BERNDT, Lisa A.; BROCKERHOFF, Eckehard G.; JACTEL, Herve

doi:10.1007/s10531-008-9379-3

Métadonnées

Afficher la notice complète

Licence d’utilisation du document

BERNDT, Lisa A.
New Zealand Forest Research Institute

BROCKERHOFF, Eckehard G.
New Zealand Forest Research Institute

JACTEL, Herve
Biodiversité, Gènes & Communautés [BioGeCo]

Langue

Article de revue

Ce document a été publié dans

Biodiversity and Conservation. 2008, vol. 17, n° 5, p. 1171-1185

Springer Verlag

Résumé en anglais

Plantation forests are of increasing importance worldwide for wood and fibre production, and in some areas they are the only forest cover. Here we investigate the potential role of exotic plantations in supporting native forest-dwelling carabid beetles in regions that have experienced extensive deforestation. On the Canterbury Plains of New Zealand, more than 99% of the previous native forest cover has been lost, and today exotic pine (Pinus radiata) plantations are the only forest habitat of substantial area. Carabids were caught with pitfall traps in native kanuka (Kunzea ericoides) forest remnants and in a neighbouring pine plantation, grassland and gorse (Ulex europaeus) shrubland. A total of 2,700 individuals were caught, with significantly greater abundance in traps in young pine, grassland and gorse habitats than in kanuka and older pine. Rarefied species richness was greatest in kanuka, a habitat that supported two forest specialist species not present in other habitat types. A critically endangered species was found only in the exotic plantation forest, which also acts as a surrogate habitat for most carabids associated with kanuka forest. The few remaining native forest patches are of critical importance to conservation on the Canterbury Plains, but in the absence of larger native forest areas plantation forests are more valuable for carabid conservation than the exotic grassland that dominates the region.< Réduire

Mots clés

PINUS RADIATA

HABITAT FRAGMENTATION

HABITAT LOSS

AJONC COMMUN

COLÉOPTÈRE

ESPÈCE MENACÉE

RÉPARTITION

Mots clés en anglais

KUNZEA ERICOIDE

CARABIDAE

BIODIVERSITY

EXOTIC SPECIES

THREATENED SPECIES

Métadonnées

Partager cette publication !

Licence d’utilisation du document

Relevance of exotic pine plantations as a surrogate habitat for ground beetles (Carabidae) where native forest is rare

Langue

Ce document a été publié dans

Résumé en anglais

Mots clés

Mots clés en anglais

URI

DOI

Origine

Unités de recherche