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The primary abstract specifies the six-year northern New Mexico mixed-conifer setting, surface-active beetle population, thinning-plus-prescribed-burn treatment, BACI design, and comparison with severe disturbances. DIRECT_TEXT

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Source: Response of the surface-active beetle community (Coleoptera) to mixed-conifer forest restoration thinning and burning treatments in northern New Mexico, USA · locator {} · excerpt hash sha256:05dd860011131e2d408743084d01c7f734c3c8964821ae11bfb11985e9f533b8

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In this 6-year case study, we examined the response of a surface-active (epigeic) beetle community (Coleoptera) in a mixed-conifer forest subjected to tree thinning followed by a prescribed broadcast slash burn. We used a Before-After/Control-Impact (BACI) design to test treatment effects on the beetle community composition, diversity, richness, evenness, individual species abundances, and trophic structure. We documented 289 taxa of Coleoptera and found that treatments caused significant changes in the beetle community’s composition... Overall, our forest restoration treatments did not reach the level of impact from more severe forest disturbances (clear-cutting, or high-severity wildfires).

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