Ditts Tatiana Konakova A Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Harvesting on the Abundance and Richness of Soil Fauna in Boreal and Temperate Forests Forests functional traits body size coniferous vs. deciduous clear-cutting vs. partial cutting |
| title | A Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Harvesting on the Abundance and Richness of Soil Fauna in Boreal and Temperate Forests |
| title_full | A Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Harvesting on the Abundance and Richness of Soil Fauna in Boreal and Temperate Forests |
| title_fullStr | A Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Harvesting on the Abundance and Richness of Soil Fauna in Boreal and Temperate Forests |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Harvesting on the Abundance and Richness of Soil Fauna in Boreal and Temperate Forests |
| title_short | A Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Harvesting on the Abundance and Richness of Soil Fauna in Boreal and Temperate Forests |
| title_sort | meta analysis of the effects of harvesting on the abundance and richness of soil fauna in boreal and temperate forests |
| topic | functional traits body size coniferous vs. deciduous clear-cutting vs. partial cutting |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/14/5/923 |
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