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dc.contributor.authorFuller, Laurenen_UK
dc.contributor.authorOxbrough, Anneen_UK
dc.contributor.authorGittings, Tomen_UK
dc.contributor.authorIrwin, Sandraen_UK
dc.contributor.authorKelly, Thomasen_UK
dc.contributor.authorO'Halloran, Johnen_UK
dc.date.accessioned2015-10-22T23:37:54Z-
dc.date.available2015-10-22T23:37:54Zen_UK
dc.date.issued2014-04en_UK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1893/22331-
dc.description.abstractIn many countries throughout the world, the area of plantation forests continues to increase and they now dominate many landscapes. In recent decades, forest cover in Ireland has expanded largely due to commercial afforestation with non-native conifers. This study provides the first within-site assessment of the response of two important arthropod groups to afforestation in agricultural grasslands in Ireland. Five sites were studied 1 year before and 7 years after afforestation using pitfall trapping for active ground-dwelling spiders and Malaise trapping for hoverflies. Both species groups were studied in grassland habitat, and spiders were also sampled in field boundary hedgerow habitat. Afforestation within the study sites had a positive effect on ground-dwelling spider diversity over the first 7 years; total species richness increased in afforested grassland and hedgerow habitats, and forest specialist species richness increased in afforested grassland habitat. This was concurrent with, and most likely influenced by, the increase in habitat structure created by the forest vegetation, litter and deadwood layers and the increase in canopy cover. There was no effect of afforestation on hoverfly species richness over the first 7 years, possibly due to confounding effects of hoverfly movements across landscapes. Spider and hoverfly species compositions were also positively affected by afforestation. These results indicated that afforestation in our study sites, set within a predominantly agricultural landscape, benefitted arthropod diversity by increasing habitat diversity. Hedgerow habitats were also an important contributor to biodiversity in these newly planted forests. Ecologically oriented planning and management of afforestation must consider the influence of habitat quality in forest plantations, including the protection of biodiversity rich habitats and the quality of the land being afforested, to improve the contribution to biodiversity enhancement and conservation.en_UK
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dc.publisherOxford University Pressen_UK
dc.relationFuller L, Oxbrough A, Gittings T, Irwin S, Kelly T & O'Halloran J (2014) The response of ground-dwelling spiders (Araneae) and hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) to afforestation assessed using within-site tracking. Forestry, 87 (2), pp. 301-312. https://doi.org/10.1093/forestry/cpt049en_UK
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dc.titleThe response of ground-dwelling spiders (Araneae) and hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) to afforestation assessed using within-site trackingen_UK
dc.typeJournal Articleen_UK
dc.rights.embargodate2999-12-28en_UK
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dc.identifier.doi10.1093/forestry/cpt049en_UK
dc.citation.jtitleForestryen_UK
dc.citation.issn1464-3626en_UK
dc.citation.issn0015-752Xen_UK
dc.citation.volume87en_UK
dc.citation.issue2en_UK
dc.citation.spage301en_UK
dc.citation.epage312en_UK
dc.citation.publicationstatusPublisheden_UK
dc.citation.peerreviewedRefereeden_UK
dc.type.statusVoR - Version of Recorden_UK
dc.author.emaillauren.fuller@stir.ac.uken_UK
dc.citation.date27/11/2013en_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationBiological and Environmental Sciencesen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationEdge Hill Universityen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity College Corken_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity College Corken_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity College Corken_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity College Corken_UK
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000335912700012en_UK
dc.identifier.scopusid2-s2.0-84900330179en_UK
dc.identifier.wtid590053en_UK
dc.contributor.orcid0000-0002-1672-0817en_UK
dcterms.dateAccepted2013-11-27en_UK
dc.date.filedepositdate2015-10-22en_UK
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local.rioxx.authorFuller, Lauren|0000-0002-1672-0817en_UK
local.rioxx.authorOxbrough, Anne|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorGittings, Tom|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorIrwin, Sandra|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorKelly, Thomas|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorO'Halloran, John|en_UK
local.rioxx.projectInternal Project|University of Stirling|https://isni.org/isni/0000000122484331en_UK
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