caa a22 4500 605527350 CHVBK 20210128100808.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10531-015-0945-1 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10531-015-0945-1 Effects of prescribed burning on carabid beetle diversity in coastal anthropogenic heathlands [Elektronische Daten] [Tessa Bargmann, Bjørn Hatteland, John-Arvid Grytnes] European anthropogenic coastal heathlands are threatened by the cessation of traditional management practices. Fire has a long history in the management of this landscape, and its effect on various species groups has been investigated in previous studies. However, the resolution of these studies is generally rather coarse and is biased towards plants. In this study, we investigate the species diversity and composition of carabid beetles over a 22-year chronosequence of time since last fire in a coastal heathland in western Norway. We show that burning increases alpha species richness, and is particularly important for the richness of typical open habitat species. Our results also show that there are clear compositional differences between assemblages along the chronosequence, supporting the value for landscape scale biodiversity of rotational burning. Species richness is also increased by a higher species turnover between consecutive years in patches that have been burnt recently as compared to patches that have not been burnt for a long time. We conclude that burning is important in maintaining carabid diversity in anthropogenic heaths, and that prescribed burns should aim to create a mosaic of different burn years, preferably with a bias toward younger stages. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2015 Succession nationallicence Fire nationallicence Ground beetle nationallicence Norway nationallicence Conservation nationallicence Scale nationallicence Bargmann Tessa Department of Biology, University of Bergen, Thormøhlensgate 53A, 5006, Bergen, Norway aut Hatteland Bjørn Department of Biology, University of Bergen, Thormøhlensgate 53A, 5006, Bergen, Norway aut Grytnes John-Arvid Department of Biology, University of Bergen, Thormøhlensgate 53A, 5006, Bergen, Norway aut Biodiversity and Conservation Springer Netherlands 24/10(2015-09-01), 2565-2581 0960-3115 24:10<2565 2015 24 10531 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-015-0945-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-015-0945-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bargmann Tessa Department of Biology, University of Bergen, Thormøhlensgate 53A, 5006, Bergen, Norway aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hatteland Bjørn Department of Biology, University of Bergen, Thormøhlensgate 53A, 5006, Bergen, Norway aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Grytnes John-Arvid Department of Biology, University of Bergen, Thormøhlensgate 53A, 5006, Bergen, Norway aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Biodiversity and Conservation Springer Netherlands 24/10(2015-09-01), 2565-2581 0960-3115 24:10<2565 2015 24 10531