DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2015.10.008
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84969802667
论文题名: Drivers of the composition and diversity of carabid functional traits in UK coniferous plantations
作者: Spake R. ; Barsoum N. ; Newton A.C. ; Doncaster C.P.
刊名: Forest Ecology and Management
ISSN: 0378-1127
出版年: 2016
卷: 359 起始页码: 300
结束页码: 308
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Carabids
; Functional diversity
; Functional traits
; Plantation forest
; Plants
; Trait-based approach
Scopus关键词: Conservation
; Finite difference method
; Restoration
; Vegetation
; Carabids
; Functional diversity
; Functional traits
; Plantation forests
; Plants
; Trait-based approaches
; Forestry
; beetle
; coniferous forest
; coniferous tree
; ecosystem function
; environmental factor
; forest management
; forestry production
; plant community
; plantation forestry
; restoration ecology
; species diversity
; United Kingdom
; Carabidae
英文摘要: Functional diversity (FD) is increasingly used as a metric to evaluate the impact of forest management strategies on ecosystem functioning. Management interventions that aim to maximise FD require knowledge of multiple environmental drivers of FD, which have not been studied to date in temperate coniferous production forests. We quantified the relative importance of abiotic (forest management) and biotic (ground vegetation community) drivers of carabid FD and trait distribution in 44 coniferous plantation forest stands across the UK. Carabid FD declined with canopy cover and carabid body length correlated negatively with the percentage of open semi-natural area surrounding a plot. We conclude that forest management could enhance carabid FD through initiatives that emulate natural disturbance regimes through gap creation. We found that neither functional nor taxonomic metrics of vegetation diversity correlated with carabid FD, suggesting that restoration of plant communities, a major goal of forest restoration efforts, will not necessarily enhance carabid FD in coniferous plantations. © 2015 The Authors.
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/65222
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作者单位: Centre for Biological Sciences, Institute for Life Sciences Building 85, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom; Centre for Ecosystems, Society and Biosecurity, Forest Research, Alice Holt Lodge, Farnham, Surrey, United Kingdom; Centre for Conservation Ecology and Environmental Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, Bournemouth University, Talbot Campus, Fern Barrow, Poole, Dorset, United Kingdom
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Spake R.,Barsoum N.,Newton A.C.,et al. Drivers of the composition and diversity of carabid functional traits in UK coniferous plantations[J]. Forest Ecology and Management,2016-01-01,359