scholarly journals A Comparison of Ground Beetle Assemblages (Coleoptera: Carabidae) between Birch Forests of Continuous and Isolated Peat Bog Habitats in Belarusian Lake District

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gennadi Sushko
Keyword(s):  
Ground Beetle ◽  
Peat Bog ◽  
Lake District ◽  
Beetle Assemblages ◽  
Birch Forests

scholarly journals Ground beetles (Carabidae) of field margin habitats

Biologia ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 75 (10) ◽  
pp. 1631-1641
Author(s):  
Janina Bennewicz ◽  
Tadeusz Barczak
Keyword(s):  
Conservation Status ◽  
Ground Beetle ◽  
Abundant Species ◽  
Ground Beetles ◽  
Field Margin ◽  
Poecilus Cupreus ◽  
The Status ◽  
Beetle Assemblages ◽  
Anchomenus Dorsalis ◽  
Pterostichus Melanarius

Abstract The aim of this study was to identify the role of field margin habitats in preserving the diversity and abundance of ground beetle assemblages, including potentially entomophagous species and those with conservation status in Poland. Research material was collected in 2006–2007 in four types of margin habitats – a forest, bushes, ditches and in two arable fields. Insects were captured into pitfalls, without preservation liquid or bait added to the traps. Traps were inspected twice a week, between May and August, and one sample was a weekly capture. In field margin habitats the most abundant species were Limodromus assimilis, Anchomenus dorsalis, Pterostichus melanarius and Carabus auratus. A lower abundance of species was noted on fields, with dominant Poecilus cupreus and P. melanarius. The group of zoophagous carabids found in our study includes 30 species from field margin habitats, i.e. 37.5% of all captured Carabidae taxa and 58.3% of all specimens. The share of aphidophagous species was 84.9% among bushes, 86.7% near ditches, and 88.0% in the forest habitat. Several species captured during the study are under protection in Poland. These include the partly protected Carabus convexus, which also has the status of near threatened species, the partly protected Calosoma auropunctatum, and Broscus cephalotes. Considering all the investigated field margin habitats, ground beetles were most numerous in the oak-hornbeam habitat, defined as bushes, formed predominantly by Prunus spinosa, Crataegus leavigata, Sambucus nigra and Rosa canina. Thus, this habitat was the most important reservoir/refugium for the ground beetles.

The structure of ground beetle assemblages (Coleoptera: Carabidae) at fig fruit falls (Moraceae) in a terra firme rain forest near Manaus (Brazil)

2001 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 549-561 ◽  
Author(s):  
WILFRIED PAARMANN ◽  
JOACHIM ADIS ◽  
NIGEL STORK ◽  
BURKHARD GUTZMANN ◽  
PHILIPP STUMPE ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rain Forest ◽  
Ground Beetle ◽  
Species Abundance ◽  
Carabid Beetles ◽  
Terra Firme ◽  
Stepping Stones ◽  
Host Trees ◽  
Abundance Patterns ◽  
Beetle Assemblages ◽  
Abundant Genus

The carabid beetle assemblage found feeding on fig fruit falls at night was studied in a terra firme rain forest near Manaus (Amazonia) from July 1991 to August 1996. A total of 8926 carabid beetles were collected on 64 fruit falls from 10 fig species. The most abundant genus was Notiobia with eight species, N. pseudolimbipennis being the most abundant. The Notiobia species comprised 92% of all specimens collected and all feed on small fig seeds. Their species abundance patterns varied considerably between individual fruit falls and during the course of a single fruit fall. However, the species abundance patterns for all Notiobia at all observed fruit falls for each of the two commonest fig species (Ficus subapiculata, F. guianensis), as well as for fruit falls of the remaining fig species, were very similar. Through feeding and breeding experiments and observations of reproductive success by dissection of females, only two of the eight Notiobia species were found to be specialized fig seed feeders, being able to reproduce only on fig fruit falls. The remaining six species of this genus use fig fruit falls as alternate hosts or ‘stepping stones’ between fruit falls of their host trees, which are widely separated both in time and space.

The Structure of Ground Beetle Assemblages (Coleoptera: Carabidae) at Fruit Falls of Melastomataceae Trees in a Brazilian Terra Firme Rain Forest1

Biotropica ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 368
Author(s):  
Wilfried Paarmann ◽  
Burkhard Gutzmann ◽  
Philipp Stumpe ◽  
Hubertus Bolte ◽  
Steffen Küppers ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ground Beetle ◽  
Terra Firme ◽  
Beetle Assemblages

Effects of urbanization on ground beetle assemblages (Coleoptera, Carabidae) of grassland habitats in western Canada

Ecography ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 30 (5) ◽  
pp. 673-684 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dustin J. Hartley ◽  
Matti J. Koivula ◽  
John R. Spence ◽  
Rick Pelletier ◽  
George E. Ball
Keyword(s):  
Ground Beetle ◽  
Western Canada ◽  
Beetle Assemblages ◽  
Grassland Habitats
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