Effects of clear-cutting and plant competition control methods on carabid (Coleoptera: Carabidae) assemblages in northwestern Ontario

• Published in: Environmental monitoring and assessment Vol. 56; no. 1; pp. 87 - 96
• Main Authors: Duchesne, L.C, Lautenschlager, R.A, Bell, F.W
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrect Springer 01.05.1999; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; boreal forests; Carabidae; Clearcutting; Coleoptera; Competition; Ecosystem studies; Ecosystems; Environmental monitoring; forest management; Forestry; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General forest ecology; Generalities. Production, biomass. Quality of wood and forest products. General forest ecology; glyphosate; Growing season; Habitat preferences; habitats; Herbicides; Insects; logging effects; mixed forests; Pitfall traps; plant competition; Plants (botany); Species diversity; Species richness; triclopyr; Vegetation; Ontario; Canada; North America; America; Coleoptera; Insecta; Populus tremula; Carabidae; Forest management; Pinus; Biodiversity; Mechanical treatment; Clearcutting; Dicotyledones; Angiospermae; Gymnospermae; Softwood forest tree; Interspecific competition; Hardwood forest tree; Species richness; Mixed forest (hardwood softwood); Pesticides; Impact study; Perturbation; Auroral zone; Herbicide; Salicaceae; Animal community; Chemical treatment; Arthropoda; Coniferales; Spermatophyta; Invertebrata
• ISSN: 0167-6369; 1573-2959
• DOI: 10.1023/A:1005963508085

Total captures, species richness, diversity, and assemblages of adult carabids (Coleoptera:Carabidae) in a boreal mixed-wood ecosystem study were compared among unharvested, and clear-cut plots untreated or treated with herbicides (Vision and Release), mechanical treatments (brush saw and Silvana Selective). Carabids were sampled using unbaited pitfall traps for one growing season 7 and 9 years after clear-cutting, in the second growing season after competition control was applied. A total of 5032 individuals representing 30 species were collected between June 1 and September 25, 1995. Total catches were not affected by the harvest or the conifer release alternatives applied. Species richness and diversity increased following conifer release alternatives. Ten species showed habitat preferences after treatment whereas the remaining 20 species were not significantly affected by treatment.