Anthropogenic transformation of ground beetle assemblages (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in Bialowieza Forest, Poland: from primeval forests to managed woodlands of various ages

Skłodowski, J.

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“…This species is abundant in the forests of South Moravia (Šejnohová, 2006). The species dominates in the forests of Poland (Sklodowski, 2006(Sklodowski, , 2014Kwiatkowski, 2011;Sklodowski & Garbalinska, 2011;Zalewski et al, 2012). There numerous reports of finding this species in Lithuania (Tamutis et al, 2011).…”

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Range of Pterostichus oblongopunctatus (Coleoptera, Carabidae) in conditions of global climate change

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Using geodata technology, we conducted a bioclimatic modeling of the spatial distribution of the common palearctic ground beetle – Pterostichus oblongopunctatus (Fabricius, 1787). The range of comfort of the territories included in this species’ range was obtained. We used the data on 510 sampling points, obtained as a result of the authors’ field surveys and the data base of the GBIF global fund of biodiversity and 19 climatic parameters from the WorldClim open base and MaxEnt program. The results determined the factors which have the greatest impact on the current distribution of P. oblongopunctatus. The main climatic factors affecting the distribution of P. oblongopunctatus are average annual temperature, average 24-hour amplitude of temperature over each month, average temperature over the driest quarter, average temperature over the warmest quarter of the year, total of precipitations in the driest month of the year. We performed a prediction of possible change in the range by two scenarios (RCP 2.6 and RCP 8.5) for 2050 and 2070. Using QGIS program, we estimated the areas of the species’ range, and compared them. According to the scenario RCP 2.6, by 2050, the range of the species will contract due to decrease in the territories with moderately continental climate, and by 2070, a restoration of the range would take place, for according to this scenario, the average annual temperature stabilizes. According to the scenario RCP 8.5, the range will contract by 2050 and will continue to decrease by 2070, for the concentration of CO2 continues to increase along with increase in average annual temperature. Climate changes can affect the life cycle of the beetle, its life expectancy and activity over the season. With changes in temperature, eggs and larvae of P. oblongopunctatus can be more vulnerable.

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Range of Pterostichus oblongopunctatus (Coleoptera, Carabidae) in conditions of global climate change

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“…At the same time, the proportion of forest species and large zoophages, as well as the MIB index, increased. The latter is a good metric of the successional stage of development of carabid assemblages; a higher value indicates a more advanced stage of regeneration of carabid fauna (Szyszko ; Skłodowski ; Schwerk & Szyszko ). Observations between the first and second year of the study indicated development of the carabid assemblages studied in the plantations.…”

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“…The proportions of hemizoophages and large zoophages were used in the analyses. The groups based on habitat preferences were forest, eurytopic, and open‐area species; species were assigned to these groups based on earlier observations in Polish forests and on the published literature (Szujecki et al ; Szyszko ; Turin ; Skłodowski ). Forest species were used in the analyses.…”

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“…MIB is the quotient of the sum of the biomass of all individuals in an assemblage and their abundance. This metric, which is only one of the several possible measures of mean beetle size (Jarosik ), was used in this study because it has been shown in previous studies to be positively correlated with age of forest stands (Szyszko ; Skłodowski ), especially in young forests, such as plantations (Schwerk ).…”

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Effects of Top‐Soil Preparation and Broad‐Leaved Tree Mixture on Carabid Beetles in Afforested Fallow Plots

Skłodowski

2013

Restoration Ecology

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A 2-year study to evaluate the effect of four soil preparation techniques and four species compositions in a pine plantation with an admixture of broad-leaved trees on the species diversity and structure of ground beetle assemblages (Carabidae) was conducted. The soil preparation techniques were full shallow agricultural plowing (25 cm deep with three variants-plowing, plowing with ridge formation, and plowing with subsoiling) and full deep plowing (50 cm deep). The plantation species compositions were pine 7000/hectare, pine 5500/hectare + broad-leaved species 1500/hectare, pine 4000/hectare + broad-leaved species 3000/hectare, and pine 2000/hectare + broad-leaved species 5000/hectare. Carabidae were sampled monthly with pitfall traps in the plantation from May to November in 2003 and 2004-the fourth and fifth years after afforestation. Only the soil preparation technique affected species diversity. The mean number of carabid species and the Shannon-Wiener index were higher in the case of the full agriculture plowing with subsoiling treatment and the full agriculture plowing with ridge formation than in the full shallow agriculture plowing. The structure of the assemblages was dependent on the soil preparation technique, but not on tree species composition. In general, deep plowing and shallow plowing with subsoiling were conducive to an increase in the proportion of individuals representing late succession species, whereas shallow plowing favored early succession species. The results suggest that for effective plantation of a managed stand, deep plowing or shallow plowing with subsoiling is more beneficial for afforestation of fallow fields than typical shallow agricultural plowing.

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“…The basic aim of this paper is to trace succession at two post-industrial areas using carabid beetles as indicators (Koivula, 2011). A preliminary analysis of the data collected in the first three years -2006(Schwerk & Szyszko, 2008 revealed that succession was delayed at both heaps. Advanced stages of succession at the sites differed from that recorded at the reference site on natural soil.…”

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Changes in carabid beetle fauna (Coleoptera: Carabidae) along successional gradients in post-industrial areas in Central Poland

Schwerk¹

2014

Eur. J. Entomol.

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An inventory of the carabid fauna was carried out in two post-industrial areas in central Poland. The two areas studied were a heap of ash generated by a power station and a colliery spoil heap. In each area sites of different ages were investigated using pitfall traps over an eight year period from 2004 to 2011. At the end of this period each of the youngest sites was as old, or even older, than the next oldest site studied in each area. A pine forest growing on natural soil close to the ash heap was included as a reference study site. Changes were described in terms of the numbers of species and individuals, total biomass, Mean Individual Biomass of Carabidae (MIB) and the most frequently collected species. Indirect and direct gradient analyses were carried out in order to determine the environmental basis of the major pattern in variation and analyse the relationships with current environmental parameters. During the eight years of this study 5032 individuals of 84 species were collected. Numbers of individuals decreased significantly with the age of the sites on the ash heap and the MIB values increased significantly on both heaps. Changes in the most frequently collected species were more pronounced on the spoil heap, the study sites on which covered a time span of 26 years, than on the ash heap, for which the period was only 11 years. Characteristic species differed on the spoil and ash heaps and numbers of species were lower on the spoil heap. Despite differences in speed of succession at the sites studied, there was a tendency for the MIB to increase after about 9 to 16 years. Indirect and direct gradients analyses confirmed that the stage of succession (age of the study sites) was an important factor determining the carabid assemblages at the sites studied. The results of this study are important for the restoration and management of post-industrial areas.

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Anthropogenic transformation of ground beetle assemblages (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in Bialowieza Forest, Poland: from primeval forests to managed woodlands of various ages

Cited by 29 publications

References 8 publications

Range of Pterostichus oblongopunctatus (Coleoptera, Carabidae) in conditions of global climate change

Range of Pterostichus oblongopunctatus (Coleoptera, Carabidae) in conditions of global climate change

Effects of Top‐Soil Preparation and Broad‐Leaved Tree Mixture on Carabid Beetles in Afforested Fallow Plots

Changes in carabid beetle fauna (Coleoptera: Carabidae) along successional gradients in post-industrial areas in Central Poland

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