Insect abundance in managed forests benefits from multi-layered vegetation

• Published in: Basic and applied ecology Vol. 48; pp. 124 - 135
• Main Authors: Knuff, Anna Katharina, Staab, Michael, Frey, Julian, Dormann, Carsten F., Asbeck, Thomas, Klein, Alexandra-Maria
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier GmbH 01.11.2020
• Subjects: Auchenorrhyncha; biodiversity; biomass; canopy gaps; Coarse woody debris; community structure; dead wood; forest stands; forests; Germany; Habitat diversity; herbivores; Heteroptera; insect communities; insect traps; insects; microhabitats; Remote sensing; Saproxylic; Sternorrhyncha; Structural complexity; Terrestrial laser scanning; tree and stand measurements; trees; Germany; Terrestrial laser scanning; Saproxylic; Habitat diversity; Structural complexity; Coarse woody debris; Remote sensing

•Uneven-aged, mixed-species forest stands promote total insect abundance.•Total insect abundance in forests is positively related to multi-layered vegetation.•Non-herbivorous taxa are further related to understorey vegetation structure.•Terrestrial laser scanning provides structure indices relevant...