The sub-cortical beetle fauna of dead Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) and Norway spruce (Picea abies) trunks was compared in primeval forests and managed forests in central Finland. The numbers of both individuals and species were higher in the managed forest in spite of the smaller trunk surface area examined. The proportion of rare species was higher in the primeval forest. Although most species occurred both in primeval and managed forests, there were striking differences in the abundance relations: there was only one species (Pytho depressus) in common among the ten most abundant species. The proportion of bark beetles (Scolytidae) was more than 50% in the managed forests, and less than 5% in the primeval forests. The number of species per site was associated with observation date, occurrence of snails and trunk position (standing or lying) in the primeval forest, and with trunk diameter in the managed forests. The occurrence of rare beetle species in dead conifer trunks was related to man's effects on the forest. Although many sub-cortical species can live in managed forests, the fauna differs drastically from that of primeval forests.
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Väisänen, R., Biström, O. & Heliövaara, K. Sub-cortical Coleoptera in dead pines and spruces: is primeval species composition maintained in managed forests?. Biodivers Conserv 2, 95–113 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00056127
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