Zooindication-based monitoring of anthropogenic transformations in Białowieża Primeval Forest

Edited by Andrzej Szujecki
Department of Forest Protection and Ecology
Warsaw Agricultural University

Warsaw Agricultural University Press, Warsaw 2006

Introduction - Andrzej Szujecki

Idea and purpose of study
Overview of the results of zooindication-based valuation research carried out in Białowieża Primeval Forest in the period 1998-2001 with regard to anthropogenic impact and synanthropisation

Study methods - Andrzej Szujecki, Adam Byk, Tomasz Mokrzycki, Małgorzata Sławska, Marek Sławski

General information
Study methods: epigeic and soil fauna (Insecta: Carabidae, Staphylinidae, Formicidae, Collembola, Aranei, Diplopoda)
Zooindication metrics
Map diagrams of valuation

PART I. SOIL AND EPIGEIC FAUNA

Monitoring of anthropogenic changes in Białowieża Primeval Forest: epigeic and soil-dwelling communities of springtails (Collembola, Hexapoda) - Małgorzata Sławska

Methodology of the study
Results - Collembola
Synopsis of results

Monitoring of anthropogenic changes in Białowieża Primeval Forest. Carabidae - Jarosław Skłodowski

Methodology of the study
Carabid resources of Białowieża Primeval Forest
Valuation of areas subjected to anthropopression
Discussion and summary of results (a hierarchy of anthropogenic pressures)
Conclusions

Zooindication-based monitoring of anthropogenic transformations in Białowieża Primeval Forest. Rove beetles (Staphylinidae) - Marcin Smoleński

General information
Materials
Methods
Results of monitoring studies
Summary

Zooindication-based monitoring of Białowieża Primeval Forest. Ants (Formicidae) - Sławomir Mazur

The composition and origin of the ant fauna of Białowieża Primeval Forest
Results

Zooindication-based monitoring of anthropogenic transformations in Białowieża Primeval Forest. Spiders (Aranei) - Dariusz Łęgowski

Methods of study
Outline of studies of the spider fauna of Białowieża Primeval Forest
Valuation of areas subjected to anthropopression
Discussion and summary of the results

Zooindication-based monitoring of anthropogenic transformations in Białowieża Primeval Forest. Millipedes (Diplopoda) - Henryk Tracz

Historical outline of millipede studies in Białowieża Primeval Forest
The millipede resources of Białowieża Primeval Forest
Characteristics of reference millipede communities at sites included in the study of anthropopression
Valuation of areas subject to anthropopression
Changes in the reference structures of dominance in response to different stressors
A hierarchy of disturbance to millipede communities caused by the various anthropogenic impacts
Reductions in forest species and increases in ubiquitous species and other polytopes
Conclusions

PART II. ARBOREAL FAUNA

Saproxylic beetles - in the monitoring of anthropogenic transformations of Białowieża Primeval Forest - Adam Byk, Tomasz Mokrzycki, Stanisław Perliński, Artur Rutkiewicz

Methods of data analysis
Saproxylic beetle community of Białowieża Primeval Forest
Valuation of Białowieża Primeval Forest
Communities of saproxylic beetles in anthropogenically altered stands in Białowieża Primeval Forest
Faunal similarities and differences between communities of saproxylic beetles of reference stands and anthropogenically altered stands
Review of rare and relict species
Discussion and summary
Conclusions

PART III. DISCUSSION AND SUMMARY

Zooindication-based monitoring of anthropogenic transformations in Białowieża Primeval Forest. Synthesis of results - Andrzej Szujecki

Characteristic of monitoring
Assessment of anthropogenic impacts
Models of anthropopression in Białowieża Primeval Forest
Spatial dimension of threat to Białowieża Primeval Forest resulting from investigated anthropogenic impacts - Marek Sławski
Tentative evaluation of the importance of individual stressors as threats to the nature conservation value of Białowieża Primeval Forest

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