Carabid Beetle Assemblages in Secondary Deciduous Broad-leaved Forests with or without Litter Removal in Northern Kanto

Sato, Rei; Aizawa, Mineaki; Kubota, Kôhei; Shibuya, Sonomi; Ohkubo, Tadayasu

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“…Our findings were consistent with those of previous studies documenting low carabid beetle richness in various mountainous areas in Japan, the European Alps, and South America [7,11,47,48]. In lowland Japan, carabid beetles often comprise more than 10 species at a single site during their active season [49][50][51]. For example, 13-36 species of carabid beetles have been consistently identified from all sites ranging from forests to meadows to farmland at the foot of Mt.…”

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Assemblage Characteristics and Habitat Specificity of Carabid Beetles in a Japanese Alpine-Subalpine Zone

Hiramatsu

Usio

2018

Psyche: A Journal of Entomology

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In lowland areas of the world and high-altitude European mountains, the species compositions, body sizes, and wing forms of carabid beetles are known to change according to vegetation structures. However, little is known regarding the assemblage structure and habitat associations of carabid beetles in Japanese alpine-subalpine areas. We surveyed carabid beetles in four habitats (snow beds, alpine meadows, Pinus scrub, and fell-fields) in the alpine-subalpine zone on Mt. Hakusan, Japan. We surveyed carabid beetles six times between mid-July and late September. Nonmetric multidimensional scaling (NMDS) and analysis of similarities (ANOSIM) revealed three distinct carabid beetle assemblages in snow beds and alpine meadows, Pinus scrub, and fell-fields. The carabid beetle assemblages in the four habitats consisted predominantly of small and/or wingless species with differential spatiotemporal variability in abundance. Biota-environment (BIO-ENV) analyses showed that the percentage coverage by Pinus scrub, soil water content, and ground surface temperature were among the most significant variables affecting carabid beetle compositions. Given their small sizes and reduced wings, which are characteristic traits for limited mobility, and high-level habitat specificity, carabid beetles in the alpine-subalpine zone may serve as an important target group to monitor the impacts of global environmental change on mountain ecosystems.

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Assemblage Characteristics and Habitat Specificity of Carabid Beetles in a Japanese Alpine-Subalpine Zone

Hiramatsu

Usio

2018

Psyche: A Journal of Entomology

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“…This is not consistent with our observations. However, there was only a short distance between the two experimental forests (with and without litter) cited by Sato et al (), and the species seemed to be able to move between the two forests, as noted in their study. Consequently, C. albrechti tsukubanus recorded in the forest without litter seem to be the individuals that temporarily invaded the forest.…”

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“…Niemelä et al (, ), however, do not mention the habitat preference of Japanese carabid species. In this study, we used the term “forest specialists” as the species known to inhabit only mature forest, such as climax forest, and the term “forest generalists” as the species known to inhabit multiple forest types including secondary forest, artificial forest, and mature forest, based on previous studies on the habitat preference of Japanese carabid species (Higashi et al ; Hosoda , ; Ishitani ; Hori , ; Hiramatsu , , ; Matsumoto , , , ; Taniwaki et al ; Yamashita et al ; Kagawa et al ; Lee & Ishii , ; Ueda et al ; Shibuya et al , ; Okada & Suda ; Imura & Mizusawa ; Sato et al ; Ohwaki et al ; Washimi et al ; Okatsu & Tsutsumi ). The majority of carabid beetles collected in the seral forest of the Urabandai area were forest species.…”

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“…Trigonognatha cuprescens and P. yoritomus ) are likely to be forest generalists, based on their habitat characteristics (e.g. Hosoda ; Ishitani ; Hiramatsu ; Matsumoto , , ; Ueda et al ; Sato et al ). The absence of these species in the seral forest of the Urabandai area was not due to the seral forest vegetation but due to their habitat preferences.…”

