Changes in species composition and diversity of a montane beetle community over the last last millennium in High Tatras, Slovakia: Implications for forest conservation and management

0533903 - BÚ 2021 RIV NL eng J - Journal Article
Schafstall, N. - Whitehouse, N. - Kuosmanen, N. - Svobodová-Svitavská, Helena - Saulnier, M. - Chiverrell, R. C. - Fleischer, P. - Kuneš, P. - Clear, J. L.
Changes in species composition and diversity of a montane beetle community over the last last millennium in High Tatras, Slovakia: Implications for forest conservation and management.
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. Roč. 555, 1 October (2020), s. 1-11, č. článku 109834. ISSN 0031-0182. E-ISSN 1872-616X
Institutional support: RVO:67985939
Keywords : Coleoptera * forest conservation * human impact
OECD category: Biodiversity conservation
Impact factor: 3.318, year: 2020
Method of publishing: Limited access
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2020.109834

Montane areas are niche biotopes and areas of high biodiversity, under threat from changing environmental conditions. Paleo-ecological reconstructions can reveal past conditions of a region in order to better understand current conditions and predict future changes. In addition, fossil beetle (Coleoptera) remains provide detailed, site specific information which can be compared to more regional signals from pollen diagrams. Changes in the beetle assemblages were related to changes in the landscape, likely caused by anthropogenic activities. From AD 1500, human (re)settlement in the region and activities such as pasturing and charcoal burning show a pronounced effect on the beetle community at the forest hollow.
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