Short-term responses of beetle assemblages to wildfire in a region with more than 100 years of fire suppression

Abstract

4. Our results show that wildfire has rapid and strong effects on a wide range of beetles. However, we only trapped two individuals of fire-dependent beetles, which may suggest a lack of such species in the region, possibly due to > 100 years of fire suppression. At the regional scale, the studied wildfire may potentially increase the abundance of these beetles after a longer period of reproduction in the burned area.

Keywords

Boreal forest; dead wood; forest management; functional groups; saproxylic species; wildfire

Published in

Insect Conservation and Diversity
2011, volume: 4, number: 2, pages: 142-151
Publisher: WILEY-BLACKWELL

SLU Authors

• Löfroth, Therese

  • Department of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Andersson, Jon

  • Department of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Hjältén, Joakim

  • Department of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Ecke, Frauke

  • Department of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    
  • Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    
  • Luleå University of Technology

Associated SLU-program

SLU Future Forests

UKÄ Subject classification

Forest Science
Environmental Sciences and Nature Conservation
Ecology

Publication identifier

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-4598.2010.00114.x

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/58320