Achieving structural heterogeneity and high multi-taxon biodiversity in managed forest ecosystems: a European review

B Uhl, P Schall, C Bässler - Biodiversity and Conservation, 2024 - Springer
Abstract The European Biodiversity Strategy has set the key goal to maintain and promote
biodiversity. Managed forests here play a key role, as they are among the most diverse …

Forest gaps increase true bug diversity by recruiting open land species

R Achury, M Staab, N Blüthgen, WW Weisser - Oecologia, 2023 - Springer
Forests canopy gaps play an important role in forest ecology by driving the forest mosaic
cycle and creating conditions for rapid plant reproduction and growth. The availability of …

Drought-induced forest dieback increases taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity of saproxylic beetles at both local and landscape scales

J Cours, L Sire, S Ladet, H Martin, G Parmain… - Landscape …, 2022 - Springer
Context Many forest ecosystems around the world are facing increasing drought-induced
dieback, causing mortality patches across the landscape at multiple scales. This increases …

Opening the canopy to restore spider biodiversity in protected oakwoods

T Hamřík, O Košulič, R Gallé, N Gallé-Szpisjak… - Forest Ecology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
A mosaic of patches in various successional stages is key to maintaining high biodiversity in
open temperate woodlands. The abandonment of traditional management, such as once …

Canopy openness as the main driver of aculeate Hymenoptera and saproxylic beetle diversity following natural disturbances and salvage logging

M Perlík, D Kraus, H Bußler, L Neudam… - Forest Ecology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Forests are increasingly affected by natural disturbances like fires, insect outbreaks, and
windstorms. Such disturbances are commonly followed by salvage logging. Disturbance and …

Small-scale spontaneous dynamics in temperate beech stands as an importance driver for beetle species richness

V Zumr, J Remeš, O Nakládal - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Natural dynamics in forests play an important role in the lives of many species. In the
landscape of managed forests, natural disturbances are reduced by management activities …

Fish and aquatic salamander responses to the creation of riparian canopy gaps along forested headwater streams

A Swartz, D Warren - Restoration Ecology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Many headwaters across temperate North America have uniform mid‐succession riparian
forests recovering from historic land clearing. These young riparian stands contrast with late …

Vertical Stratification and Seasonal Dynamics of Coleoptera in Open Biotopes of Forest Ecosystems (Centre of European Russia)

AB Ruchin, LV Egorov - Forests, 2022 - mdpi.com
There are few studies on the vertical distribution and seasonal activity of arthropods in open
habitats (in glades) in temperate forests due to methodological problems associated with the …

Usage of fermental traps for the study of the species diversity of coleoptera in open biotopes

AB Ruchin, LV Egorov, AA Khapugin - Insects, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The possibilities of using beer traps for the study of Coleoptera fauna in
various open biotopes were studied. The biodiversity of beetles was 208 species from 35 …

The importance of dynamic open-canopy woodlands for the conservation of a specialist butterfly species

JC Habel, M Teucher, P Gros, V Gfrerer, J Eberle - Landscape Ecology, 2022 - Springer
Context Intensification of land-use caused a reduction of ecosystem heterogeneity and
diversity, and subsequently led to dramatic decrease of biodiversity. Species depending on …