Occurrence of flat bugs (Heteroptera : Aradidae) in burned and unburned forests

Abstract

The goal of this study was to determine the effect of fire on flat bug diversity and abundance in coniferous and mixed forests in interior Alaska. Eighty individuals, of which 78 in the burned areas and two in the control areas, of six aradid species were collected: Aradus abbas (Bergroth), A. funestus (Bergroth), A. lugubris (Fallen), A. signaticornis (Sahlberg), A. tuberculifer (Kirby) and Aneurus simplex (Uhler). Generally, all flat bug species were more abundant in the burned areas than in control areas with statistically significant differences for four of the six species and for pooled nymphs. Habitat preferences and potential mechanisms connecting mycophagy and pyrophagy are discussed

Published in

Entomologica Fennica
2006, Volume: 17, number: 2, pages: 130-135 Publisher: ENTOMOLOGICA FENNICA

SLU Authors

• Hjältén, Joakim

  • Department of Animal Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Alinvi, Ola

  • Department of Animal Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Mugerwa Pettersson, Roger

  • Department of Animal Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

UKÄ Subject classification

Environmental Sciences related to Agriculture and Land-use


Permanent link to this page (URI)

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