@article {43864, title = {Oak woodland restoration: testing the effects on biodiversity of mycetophilids in southern Sweden}, journal = {Biodiversity and Conservation}, volume = {117}, year = {2007}, pages = {2599-2616}, abstract = {The effect of harvesting biofuel and woodland restoration on biodiversity is debated. To evaluate the effects of partial cutting on more organism groups, we used pairwise experimental and undisturbed control stands in a large landscape. On average 26\% of the basal area including 50-95\% of the understorey was harvested at each of 15 oak-rich forest sites. Our earlier results of partial cutting suggested a positive short-term effect for vascular plants and beetles and no or minor negative effects for fungi. Here we analyse the response of mycetophilids (Diptera: Sciaroidea excl. Sciaridae), a neglected but species-rich insect group that was strongly disfavoured by clear-cutting in previous studies. Increased deadwood (slash) caused increase in the number of individuals of mycetophilids associated with wood or wood fungi. The rarefaction species numbers of mycetophilids declined after the treatment, but the absolute number of species was not affected. Our results indicate that a 25\% harvest can be compatible with conservation of vascular plants, fungi, saproxylic and herbivorous beetles and mycetophilids in temperate hardwood stands of the type studied. However, more studies are needed to determine what level(s) of stand thinning can be tolerated by different taxa in landscapes with small fragmented conservation stands.}, url = {http://www.online-keys.net/sciaroidea/add01/Okland_2007_OakRestorationpdf.pdf}, author = {Okland, Bjorn and Gotmark, Frank and Norden, Bjorn} } @article {22704, title = {Regional diversity of mycetophilids (Diptera: Sciaroidea) in Scandinavian oak-dominated forests}, journal = {Biological Conservation}, volume = {121}, number = {1}, year = {2005}, note = {ArticleEnglish}, pages = {9-20}, abstract = {Mycetophilids is a species-rich insect group for which the ecological requirements in temperate forests are poorly understood. This study of mycetophilids was based on trap samples from 15 oak-dominated sites in the boreonemoral zone of southern Sweden. Species richness and composition were analysed in relation to environmental variables at a local and at larger scales (multiple regression), and compared to results from similar studies in spruce-dominated sites in the boreal zone of Norway (PCA and two-sample t tests). Regressions showing a dominance of regional factors over local in-site variables agree with species-richness models assuming that local communities most often are unsaturated. Precipitation (inter-correlated with elevation) was the strongest factor for explaining the variation in species-richness, which is consistent with previous results indicating that mycetophilids are disfavoured by drought. In addition to precipitation, the area of mixed forest with high biodiversity values (woodland key habitats and protected areas) was a positive factor for species-richness, probably because such habitats combine elements of both coniferous and deciduous forests. PCA ordination revealed a clear separation of the species composition between boreal and boreonemoral forests. Species-richness in boreal forest was significantly higher than in boreonemoral forest, indicating a preference for boreal habitats in many of the species. For mycetophilids and other drought-sensitive insects, it is suggested that (partial) cutting in some dense successional oak stands should be avoided, and that some invading spruces should be tolerated. Copyright 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.}, keywords = {Angiospermae-, Animalia-; [26070-] Fagaceae-, Arthropoda-, Biodiversity-; Biogeography-: Population-Studies; Forestry-; Terrestrial-Ecology: Ecology-, Dicotyledones-, Environmental-Sciences; [75314-] Diptera-, Insecta-, Invertebrata-, Plan, Spermatophyta-}, url = {http://www.online-keys.net/sciaroidea/2000_/Okland_et_al_2005_regional_Mycetophilidae.pdf}, author = {Okland, Bjorn and Gotmark, Frank and Norden, Bjorn and Franc, Niklas and Kurina, Olavi and Polevoi, Alexei} } @article {22707, title = {Mycetophilids (Diptera, Sciaroidea) from southeastern Norway}, journal = {Fauna Norvegica Series B}, volume = {44}, number = {1}, year = {1997}, note = {English}, pages = {27-37, illustr.}, keywords = {Sciaroidea; NORWAY-; South east; Species list including 162 first records for Norway; * INSECTA-; ** DIPTERA-; *** NEMATOCERA-; Sciaroidea; Invertebrates; Arthropods; Insects; Dipterans/True Flies}, url = {http://www.online-keys.net/sciaroidea/1991_2000/Okland_\&_Zaitzev_1997_Mycetophilids_from_Southeastern_Norway.pdf}, author = {Okland, Bjorn and Zaitzev, Alexander I.} } @article {22327, title = {Fungus gnats (Diptera: Sciaroidea excl. Sciaridae) in the Swedish boreonemoral forests}, journal = {Studia Dipterologica}, volume = {11}, number = {2}, year = {2005}, note = {Article; PrintEnglish}, pages = {471-488}, abstract = {

Fungus gnats in boreonemoral forests of south Sweden are studied using material collected with Malaise and window traps from 17 localities in the years 2001 and 2002. 250 species are recorded including 76 species new to Sweden. 14 of these are found in Fennoscandia for the first time: Docosia setosa LANDROCK, D. spec. (indet. sensu HUTSON et al. 1980), Brevicornu cognatum OSTROVERKHOVA, Mycetophila eppingensis CHANDLER, M. lobulata A. ZAITZEV, M. pyrenaica MATILE, M. subsigillata A. ZAITZEV, Sceptonia cryptocauda CHANDLER, S. flavipuncta EDWARDS, S. longisetosa SEVCIK, S. pilosa BUKOWSKI, S. pughi CHANDLER, Sciophila interrupta (WINNERTZ) and S. plurisetosa EDWARDS. One new synonym is proposed: Dynatosoma dihaeta POLEVOI, 1995 = Dynatosoma schachti PLASSMANN, 1999 syn. nov.

}, keywords = {boreonemoral-forests; Mycetophilidae- : Europe-, Distribution-records-including-76-new-records, Docosia-setosa, Fennoscandia-, Insecta-, Mycetophila-eppingensis, Mycetophila-lobulata, Mycetophila-pyrenaica, Mycetophila-subsigillata, New-records; Brevicornu-cognatum, Sceptonia-cryptocauda, Sceptonia-flavipuncta, Sceptonia-longistosa, Sceptonia-pilosa, Sceptonia-pughi, Sciaroidea- ( Nematocera- ) : Sweden-, Sciophila-interup; Nematocera- : Diptera-}, author = {Kurina, Olavi and Polevoi, Alexei and Gotmark, Frank and Okland, Bjorn and Frank, Niklas and Norden, Bjorn and Hedmark, Kjell} }