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Isolation from forest habitats reduces chances of the presence of Osmoderma eremita sensu lato (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) in rural avenues

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Decline and fragmentation of natural habitats, such as old-growth forests, reduces their availability in the landscape. The solution to this problem for many forest-dwelling species, may be colonization of alternative habitats, such as parks, orchards or rural avenues, located in the highly fragmented agricultural landscape. Our main objective was to determine the effect of both habitat quality parameters and isolation from potential forest habitats, as primary habitats, on the occurrence of the hermit beetle (Osmoderma) in rural avenues in south-western Poland. The study was based on the results of an inventory of the species in 201 rural avenues within an area of approx. 30,000 km2. Occurrence of the hermit beetle in such alternative habitats was affected by both habitat quality parameters and connectivity with suitable forest habitats. The species occurrence in an avenue was significantly positively affected by mean tree diameter and diversity of tree species, but probability of occurrence decreased as isolation of avenue from the deciduous forest increased. Moreover, in the study area the hermit beetle seemed to avoid alleys with a large proportion of Acer platanoides, Fraxinus excelsior and Populus spp. Spatially isolated roadside avenues have limited value in the preservation of the hermit beetle in the long term conservation management of the species. Conservation plans in such habitats should therefore take into account surrounding suitable habitats.

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We are grateful to the Foundation for Sustainable Development (FER Wrocław) for the possibility to use the data collected within the program ‘Roads for Nature’. We gratefully acknowledge Dr. Remigiusz Pielech (University of Wrocław, Poland) for his valuable comments and suggestions. The research was supported by the Department of Invertebrate Biology, Evolution and Conservation, Institute of Environmental Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Wroclaw (Project No. 1076/S/IBŚ/2016).

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Kadej, M., Zając, K., Smolis, A. et al. Isolation from forest habitats reduces chances of the presence of Osmoderma eremita sensu lato (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) in rural avenues. J Insect Conserv 20, 395–406 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10841-016-9873-y

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