Diversity and Dominant Species of Ground Beetle Assemblages (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in Crop Rotation and Chemical Input Systems for the Northern Great Plains

Ellsbury, M. M.; Powell, Janine E.; Forcella, Frank; Woodson, W. D.; Clay, Sharon A.; Riedell, Walter E.

doi:10.1093/aesa/91.5.619

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“…Thiele (1977) listed eight carabid species which were characteristically associated with European agricultural habitats, and P. melanarius was considered to be the most frequently encountered species. Carabid communities from arable fields may represent an early successional stage, reflecting the regular changes and disruptions which occur in agroecosystems, irrespective of management philosophy (Tonhasca, 1993;Ellsbury et al, 1998). However, several studies have shown that carabid communities can be affected by land management.…”

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Diversity and abundance of the coleopteran fauna from organic and conventional management systems in southern England

Shah

Brooks

Ashby

et al. 2003

Agri and Forest Entomology

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1 Studies of the epigeal coleopteran fauna on five pairs of organic and conventional farms were carried out between May and July 1994 in southern England using pitfall trapping. A total of 27 749 individuals and 140 species were identified. Overall, abundance of Coleoptera was greatest on organically managed farms. 2 Ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) and staphylinid beetles (Col. Staphylinidae) formed 79.7% and 16.7%, respectively, of the total catch. Pterostichus melanarius was the dominant carabid among the 45 species captured and significantly higher numbers were found in organic farms. Tachinus signatus was the most common of 44 staphylinid species, and was significantly more abundant on conventional farms. 3 For carabids, the log-series a diversity index was higher on conventional farms but was not statistically different from that calculated for organic farms. The a index was identical for staphylinid species from organic and conventional farms. Diversity was significantly higher from conventional farms when data were combined for all of the recorded coleopteran species. 4 From this study, it appears that the main effect of farming practice is to influence the overall abundance and dominance of particular species, and the lower diversity of organic farms is a consequence of the large increase in dominance of a single species, namely P. melanarius.

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Diversity and abundance of the coleopteran fauna from organic and conventional management systems in southern England

Shah

Brooks

Ashby

et al. 2003

Agri and Forest Entomology

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“…A comparison of a 4-yr (maize/soybean/triticale-alfalfa/alfalfa) with a 2-yr (maize/soy bean) crop rotation system regarding carabid beetles resulted in a higher species richness and activity density (O'Rourke et al, 2008). Further investigations with a cotton monoculture compared to a double cropping field (Liu et al, 2010) and a 4-yr crop rotation compared to a 2-yr crop rotation (Ellsbury et al, 1998) showed similar results.…”

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“…An investigation in a cereal/pea crop rotation found a strong influence of the tillage regime on the carabid beetle species with a higher species richness and diversity in the no-till system (Hatten et al, 2007), whereas in a further study, the species richness was greater in the ploughed areas (Volkmar & Kreuter, 2006). Ellsbury et al (1998) compared a low chemical (fertilizer and pesticide) with a high chemical input system and found a greater abundance and diversity in the system with a low fertilizer and pesticide input. Further, a comparison of organic and conventional cultivated sites revealed greater carabid beetle species richness on the organic cultivated sites (Dritschilo & Erwin, 1982).…”

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“…Several studies found increased carabid beetle species richness (Ellsbury et al, 1998;O'Rourke et al, 2008;Liu et al, 2010) as well as increased overall biodiversity (Willms et al, 2009) in crop rotation systems. Therefore, associated with a sustainable biogas production in Germany crop rotations for the production of biogas crops are currently discussed to achieve improvements compared to maize monocultures on biodiversity and overall environmental level.…”

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Evaluation of Carabid Beetle Diversity in Different Bioenergy Cropping Systems

Mast¹,

Hönninger²,

Claupein³

2012

SAR

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Changes in agricultural land use as a consequence of an increased demand of energy crops have resulted in an increase of maize cropped area in many regions of Germany. The focus on maize as main biogas substrate, has led in some cases to negative ecological and environmental impacts, such as a loss of agro biodiversity reflected in a loss of field flora and fauna biodiversity. The present paper deals with the evaluation of the fauna in different bioenergy cropping systems on two sites in South-West Germany, with a special focus on the species richness of carabid beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) assemblages as an indicator for the general status of diversity. A maize field, an agroforestry system with maize and different tree species as well as different alternative biogas crops (amaranth, sunflower) was investigated for their carabid beetle activity, density, and species richness using pitfall traps. Moreover, for an adequate evaluation of the carabid assemblages different common diversity indices (Shannon-Wiener diversity (H'), Simpson diversity (D) and Evenness (J')) were used. In the case of the maize field on both field edges 8 and 6 carabid beetle species, respectively were trapped, while in the field centre 2 carabid beetle species were trapped. The agroforestry system indicated slightly higher crabid beetle species richness close to the tree strips. The investigation of alternative biogas crops showed no significant differences in carabid beetle diversity. Overall, the results of the different studies showed, that biodiversity of bioenergy cropping systems could be enhanced by the creation of refuge areas for carabid beetles or other animals. Refuges could be either field margins with grass and hedgerows or strips of more extensively used perennial energy crops across the field.

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“…2009 orange orchard (Descalvado and Gavião Peixoto), and Eulissus chalybaeus Mannerheim, in the Gd area. According to Ellsbury et al (1998), the identification of dominant species of arthropod predators is the first step in the development of biological control programs in agroecosystems.…”

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Faunistic analysis of Carabidae and Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) in five agroecosystems in northeastern São Paulo state, Brazil

Cividanes

Barbosa²,

Ide

et al. 2009

Pesq. agropec. bras.

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-The objective of this study was to determined species composition and community structure of Carabidae and Staphylinidae in fi ve areas of forest fragment and soybean/corn crops or orange orchard, from December 2004 to May 2007. Beetles were captured in pitfall traps distributed along two parallel transects of 200 m in length, placed across crop land/forest boundary fragment, with 100 m each. The Shannon-Wiener diversity and evenness indexes and Morisita similarity index were calculated. The carabids Abaris basistriatus Chaudoir, Calosoma granulatum Perty, Megacephala brasiliensis Kirby, Odontochila nodicornis (Dejean) and Selenophorus seriatoporus Putzeys. are dominant and are widely distributed in northeastern São Paulo state, Brazil. Point-scale species diversity was greatest at the transition between forest fragment and cultivated area. The carabid and staphylinid communities of the forest fragment were more similar to the community of orange orchard than that of soybean/corn crops.

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Diversity and Dominant Species of Ground Beetle Assemblages (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in Crop Rotation and Chemical Input Systems for the Northern Great Plains

Cited by 55 publications

References 25 publications

Diversity and abundance of the coleopteran fauna from organic and conventional management systems in southern England

Diversity and abundance of the coleopteran fauna from organic and conventional management systems in southern England

Evaluation of Carabid Beetle Diversity in Different Bioenergy Cropping Systems

Faunistic analysis of Carabidae and Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) in five agroecosystems in northeastern São Paulo state, Brazil

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