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“…The deposition of leaf litter is probably important as a conditioning factor for the habitat of this species. Sato et al () suggested that the abundance of C. albrechti tsukubanus in secondary deciduous broad‐leaved forests did not differ based on the presence or absence of litter on the forest floor. This is not consistent with our observations.…”

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Carabid beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) assemblages in the intermediate successional stage after Mt. Bandai eruption of 1888: Effects of environmental variables on carabid beetles in the Urabandai area

Okatsu

Tsutsumi

2019

Entomological Science

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We studied carabid beetle assemblage structure and species diversity in an intermediate successional stage (seral) forest established in areas affected by the 1888 eruption of Mt. Bandai and a climax forest that had not been affected by the eruption at the Urabandai area, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. In total, 2,131 carabid beetles representing 31 species were collected using pitfall traps without bait. A comparison of carabid beetle assemblages between the two forest types revealed that the number of species observed was comparable, but their abundance was greater in the seral forest. The assemblage structure clearly differed between the two forest types. In the seral forest, forest generalists, such as Synuchus arcuaticollis and Pterostichus prolongatus, along with forest specialists including Carabus vanvolxemi and Pterostichus asymmetricus, were collected. In the climax forest, forest generalists, such as Synuchus cycloderus and Carabus albrechti tsukubanus, were more abundant than forest specialists. This suggests that the current seral forest in the Urabandai area possesses environmental variables that enable the coexistence of both forest specialist and generalist beetle species. A redundancy analysis showed that six species from the genera Synuchus and Pterostichus were associated with high canopy openness and high understory vegetation cover, whereas species recorded only in the climax forest were associated with deep litter. Therefore, it seems likely that carabid beetles in the Urabandai area were affected by these three environmental variables.

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Carabid Beetle Assemblages (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in a Seminatural Grassland and the Adjacent Old Beech Forest in Northeast Japan

Okatsu

Tsutsumi

2020

Environmental Entomology

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The decline and disappearance of seminatural grasslands in Japan have caused a reduction in plant and animal species inhabiting such grasslands. We aimed to understand the assemblage structure, species diversity, and distribution of carabid beetles in traditionally managed seminatural grasslands, by comparing with the adjacent old beech forest. We investigated the carabid beetle assemblages in a seminatural grassland maintained by prescribed burning and annual mowing, and the adjacent old beech forest in Yamagata Prefecture, northeast Japan. We recorded several forest species along with open habitat species and habitat generalists in the grassland, suggesting that forest species may utilize the adjacent grasslands as temporary habitats. Cluster analysis showed that the assemblage structure of carabid beetles in the grassland differed from that in the beech forest. There were no clear differences in the carabid assemblages between the burned grassland sites and the grassland sites mowed in July after burning. This suggests that the annual mowing had little influence on the response of grassland carabid species in parts of the grassland. We recorded Harpalus roninus (Coleoptera: Carabidae), a rare carabid species in Japan, indicating that this beetle can be a characteristic of the studied grassland. Redundancy analysis showed that the eight abundant grassland species were associated with canopy openness, grass height, and understory vegetation cover, whereas the five most common species recorded from the beech forest were associated with litter depth and soil moisture.

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Carabid Beetle Assemblages in Secondary Deciduous Broad-leaved Forests with or without Litter Removal in Northern Kanto

Abstract: Werner and Raffa Magura et al. Osawa et al. Koivula et al. Magura et al. Magura et al. Shibuya et al.

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Assemblage Characteristics and Habitat Specificity of Carabid Beetles in a Japanese Alpine-Subalpine Zone

Assemblage Characteristics and Habitat Specificity of Carabid Beetles in a Japanese Alpine-Subalpine Zone

Carabid beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) assemblages in the intermediate successional stage after Mt. Bandai eruption of 1888: Effects of environmental variables on carabid beetles in the Urabandai area

Carabid Beetle Assemblages (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in a Seminatural Grassland and the Adjacent Old Beech Forest in Northeast Japan

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