Saproxylic species are linked to the amount and isolation of dead wood across spatial scales in a beech forest |
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Authors: | Haeler Elena Bergamini Ariel Blaser Stefan Ginzler Christian Hindenlang Karin Keller Christine Kiebacher Thomas Kormann Urs G. Scheidegger Christoph Schmidt Ronald Stillhard Jonas Szallies Alexander Pellissier Loïc Lachat Thibault |
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Affiliation: | 1.Forest Sciences, School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences HAFL, Bern University of Applied Sciences, 3052, Zollikofen, Switzerland ;2.Landscape Ecology, Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, ETH Zürich, 8092, Zurich, Switzerland ;3.Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, 8903, Birmensdorf, Switzerland ;4.Stiftung Wildnispark Zürich, 8135, Sihlwald, Switzerland ;5.Department of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, University of Zurich UZH, 8008, Zurich, Switzerland ;6.Swiss Ornithological Institute, 6204, Sempach, Switzerland ;7.Institute of Natural Resource Sciences IUNR, School of Life Sciences and Facility Management, 8820, Wädenswil, Switzerland ; |
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Abstract: | Context Dead wood is a key habitat for saproxylic species, which are often used as indicators of habitat quality in forests. Understanding how the amount and spatial distribution of dead wood in the landscape affects saproxylic communities is therefore important for maintaining high forest biodiversity. ObjectivesWe investigated effects of the amount and isolation of dead wood on the alpha and beta diversity of four saproxylic species groups, with a focus on how the spatial scale influences results. MethodsWe inventoried saproxylic beetles, wood-inhabiting fungi, and epixylic bryophytes and lichens on 62 plots in the Sihlwald forest reserve in Switzerland. We used GLMs to relate plot-level species richness to dead wood amount and isolation on spatial scales of 20–200 m radius. Further, we used GDMs to determine how dead wood amount and isolation affected beta diversity. ResultsA larger amount of dead wood increased beetle richness on all spatial scales, while isolation had no effect. For fungi, bryophytes and lichens this was only true on small spatial scales. On larger scales of our study, dead wood amount had no effect, while greater isolation decreased species richness. Further, we found no strong consistent patterns explaining beta diversity. ConclusionsOur multi-taxon study shows that habitat amount and isolation can strongly differ in the spatial scale on which they influence local species richness. To generally support the species richness of different saproxylic groups, dead wood must primarily be available in large amounts but should also be evenly distributed because negative effects of isolation already showed at scales under 100 m. |
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