Assemblages of carabid beetles (Col. Carabidae) and ground-dwelling spiders (Araneae) in natural and artificial regeneration of pine forests

Kosewska, Agnieszka; Topa, E.; Nietupski, Mariusz; Kędzior, Renata

doi:10.1556/168.2018.19.2.8

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“…Soil preparation practices as ploughing may have influenced the formation of the carabid assemblages (e.g. Skłodowski IMPACT OF HABITAT PARAMETERS ON CARABID BEETLE ASSEMBLAGES 2005, Kosewska et al 2018). It should be noted that compared to other brown soils of the Palearctic region, the soils in our study area are sandy soils with a limited amount of soil organic carbon.…”

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Impact of different habitat parameters on carabid beetle assemblages in selected areas of a forest-field landscape in Poland – 10 years of data

Schwerk

Jojczyk

Dymitryszyn

2020

Acta Zool. Acad. Sci. Hung.

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Long-term data on carabid beetles assemblages on differently managed study sites in forests and open areas were analysed to study the impact of selected environmental factors on the carabid assemblages of both the individual study sites over the years and the set of all study sites in selected years.Ordination separated forest stands from open areas along with the first, and samples of 2011 from those of 2015 along the second axis. For study sites in forest stands in most cases, precipitation was a significant factor, especially precipitation in the year before the inventory. However, for the youngest forest site, the year of the study was most important, indicating a succession process. For study sites in open areas, both precipitation and temperature showed most often significant results. Analysing the impact of environmental factors on carabid assemblages in the full set of study sites in 2011 and 2015 revealed carbon content in the organic layer and distance from the nearest forest as significant factors. The results of the study extend our knowledge on the impact of environmental factors on the formation of carabid beetle assemblages in rural landscapes, which is essential in the framework of developing biodiversity conservation strategies.

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Impact of different habitat parameters on carabid beetle assemblages in selected areas of a forest-field landscape in Poland – 10 years of data

Schwerk

Jojczyk

Dymitryszyn

2020

Acta Zool. Acad. Sci. Hung.

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“…The above ecological description of species composing assemblages of ground beetles is typical of forests at an early stage of forest succession (Buddle et al 2006, Sk lodowski 2017, Kosewska et al 2018. It was only in the youngest spruce stands (besides the typical forest species that appeared in all tree stands, i.e.…”

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Life traits of ground beetle assemblages of spruce forests in north-eastern Poland

Nietupski

Kosewska

Ludwiczak

2022

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Assemblages of epigeic ground beetles living in spruce forests in three age ranges: 20-30 years (A); 40-50 years (B); 70-80 years (C) were submitted for research. The investigations were carried out in spruce forests in north-eastern Poland. In each age forest category, 4 plots with 5 Barber traps were set up. Ground beetle assemblages were compared in terms of their abundance, species richness, and the Shannon H’ Index value. Quantitative ecological description of carabids captured in the analysed age-classes of spruce forests was performed, and the values of the MIB (mean individual biomass) were calculated. To determine the dependencies between the values of the MIB and abundance of Carabidae trophic groups, the Spearman rank correlation coefficient was calculated. The assemblages of ground beetles living in the spruce forests in north-eastern Poland were characterised by quite large species richness. Significant differences were determined in the number of species richness between the Carabidae assemblages inhabiting the analysed age ranges of spruce forests. The oldest spruce stands had a smaller number of species and specimens of ground beetles as well as the highest MIB values in comparison with the younger spruce forests (30 to 50 years old). It was found that high MIB values were positively correlated with the presence of large ground beetle species with higher moisture requirements. Lower values of the MIB index were due to the presence of smaller, macropterous species, with the spring type of breeding and associated with open areas.

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“…The progressing vegetation succession in the post‐extraction sites of the peat bog was positively correlated mainly with large‐bodied, brachypterous predatory species with autumn development cycles. All of these traits are characteristic of forest specialists (Kosewska et al, 2018; Nolte et al, 2019). The assemblages of the post‐extraction sites with 20 years of succession were mainly dominated by open‐habitat, dimorphic species, that is, those well‐adapted to less stable or changeable habitat conditions.…”

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Raised bog biodiversity loss: A case‐study of ground beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) as indicators of ecosystem degradation after peat mining

2022

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Peatlands are unique ecosystems inhabited by highly specialized biota. Due to extraction and drainage, these valuable ecosystems decline or represent only fragmented habitat patches. The aim of this study was to compare the carabid species composition, diversity, and life history traits between bog habitat types: 20 and 40 year post‐extraction sites and undisturbed one. We tried to determine whether populations of rare carabid bog specialists would persist in the post‐extraction habitats. The study was conducted in the raised bog, where 30 sampling transects with a total of 90 pitfall traps were established. 1616 individuals belonging to 30 carabid species were collected. The results revealed the significance differences in carabid species composition between studied habitat types and increasing the abundance and species richness in post‐extraction sites. According to spontaneous succession in post‐mining sites, the shift in life history traits of carabids towards forest assemblages was observed. We observed decline of the most valuable bog species in post‐mining sites. Agonum ericeti, Pterostichus rhaeticus and Bembidion humerale were present on the reference bog, with large covers of Sphagnum and shrubs, but sporadically at the 20 year post‐extraction site (except for A. ericeti), or not at all at the 40 year post‐extraction site overgrown by trees. Therefore measures should be undertaken in post‐extraction areas to enable the restoration of such specific conditions and a properly functioning raised bog ecosystem. This mainly requires restoration of a suitable hydrological regime, which is the key factor for the preservation of groups of bog specialist plants and animals.

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Assemblages of carabid beetles (Col. Carabidae) and ground-dwelling spiders (Araneae) in natural and artificial regeneration of pine forests

Cited by 12 publications

References 36 publications

Impact of different habitat parameters on carabid beetle assemblages in selected areas of a forest-field landscape in Poland – 10 years of data

Impact of different habitat parameters on carabid beetle assemblages in selected areas of a forest-field landscape in Poland – 10 years of data

Life traits of ground beetle assemblages of spruce forests in north-eastern Poland

Raised bog biodiversity loss: A case‐study of ground beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) as indicators of ecosystem degradation after peat mining

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