Diversity and abundance of some ground-dwelling invertebrates in plantation vs. native forests in Tasmania, Australia
By K. Bonham, R. Mesibov, R. Bashford. 2002
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Land snails, millipedes, carabid beetles and velvet worms (Onychophora) were methodically hand-sampled at 46 localities on paired plots in conifer or eucalypt plantations and in nearby native forest in northwest Tasmania. Native land snails and millipedes were less diverse in plantations than in native forests, and introduced land snails were several times more abundant in plantations. Many taxa, however, including a velvet worm previously considered to be threatened by plantation development, and including almost half the taxa represented by 10 or more specimens, were found at least as commonly in plantations as in native forests. Invertebrate conservation may be assisted by specific forestry operations, including windrowing, mound ploughing, and leaving waste prunings and thinnings to rot. Plantation development on cleared farmland can allow invertebrates to re-invade from adjacent bush remnants, reducing the risk of local extinctions.
Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science
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In Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
- J. Fischer
- Raphael K. Didham
- P. West
- Steven Pawson
- David B. Lindenmayer
- Esther D. Meenken
- N. Munro
- E. Brockerhoff
In Insect Science
- J. Fischer
- David B. Lindenmayer
- Raphael K. Didham
- P. West
- Steven Pawson
- Esther D. Meenken
- E. Brockerhoff
- Ross Goldingay
Citations in the corpus
- Growing Plantation Forests (2010, background): “…cleared largely for agriculture can enhance biodiversity (the variety of plants and animals that live within a region) (Keenan et al. 1997, 1999; Bonham et al. 2002; Hobbs et al. 2003; Lindenmayer et al. 2003; Weih 2004; Kanowski et al. 2005b; Hsu et al. 2010; Jefferies et al. 2010; Oxbrough…”
- Non-native plantation forests as alternative habitat for native forest beetles in a heavily modified landscape (2008, background): “This is consistent with other recent invertebrate studies in New Zealand (Brockerhoff et al. 2005; Pawson 2006; Berndt et al. 2008) and Australia ( Bonham et al. 2002; Mesibov 2005).”
- Faunal response to revegetation in agricultural areas of Australia: A review (2007, background): “Bonham et al. (2002) found no difference in the number of © 2007 The Authors 204 ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT & RESTORATION VOL 8 NO 3 DECEMBER 2007 Journal compilation © 2007 Ecological Society of Australia native species of invertebrate with age of revegetation.”