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Ecological response hides behind the species abundance distribution : Community response to low-intensity disturbance in managed grasslands

2017

Land-use and management are disturbance factors that have diverse effects on community composition and structure. In traditional rural grasslands, such as meadows and pastures, low-intensity management is maintained to enhance biodiversity. Maintenance of road verges, in turn, creates habitat, which may complement traditional rural grasslands. To evaluate the effect of low-intensity disturbance on insect communities, we characterized species abundance distributions (SAD) for Carabidae, Formicidae, and Heteroptera in three grassland types, which differed in management: meadows, pastures, and road verges. The shape of SAD was estimated with three parameters: abundance decay rate, dominance, a…

Tienpientareiden merkitys vaihtoehtoisina elinympäristöinä perinneympäristöjen luteille

2015

Lajistollinen monimuotoisuus vähenee maailmanlaajuisesti kiihtyvällä vauhdilla, etenkin ihmistoiminnasta aiheutuvan laajamittaisen elinympäristöjen tuhoutumisen ja huonontumisen johdosta. Niin Suomessa, kuin myös muualla Euroopassa, maatalouden tehostuminen viimeisen sadan vuoden aikana on johtanut perinteisen karjatalouden synnyttämien perinneympäristöjen rajuun vähenemiseen. Monet jäljellä olevat perinneympäristöt kärsivät lisäksi elinympäristön laadullisesta huonontumisesta, kuten umpeenkasvusta, rehevöitymisestä, sekä vieraslajien invaasioista. Perinneympäristöjen tuhoutuessa ja huonontuessa ovat myös monet niillä elävistä eliölajeista taantuneita tai luokiteltu uhanalaisiksi. Uhanalais…

Eliölajien uhanalaisuuden arviointi : arvoja vai ekologiaa?

2014

Ground-dwelling true bugs (Heteroptera) in afforested fields

2017

Former agricultural lands may host peculiar biota, because agriculture activities have changed the physical, chemical and biological features of the soil; however, biodiversity in afforested fields is poorly known. The aim of this study was to investigate the diversity of ground-dwelling true bugs (Heteroptera) in early successional afforested fields in central Finland. We used a large-scale field experiment, in which agricultural land had been afforested 25 years ago by planting monocultures of birch, pine and spruce trees. Pitfall traps caught a total of 224 heteropteran individuals representing 20 species. The community was numerically dominated by Lygaeidae, Drymus brunneus being the mo…