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Responses from bees, butterflies, and ground beetles to different fire and site characteristics: A global meta-analysis by Mason, Stephen C. (author);Shirey, Vaughn (author);Ponisio, Lauren C. (author);Gelhaus, Jon K. (author) is a Environmental Science article available to read on EtoBox.
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Climate change in concert with fire suppression is increasing the size, severity and frequency of fires globally. At the same time, insects, an exceptionally biodiverse group that provide essential ecosystem services such as pollination and decomposition, are declining precipitously. We know little, however, about the fire mechanisms that contribute to insect decline. To understand if there is a larger global signature of fire on insect communities, we conducted a global systematic search and meta-analyses on the pyroentomology literature for butterflies (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera), bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea), and ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) and report how each taxa's richness and abundance response to overall fire, 16 different fire and site characteristics, as well as fire combined with forest/grassland management treatments. Across 100 studies and 445 effects, we found that bee biodiversity increased after fire and fire in combination with forest/grassland management treatments. In contrast, fire had no significant positive or negative effect on ground beetle and butterfly biodiversity. Furthermore, we did not find any fire and site characteristics that decreased rich
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- Author
- Mason, Stephen C. (author);Shirey, Vaughn (author);Ponisio, Lauren C. (author);Gelhaus, Jon K. (author)
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2021
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Environmental Science (Physical Sciences)