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The Impact of a forest fire event on moth assemblages in Western Bohemia, Czech Republic

Walter Jan, Sucháčková Bartoňová Alena, Faltýnek Fric Zdeněk

Polish Journal of Ecology

2021

Vol. 69, nr 3-4

156--171

Fire has major impact on species diversity in natural ecosystems around the world. The consequences of fires for invertebrates can be immediate, and recovery of species assemblages may be a long-term process. We recorded moth communities from May to November 2019 in a pine forest in Western Bohemia, Czech Republic, where a local fire occurred in April of that year. We used UV light traps at one burned site and two neighboring unburned sites with a similar character as the burned site before the fire event. We analyzed moth assemblages using several species diversity indices – index of dominance, Shannon-Wiener index and Shannon-Wiener evenness, Simpson index, and Chao1 nonparametric estimation. We detected 67 species at the burned site, and 97 and 106 at the unburned sites. The three most frequently trapped species at all sites were Macaria liturata, Buphalus piniaria and Thera obeliscata, representing common forest geometrid moths. We observed a decline in species number and abundance at the burned site compared to the unburned sites, probably due to the direct mortality of larvae. On the contrary, the burned site was more diverse according to the diversity indices. The fire disrupted the original character of the coniferous forest, which was proved by a decline of species feeding on conifers and Vaccinium spp. The burned site attracted species associated with dry habitats such as Eublemma purpurina, Charissa obscurata and Scopula rubiginata. Even though wildfires are viewed negatively in general, they might temporarily enhance diversity in a homogeneous landscape.

Effect of temperature on larval survival rate and duration of development of Lymantria monacha (L.) on needles of Pinus silvestris (L.) and of dispar (L.) on leaves of Quercus robur (L.)

Karolewski P.

Polish Journal of Ecology

2007

Vol. 55, nr 3

595-600

This study assessed the effects of temperature on survival rate and duration of development (DD), i.e., time needed by larvae to reach the pupal stage, in nun moth (Lymantria monacha L.) and gypsy moth (L. dispar L.). The larvae were raised at 15, 20 or 25 [degrees] C, and fed with current-year-needles of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) and leaves of English oak (Quercus robur L.), respectively. With increasing temperature 15, 20 and 25 [degrees] C, larval survival rate (LSR) declined in L. monacha (for 35th day LSR was 0.44, 0.31 and 0.21, respectively), but increased in L. dispar (0.50, 1.00 and 0.94). In contrast, the duration of development decreased with increasing temperature in larvae of both moth species (67, 52 and 39 days for L. monacha, and 66, 43 and 33 days for L. dispar, respectively). The differences in larval survival rate between those species at higher temperatures can affect significantly their growth and development in warmer years. Therefore, it is possible that under global climate change these differences may lead to changes in distribution of both insect species.