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http://dx.doi.org/10.11626/KJEB.2022.40.4.591

Changes in insect diversity and composition after construction of an onshore wind farm  

Jin Lee (Environmental Impact Assessment team, Division of Ecological Assessment, National Institute of Ecology)
Sung-Soo Kim (Research Institute for East Asian Environment and Biology)
Moon-Jeong Jang (Environmental Impact Assessment team, Division of Ecological Assessment, National Institute of Ecology)
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Korean Journal of Environmental Biology / v.40, no.4, 2022 , pp. 591-603 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was conducted to identify changes of insect compositions and diversity after construction of an onshore wind farm. We investigated insect fauna and compositions between a grassland deforested by the construction and a forest located at Yeongdeok and Yeongyang, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Korea. Insects were collected using a sweeping net and light trap. A total of 11 orders, 50 families, and 246 species, and 1,076 individuals were collected at study sites. By taxonomic group, Lepidoptera species were the most frequently found with 141 species, 417 individuals (38.8%), followed by Hymenoptera (20.6%), Hemiptera (16.2%), and Orthoptera (12.3%). There were also significant differences in insect species and community compositions between sites. Creating open-field deforested forests are beneficial for some insect groups such as Hymenoptera and Orthoptera. Our results suggest that deforesting by the construction of an onshore wind farm might affect the composition and diversity of insects. Results of this study provide basic data for research on onshore wind farms.
Keywords
onshore wind farm; insect fauna; forest fragmentation; insect community;
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