Changes in the species composition and trophic structure of soil macrofauna upon establishment of forest plantations in the Caspian semidesert

2011 ◽  
Vol 38 (10) ◽  
pp. 1050-1055
Author(s):  
T. S. Vsevolodova-Perel ◽  
M. L. Sizemskaya ◽  
A. V. Kolesnikov
Keyword(s):  
Species Composition ◽  
Trophic Structure ◽  
Forest Plantations ◽  
Soil Macrofauna

scholarly journals The macrozoobenthos under clam farm (the Black Sea, Sevastopol region)

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. A. Boltacheva ◽  
M. V. Makarov ◽  
L. V. Bondarenko ◽  
M. A. Kovaleva
Keyword(s):  
Species Diversity ◽  
Species Composition ◽  
Black Sea ◽  
Rare Species ◽  
Trophic Structure ◽  
Bivalve Mollusk ◽  
The Black Sea ◽  
Density And Biomass

During 2015–2106 the macrozoobenthos under the clam farm located in the area of Sevastopol was investigated. The aim of the study is to consider species composition, density and biomass of macrozoobenthos in the area of the clam farm. The samples were taken using standard benthic techniques. Relatively low species diversity was observed, with 56 species of macrozoobenthos identified. The density was 500–975 ind. per m², the biomass varied from 0.8 to 381.1 g·m-2. The community of the bivalve mollusk Lucinella divaricata (Linnaeus, 1758) was found. Trophic structure of the community with high quantity of detritus feeders dominated by small polychaetes was determined. The dominating, typical and rare species were identified. Comparison with the data obtained in 1957 in Evpatoriya – Sevastopol area at the same depths and sediments was made.

scholarly journals Selection of the assortment of trees for protective forest plantations

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.I. Petelko ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Species Composition ◽  
Tree Species ◽  
Effective Means ◽  
Water Erosion ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Forest Plantations ◽  
Forest Stands ◽  
Protective Forest ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
Hydrographic Network

Reclamation of land on community land funds and the hydrographic network contributes to the most effective means of protecting the soil from water erosion. However, the condition, growth, and productivity of the protective forest stands themselves depend on the species composition. Many years of studies have clearly shown that not all tree species and shrubs can successfully grow on washed soils. Extensive scientific material provides a description of the growth and current status of the studied species, a detailed taxation description of the forest plantations. Of particular value are those species that can grow on eroded lands and protect the soil from erosion.

scholarly journals Mono-specific forest plantations are valuable bat habitats: implications for wind energy development

2020 ◽  
Vol 67 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sascha Buchholz ◽  
Volker Kelm ◽  
Simon J. Ghanem
Keyword(s):  
Species Composition ◽  
Wind Energy ◽  
Forest Type ◽  
Energy Development ◽  
Forest Plantations ◽  
Forest Types ◽  
Bat Activity ◽  
Power Stations ◽  
Bat Conservation ◽  
Wind Energy Development

AbstractNear-natural or semi-natural forests such as relatively undisturbed and old deciduous or mixed woodland are considered worth protecting and ecologically valuable habitats for bat conservation. In contrast, mono-specific forest plantations are considered ecologically less valuable; thus, decision-makers recommend these plantations as suitable locations for wind power stations and therefore want to further expand wind turbines in these habitats. This is expected to have a strong negative impact on the landscape because forests would be cleared for wind turbine pads and access roads and wind turbines rise above the trees with adverse impacts for bats. Therefore, we argue that, in light of bat conservation, the suitability of forest plantations for wind energy development is not, per se, warranted and that implications of wind power stations, even in mono-specific forest plantations, should be assessed and evaluated. We conducted long-term bat activity monitoring and recorded bat echolocation calls above the canopies of different forest sites (coniferous monoculture plantations and semi-natural mixed deciduous forests) in Germany and compared different forest types in terms of species richness, total bat activity, activity of the three bat species groups and species composition. Generalised linear models revealed that forest type and the amount of forest biotopes did not enhance bat activity. Ordination showed that species composition was not affected by forest type, location and connectivity. Mono-specific forest plantations can harbour a diverse bat fauna with high species activity and are, therefore, valuable bat habitats just as near-natural or semi-natural woodlands are. Environmental impact assessment and mitigation measures are vital in all forest types before and after planning for wind energy turbines. In particular, future planning and approval processes must consider the importance of mono-specific forest plantations for bat species protection.

How does the replacement of native forest by exotic forest plantations affect the diversity, abundance and trophic structure of saproxylic beetle assemblages?

2017 ◽  
Vol 405 ◽  
pp. 246-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrés Fierro ◽  
Audrey A. Grez ◽  
Pablo M. Vergara ◽  
Alfredo Ramírez-Hernández ◽  
Estefanía Micó
Keyword(s):  
Trophic Structure ◽  
Forest Plantations ◽  
Native Forest ◽  
Beetle Assemblages ◽  
Saproxylic Beetle

scholarly journals Megafauna and ecosystem function from the Pleistocene to the Anthropocene

2016 ◽  
Vol 113 (4) ◽  
pp. 838-846 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yadvinder Malhi ◽  
Christopher E. Doughty ◽  
Mauro Galetti ◽  
Felisa A. Smith ◽  
Jens-Christian Svenning ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Species Composition ◽  
Late Pleistocene ◽  
Ecosystem Function ◽  
Trophic Structure ◽  
International Workshop ◽  
Large Herbivores ◽  
Scientific Attention

Large herbivores and carnivores (the megafauna) have been in a state of decline and extinction since the Late Pleistocene, both on land and more recently in the oceans. Much has been written on the timing and causes of these declines, but only recently has scientific attention focused on the consequences of these declines for ecosystem function. Here, we review progress in our understanding of how megafauna affect ecosystem physical and trophic structure, species composition, biogeochemistry, and climate, drawing on special features of PNAS and Ecography that have been published as a result of an international workshop on this topic held in Oxford in 2014. Insights emerging from this work have consequences for our understanding of changes in biosphere function since the Late Pleistocene and of the functioning of contemporary ecosystems, as well as offering a rationale and framework for scientifically informed restoration of megafaunal function where possible and appropriate.

