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Challenges and a call to action for protecting European red wood ants

Freitag Aanne; Balzani Paride; Dekoninck Wouter; Feldhaar Heike; Masoni Albergo; Frizzi Filippo; Santini Giacomo; Frouz Jan; Sorvari Jouni; Robinson Elva

dc.contributor.authorFreitag Aanne
dc.contributor.authorBalzani Paride
dc.contributor.authorDekoninck Wouter
dc.contributor.authorFeldhaar Heike
dc.contributor.authorMasoni Albergo
dc.contributor.authorFrizzi Filippo
dc.contributor.authorSantini Giacomo
dc.contributor.authorFrouz Jan
dc.contributor.authorSorvari Jouni
dc.contributor.authorRobinson Elva
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-28T12:22:20Z
dc.date.available2022-10-28T12:22:20Z
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.utupub.fi/handle/10024/159286
dc.description.abstractRed wood ants (RWAs) are a group of keystone species widespread in temperate and boreal forests of the Northern Hemisphere. Despite this, there is increasing evidence of local declines and extinctions. We reviewed the current protection status of RWAs throughout Europe and their International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) threat classification. Only some RWA species have been assessed at a global scale, and not all national red lists of the countries where RWAs are present include these species. Different assessment criteria, inventory approaches, and risk categories are used in different countries, and data deficiency is frequent. Legislative protection is even more complex, with some countries protecting RWAs implicitly together with the wildlife fauna and others explicitly protecting the whole group or particular species. This complexity often occurs within countries, for example, in Italy, where, outside of the Alps, only the introduced species are protected, whereas the native species, which are in decline, are not. Therefore, an international, coordinated framework is needed for the protection of RWAs. This first requires that the conservation target should be defined. Due to the similar morphology, complex taxonomy, and frequent hybridization, protecting the entire RWA group seems a more efficient strategy than protecting single species, although with a distinction between autochthonous and introduced species. Second, an update of the current distribution of RWA species is needed throughout Europe. Third, a protection law cannot be effective without the collaboration of forest managers, whose activity influences RWA habitat. Finally, RWA mounds offer a peculiar microhabitat, hosting a multitude of taxa, some of which are obligate myrmecophilous species on the IUCN Red List. Therefore, RWAs' role as umbrella species could facilitate their protection if they are considered not only as target species but also as providers of species-rich microhabitats.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWILEY
dc.titleChallenges and a call to action for protecting European red wood ants
dc.identifier.urlhttps://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13959
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:fi-fe2022091258539
dc.contributor.organizationfi=biologian laitoksen yhteiset|en=Department of Biology|
dc.contributor.organization-code2606400
dc.converis.publication-id176234316
dc.converis.urlhttps://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/Publication/176234316
dc.identifier.eissn1523-1739
dc.identifier.jour-issn0888-8892
dc.okm.affiliatedauthorSorvari, Jouni
dc.okm.discipline1181 Ecology, evolutionary biologyen_GB
dc.okm.discipline1181 Ekologia, evoluutiobiologiafi_FI
dc.okm.internationalcopublicationinternational co-publication
dc.okm.internationalityInternational publication
dc.okm.typeJournal article
dc.publisher.countryYhdysvallat (USA)fi_FI
dc.publisher.countryUnited Statesen_GB
dc.publisher.country-codeUS
dc.publisher.placeHoboken
dc.relation.articlenumbere13959
dc.relation.doi10.1111/cobi.13959
dc.relation.ispartofjournalConservation Biology
dc.year.issued2022


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