Rove beetle assemblages (Staphylinidae) of plantations and a native oak forest
Abstract
The staphylinid assemblages of native English oak stand and non-native plantations (black locust, scots pine, red oak) were compared using pitfall traps in Debrecen, Hungary. Species richness and the number of individuals of staphylinid species in non-native plantations were significantly lower, than in the native oak stand. The Rényi-diversity showed that the diversity of rare species was the highest in the oak forest. In the non-native plantations the staphylinid assemblages were graded based on their diversity. In the red oak plantation got the most diversity while in the black locus was the smallest. Multivariate statistical analyses showed significant differences in the composition and quantitative relationships of the staphylinid assemblages between the native stand and the non-native plantations. The non-native plantations endanger primarily the survival of the rare forest specialist species.
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