Shevlin, KD, Hennessy, R, Dillon, AB, O'Dea, P, Griffin, CT and Williams, CD (2017) Stump-harvesting for bioenergy probably has transient impacts on abundance, richness and community structure of beetle assemblages. Agricultural and Forest Entomology. ISSN 1461-9555

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Abstract

Harvesting of tree stumps for bioenergy is popular and, although the environmental impact has been considered with respect to ecosystem processes, there have been fewer studies on the impact of stump-harvesting on biodiversity. We carried out pitfall-trap surveys of beetle communities at eight plots across four sites (four plots were clear-fells where stumps remained and four were clear-fells where stumps were harvested). Initially, we recovered 7743 beetles when stumps were extracted but still on site (Year 1). All beetles were identified to family level and ground beetles and wood-associated beetles to species level. One year after stumps were extracted, the survey was repeated. In this collection, 2898 individual beetles were recovered. In Year 1, stump-harvesting had a negative impact on beetle abundance and richness. However, 1year after stumps were removed, there were no significant differences in these variables at any site. At the community level, stump-harvesting weakly but significantly, affected carabid composition. Oneyear after stumps were removed, stump-harvesting had no effect on community composition. Stump-harvesting initially negatively affects beetle abundance, family-richness and carabid species richness, as well as community structure, although any effects are not large, are site-specific and are probably not persistent. © 2017 The Royal Entomological Society

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Additional Information:	This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: "Shevlin, K. D., Hennessy, R., Dillon, A. B., O'Dea, P., Griffin, C. T. and Williams, C. D. (2017), Stump-harvesting for bioenergy probably has transient impacts on abundance, richness and community structure of beetle assemblages. Agr Forest Entomol. doi:10.1111/afe.12218, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/afe.12218. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	07 Agricultural And Veterinary Sciences, 06 Biological Sciences, 05 Environmental Sciences
Subjects:	G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences Q Science > QH Natural history Q Science > QK Botany
Divisions:	Natural Sciences & Psychology (closed 31 Aug 19)
Publisher:	Wiley
Date Deposited:	16 Mar 2017 09:40
Last Modified:	04 Sep 2021 04:02
DOI or ID number:	10.1111/afe.12218
URI:	https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/6027

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