Ranlund, Åsa
(2017).
Responses of tree-associated species to forest management.
Diss. (sammanfattning/summary)
Uppsala :
Sveriges lantbruksuniv.,
Acta Universitatis Agriculturae Sueciae, 1652-6880
; 2017:60
ISBN 978-91-7760-010-7
eISBN 978-91-7760-011-4
[Doctoral thesis]
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Abstract
In forests there are many organisms that depend on trees. When forests are managed the environment for tree-associated species changes, and a lot of their habitat is lost. In boreal forests it is common with clearcutting, where almost all trees are harvested. In addition, with an increased demand for biofuel, the extraction of tree tops, branches and stumps is expanding. At the same time, some trees are retained in the open conditions after clearcutting for conservation purposes. In the boreal forests of Sweden, tree species richness is poor but the richness of flora and fauna of species associated with trees is high. I have analyzed the responses of epiphytic lichens to the environmental change on retained trees when the surrounding forest is clearcut. I have also analyzed the responses of saproxylic beetles to stump extraction in the landscape. Overall, there is a wide variety of species responses, and they can be difficult to predict. Sometimes tree traits, such as successional strategy, can help predict the responses of tree-associated species to environmental change. Sometimes the traits of the tree-associated species themselves can drive their response to environmental change. For lichens, species associated with the late-successional Norway spruce occur less on trees retained at clearcuts than on trees in closed-canopy forest. The pattern is the opposite for lichen species associated with early-successional tree species. Some lichen traits can also drive species responses to the open environment after clearcutting; characteristics that seem to increase the probability of lichens to occur on trees retained at clearcutting are a foliose or fruticose growth form, thallus sunscreen, or asexual reproduction. The responses of saproxylic beetles to landscape stump extraction varies, with predators more negatively affected than lower trophic levels. In an attempt to elucidate different aspects of the distribution of responses, I suggest ways to develop the concept of response diversity. The diverging responses of species to forest management entails different requirements for their conservation.
Authors/Creators: | Ranlund, Åsa | ||||||||||
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Title: | Responses of tree-associated species to forest management | ||||||||||
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Series/Journal: | Acta Universitatis Agriculturae Sueciae (1652-6880) | ||||||||||
Year of publishing : | 2017 | ||||||||||
Depositing date: | 27 June 2017 | ||||||||||
Number: | 2017:60 | ||||||||||
Number of Pages: | 42 | ||||||||||
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Place of Publication: | Uppsala | ||||||||||
Publisher: | Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences | ||||||||||
ISBN for printed version: | 978-91-7760-010-7 | ||||||||||
ISBN for electronic version: | 978-91-7760-011-4 | ||||||||||
ISSN: | 1652-6880 | ||||||||||
Language: | English | ||||||||||
Publication Type: | Doctoral thesis | ||||||||||
Full Text Status: | Public | ||||||||||
Agris subject categories.: | P Natural resources > P01 Nature conservation and land resources | ||||||||||
Subjects: | (A) Swedish standard research categories 2011 > 1 Natural sciences > 106 Biological Sciences (Medical to be 3 and Agricultural to be 4) > Ecology | ||||||||||
Agrovoc terms: | lichenes, biodiversity, Bayesian theory, choice of species, forest management, forest ecology | ||||||||||
Keywords: | Bayesian hierarchical models, biodiversity, community ecology, epiphytic lichens, forest ecology, response diversity, saproxylic beetles, species models, stump harvest, tree retention | ||||||||||
URN:NBN: | urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-e-4255 | ||||||||||
Permanent URL: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-e-4255 | ||||||||||
ID Code: | 14416 | ||||||||||
Faculty: | S - Faculty of Forest Sciences | ||||||||||
Department: | (NL, NJ) > Dept. of Ecology (S) > Dept. of Ecology | ||||||||||
External funders: | FORMAS | ||||||||||
Deposited By: | Åsa Ranlund | ||||||||||
Deposited On: | 28 Jun 2017 10:36 | ||||||||||
Metadata Last Modified: | 09 Sep 2020 14:17 |
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