The new data on seasonal dynamics of species composition, abundance and biomass of Mollusca in the corner part of the Sevastopol bay (the Black Sea)

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 157-162
Author(s):  
M. V. Makarov
Keyword(s):  
Species Composition ◽  
Black Sea ◽  
Seasonal Dynamics ◽  
Trophic Structure ◽  
The Black Sea ◽  
Trophic Groups ◽  
Soft Sediments ◽  
Sevastopol Bay

The new data on seasonal dynamics of species composition, abundance and biomass of molluscs on soft sediments in the corner part of the Sevastopol bay were analyzed. 24 species of molluscs were recorded in 2006-2007. The microdistribution of Mollusca at stations depends on salinity. The trophic structure of molluscs’community was determinated and includes 6 trophic groups.

scholarly journals Trophic structure stability and extinction dynamics of beetles (Coleoptera) in tropical forest fragments

1998 ◽  
Vol 353 (1367) ◽  
pp. 437-451 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. K. Didham ◽  
J. H. Lawton ◽  
P. M. Hammond ◽  
P. Eggleton
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Species Composition ◽  
Tropical Forest ◽  
Forest Fragmentation ◽  
Trophic Structure ◽  
Forest Edge ◽  
Forest Fragments ◽  
Trophic Groups ◽  
Predator Species ◽  
Extinction Probabilities

A first analysis of the stability of trophic structure following tropical forest fragmentation was performed in an experimentally fragmented tropical forest landscape in Central Amazonia. A taxonomically and trophically diverse assemblage of 993 species of beetles was sampled from 920 m 2 of leaf litter at 46 sites varying in distance from forest edge and fragment area. Beetle density increased significantly towards the forest edge and showed non-linear changes with fragment area, due to the influx of numerous disturbed-area species into 10 ha and 1 ha fragments. There was a marked change in species composition with both decreasing distance from forest edge and decreasing fragment area, but surprisingly this change in composition was not accompanied by a change in species richness. Rarefied species richness did not vary significantly across any of the sites, indicating that local extinctions of deep forest species were balanced by equivalent colonization rates of disturbed-area species. The change in species composition with fragmentation was non-random across trophic groups. Proportions of predator species and xylophage species changed significantly with distance from forest edge, but no area-dependent changes in proportions of species in trophic groups were observed. Trophic structure was also analysed with respect to proportions of abundance in six trophic groups. Proportions of abundance of all trophic groups except xylomycetophages changed markedly with respect to both distance from forest edge and fragment area. Local extinction probabilities calculated for individual beetle species supported theoretical predictions of the differential susceptibility of higher trophic levels to extinction, and of changes in trophic structure following forest fragmentation. To reduce random effects due to sampling error, only abundant species ( n ≥ 46) were analysed for extinction probabilities, as defined by absence from samples. Of these common species, 27% had significantly higher probabilities of local extinction following fragmentation. The majority of these species were predators; 42% of all abundant predator species were significantly more likely to be absent from samples in forest fragments than in undisturbed forest. These figures are regarded as minimum estimates for the entire beetle assemblage because rarer species will inevitably have higher extinction probabilities. Absolute loss of biodiversity will affect ecosystem process rates, but the differential loss of species from trophic groups will have an even greater destabilizing effect on food web structure and ecosystem function.

scholarly journals Noise-absorbing properties of road-wood forest strips of different structures in the conditions of Western Polissia

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
S. I. Maksimtsev ◽  
S. M. Dudarets
Keyword(s):  
Species Composition ◽  
Noise Level ◽  
Effective Means ◽  
Comparative Characteristic ◽  
Forest Plantations ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
National Importance ◽  
Forest Belts ◽  
Protective Forest

In the modern conditions of society development the role of protective plantings is great importance. In particular, types of such plantations in the study are protective strips along the roads. At first glance, it is difficult to trace the processes that take place in these lanes. However, by selecting the appropriate adapted research methodology, it is possible to trace these seemingly hidden functions. The significance and relevance the use of roadside forest strips in the context of their noise-absorbing functions are presented. Attention is paid to the analysis of noise load for the operation of large vehicles on highways of international and national importance in the conditions of Western Polissya. An analysis of recent scientific publications with an emphasis on protective plantings as an effective means of preventing negative acoustic loads. The main purpose of the research was to determine the noise-absorbing properties of roadside forest belts depending on their design features and species composition. It is noted that the solution of program tasks of work is carried out with the use of special techniques of researches of noise-absorbing effect by protective forest plantations on transport ways. The comparative characteristic of noise-absorbing effect roadside forest strips and noise-protective screens are executed. On the basis of the conducted researches the mathematical models describing a decrease in noise level depending on a design of roadside forest strips are developed. The generalization of the experimental results showed that the roadside strips of dense and openwork structures are marked by the highest quality noise-absorbing effect. Noise protection screens in the study area help to reduce the noise level to 60 dB and less, it than ensure compliance with the necessary sanitary standards for settlements.

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