Can early thinning and pruning lessen the impact of pine plantations on beetle and ant diversity in the Patagonian steppe?

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Corley, Juan Carlos; Villacide, Jose Maria; Vesterinen, M.
Año de publicación
2012
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Pine plantations are thought to negatively impact species diversity and to irreversibly modify arid zones. However, some studies have suggested that through the application of appropriate management practices, the negative impacts of plantations may be reduced. Our aim was to study the effects of early pruning and thinning on the ground-dwelling insects found in pine tree plantations in Patagonia. We compared the abundance, species richness and composition of the beetle and ant assemblages within 16-year-old pine stands (n = 10) subjected to early pruning and thinning (i.e. before canopy closure) against a steppe habitat exposed to sheep grazing (‘control’, n = 10). To sample ground-dwelling insects, we deployed nine pitfall traps per plot (100 m2) for a 10-day period. Vegetation cover and plant species richness were significantly lower in the plantations than in the steppe. We found that beetle species richness was reduced in the managed plantations in comparison to the steppe but abundance was higher. In turn, species composition in the plantations was different from that of the controls. Ant species richness was similar among habitats but abundance was lower in the plantations. We conclude that, contrary to our expectations, management practices that lead to sparse plantations at early stages in the production cycle, do not offer a significant advantage in terms of reducing the impact of pines on ground-dwelling insects of Patagonia.
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Fil: Corley, Juan Carlos. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche. Grupo de Ecología de Poblaciones de Insectos; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Villacide, Jose Maria. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche. Grupo de Ecología de Poblaciones de Insectos; Argentina
Fil: Vesterinen, M. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche. Grupo de Ecología de Poblaciones de Insectos; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. University of Joensuu; Finlandia
Fuente
Southern forests: a journal of forest science 74 (3) : 195–202. (2012)
Materia
Pinus
Plantación Forestal
Aclareo
Poda
Coleoptera
Formicidae
Forest Plantations
Thinning
Pruning
Raleo
Escarabajo
Hormigas
Región Patagónica
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Can early thinning and pruning lessen the impact of pine plantations on beetle and ant diversity in the Patagonian steppe?
title Can early thinning and pruning lessen the impact of pine plantations on beetle and ant diversity in the Patagonian steppe?
spellingShingle Can early thinning and pruning lessen the impact of pine plantations on beetle and ant diversity in the Patagonian steppe?
Corley, Juan Carlos
Pinus
Plantación Forestal
Aclareo
Poda
Coleoptera
Formicidae
Forest Plantations
Thinning
Pruning
Raleo
Escarabajo
Hormigas
Región Patagónica
title_short Can early thinning and pruning lessen the impact of pine plantations on beetle and ant diversity in the Patagonian steppe?
title_full Can early thinning and pruning lessen the impact of pine plantations on beetle and ant diversity in the Patagonian steppe?
title_fullStr Can early thinning and pruning lessen the impact of pine plantations on beetle and ant diversity in the Patagonian steppe?
title_full_unstemmed Can early thinning and pruning lessen the impact of pine plantations on beetle and ant diversity in the Patagonian steppe?
title_sort Can early thinning and pruning lessen the impact of pine plantations on beetle and ant diversity in the Patagonian steppe?
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Corley, Juan Carlos
Villacide, Jose Maria
Vesterinen, M.
author Corley, Juan Carlos
author_facet Corley, Juan Carlos
Villacide, Jose Maria
Vesterinen, M.
author_role author
author2 Villacide, Jose Maria
Vesterinen, M.
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Pinus
Plantación Forestal
Aclareo
Poda
Coleoptera
Formicidae
Forest Plantations
Thinning
Pruning
Raleo
Escarabajo
Hormigas
Región Patagónica
topic Pinus
Plantación Forestal
Aclareo
Poda
Coleoptera
Formicidae
Forest Plantations
Thinning
Pruning
Raleo
Escarabajo
Hormigas
Región Patagónica
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Pine plantations are thought to negatively impact species diversity and to irreversibly modify arid zones. However, some studies have suggested that through the application of appropriate management practices, the negative impacts of plantations may be reduced. Our aim was to study the effects of early pruning and thinning on the ground-dwelling insects found in pine tree plantations in Patagonia. We compared the abundance, species richness and composition of the beetle and ant assemblages within 16-year-old pine stands (n = 10) subjected to early pruning and thinning (i.e. before canopy closure) against a steppe habitat exposed to sheep grazing (‘control’, n = 10). To sample ground-dwelling insects, we deployed nine pitfall traps per plot (100 m2) for a 10-day period. Vegetation cover and plant species richness were significantly lower in the plantations than in the steppe. We found that beetle species richness was reduced in the managed plantations in comparison to the steppe but abundance was higher. In turn, species composition in the plantations was different from that of the controls. Ant species richness was similar among habitats but abundance was lower in the plantations. We conclude that, contrary to our expectations, management practices that lead to sparse plantations at early stages in the production cycle, do not offer a significant advantage in terms of reducing the impact of pines on ground-dwelling insects of Patagonia.
EEA Bariloche
Fil: Corley, Juan Carlos. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche. Grupo de Ecología de Poblaciones de Insectos; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Villacide, Jose Maria. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche. Grupo de Ecología de Poblaciones de Insectos; Argentina
Fil: Vesterinen, M. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche. Grupo de Ecología de Poblaciones de Insectos; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. University of Joensuu; Finlandia
description Pine plantations are thought to negatively impact species diversity and to irreversibly modify arid zones. However, some studies have suggested that through the application of appropriate management practices, the negative impacts of plantations may be reduced. Our aim was to study the effects of early pruning and thinning on the ground-dwelling insects found in pine tree plantations in Patagonia. We compared the abundance, species richness and composition of the beetle and ant assemblages within 16-year-old pine stands (n = 10) subjected to early pruning and thinning (i.e. before canopy closure) against a steppe habitat exposed to sheep grazing (‘control’, n = 10). To sample ground-dwelling insects, we deployed nine pitfall traps per plot (100 m2) for a 10-day period. Vegetation cover and plant species richness were significantly lower in the plantations than in the steppe. We found that beetle species richness was reduced in the managed plantations in comparison to the steppe but abundance was higher. In turn, species composition in the plantations was different from that of the controls. Ant species richness was similar among habitats but abundance was lower in the plantations. We conclude that, contrary to our expectations, management practices that lead to sparse plantations at early stages in the production cycle, do not offer a significant advantage in terms of reducing the impact of pines on ground-dwelling insects of Patagonia.
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