Elater ferrugineus and Osmoderma eremita, a regional survey and habitat requirements on different landscape scales

Habitat destruction and fragmentation is the primary cause behind loss of biodiversity. Population dynamics are affected by factors that act on different spatial scales. To direct nature management efforts, the impact of different factors and at which spatial scale they act needs to be taken into co...

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Autor principal: Forsmark, Benjamin
Formato: M2
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: SLU/Horticulture (until 121231) 2012
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description Habitat destruction and fragmentation is the primary cause behind loss of biodiversity. Population dynamics are affected by factors that act on different spatial scales. To direct nature management efforts, the impact of different factors and at which spatial scale they act needs to be taken into consideration. Elater ferrugineus and Osmoderma eremita are rare and threatened (red listed over their entire distribution range) saproxylic beetles associated with hollow deciduous trees. In the present thesis, these beetles have been surveyed using pheromone baited traps at 83 localities in Skåne. A multiscale analysis has been performed testing occupancy data for E. ferrugineus against densities of resources of different sorts of trees. This analysis stresses the requirements of E. ferrugineus for large non-fragmented areas with high densities of giant trees. Few localities match its requirements, and only eight resident populations appear to persist in Skåne. Four previously unknown localities for E. ferrugineus and two novel localities for O. eremita have been revealed in this thesis.
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spelling RepoSLU41522012-04-26T12:36:43Z Elater ferrugineus and Osmoderma eremita, a regional survey and habitat requirements on different landscape scales Elater ferrugineus och Osmoderma eremita, en regional inventering och habitatkrav på olika landskapsskalor Forsmark, Benjamin Landscape Ecology Saproxylic Conservation Coleoptera Hollow Tree Habitat Fragmentation Habitat destruction and fragmentation is the primary cause behind loss of biodiversity. Population dynamics are affected by factors that act on different spatial scales. To direct nature management efforts, the impact of different factors and at which spatial scale they act needs to be taken into consideration. Elater ferrugineus and Osmoderma eremita are rare and threatened (red listed over their entire distribution range) saproxylic beetles associated with hollow deciduous trees. In the present thesis, these beetles have been surveyed using pheromone baited traps at 83 localities in Skåne. A multiscale analysis has been performed testing occupancy data for E. ferrugineus against densities of resources of different sorts of trees. This analysis stresses the requirements of E. ferrugineus for large non-fragmented areas with high densities of giant trees. Few localities match its requirements, and only eight resident populations appear to persist in Skåne. Four previously unknown localities for E. ferrugineus and two novel localities for O. eremita have been revealed in this thesis. SLU/Horticulture (until 121231) 2012 M2 eng https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/4152/
spellingShingle Landscape Ecology
Saproxylic
Conservation
Coleoptera
Hollow Tree
Habitat
Fragmentation
Forsmark, Benjamin
Elater ferrugineus and Osmoderma eremita, a regional survey and habitat requirements on different landscape scales
title Elater ferrugineus and Osmoderma eremita, a regional survey and habitat requirements on different landscape scales
title_full Elater ferrugineus and Osmoderma eremita, a regional survey and habitat requirements on different landscape scales
title_fullStr Elater ferrugineus and Osmoderma eremita, a regional survey and habitat requirements on different landscape scales
title_full_unstemmed Elater ferrugineus and Osmoderma eremita, a regional survey and habitat requirements on different landscape scales
title_short Elater ferrugineus and Osmoderma eremita, a regional survey and habitat requirements on different landscape scales
title_sort elater ferrugineus and osmoderma eremita, a regional survey and habitat requirements on different landscape scales
topic Landscape Ecology
Saproxylic
Conservation
Coleoptera
Hollow Tree
Habitat
Fragmentation