Small-Scale Heterogeneity in the Spatial Distribution of Carabid Beetles in the Southern Finnish Taiga

Niemelä, Jari; Haila, Yrjö; Halme, Eero; Pajunen, Timo; Punttila, Pekka

doi:10.2307/2845503

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“…In effect, previous studies have showed that the microhabitat is a determinant factor for carabid beetle diversity and community composition (e.g. Betbeder et al, 2015;Koivula et al, 1999;Kotze et al, 2011;Niemelä et al, 1992;Schirmel et al, 2015). Here we found that carabid abundance and species richness were higher in spots with denser vegetation cover (plot scale).…”

Section: Effects Of Environmental Factors On Carabid Diversitysupporting

confidence: 67%

“…Thus, a higher number of poorer dispersers preferred the sheltered habitat conditions promoted by thicker spots of herbaceous plants at the fine plot scale. Previous studies showed that active microhabitat selection explains carabid species distributions at the small scale within the study areas (Koivula et al, 1999;Kotze et al, 2011;Niemelä et al, 1992). Different species characteristics and species interactions may underlie such species distributions and community structuring at local spatial scales (Koivula et al, 1999), as a result of niche partitioning and species tradeoffs (Driscoll, 2008).…”

Section: Effects Of Management and Environmental Features On Carabid mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Habitat structure and neighbor linear features influence more carabid functional diversity in olive groves than the farming system

Silva

Oliveira

Ferreira

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Ecological Indicators

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A B S T R A C TThe effects of land-use management and environmental features at different scales on carabid beetle diversity and trait structure were assessed across olive groves in northeastern Portugal. We selected organic and integrated olive groves that were distinct in terms of specific management practices, local linear features and landscape configurations. Besides the management intensification levels, differences in carabid diversity and community traits were mainly due to local habitat and ecological linear structures at a finer spatial scale. Carabid community traits related to disturbance, namely traits of body size and species dispersal ability, responded to land-use intensity and particular olive grove features were influencing diversity patterns. Within the olive grove patches, larger and brachypterous species were associated to plots with more dense vegetation cover while macropterous and small-sized species were more associated to open areas. Also, larger carabid species benefitted from higher patch size heterogeneity within the landscape mosaics. Our findings indicate that the effects of farming system is contingent on the specific management practices, local and linear features present in agroecosystems such as olive groves. Particularly, the influence of local features on carabid diversity patterns and community traits linked to dispersal and movement may be crucial in maintaining pest control at a landscape scale.

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Section: Effects Of Management and Environmental Features On Carabid mentioning

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Habitat structure and neighbor linear features influence more carabid functional diversity in olive groves than the farming system

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Oliveira

Ferreira

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“…Clustered spatial patterns, as observed for Mg. guerinii, have been reported for many forest carabids (Dennison & Hodkinson 1984;Weseloh 1987;Grüm 1990;Niemelä et al 1992;Loreau & Nolf 1994). This aggregation has been attributable to specific habitat associations in some studies but not in others.…”

Section: Spatial Distributions and Habitat Associationsmentioning

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Seasonal activity and habitat associations ofMecodema howittiandMegadromus guerinii,two endemic New Zealand ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae)

Anderson

Emberson

Brown

2004

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

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Seasonal activity and habitat associations of the threatened endemic forest carabid Mecodema howitti Castelnau, and the sympatric but common endemic Megadromus guerinii (Chaudoir), were studied by pitfall trapping in a montane podocarp/hardwood forest remnant on Banks Peninsula, Canterbury, New Zealand. The main surface activity period for adult M. howitti and Mg. guerinii was the austral spring and summer. Megadromus guerinii was active across a wider temperature range than M. howitti, and was less inhibited by rain during the night. Both species were reproductively active in spring and summer, and a teneral Mg. guerinii was recorded in autumn. Mecodema howitti appeared to be randomly distributed and associated with logs. Megadromus guerinii showed spatial clustering, partly due to associations with topography and the proportion of stones in the substrate.

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“…Leaf litter was shown to increase the number of carabid species through producing favourable microsites (Niemelä et al 1992, Niemelä and. Leaf-litter can offer more stable temperature and humidity conditions which are important factors determining the spatial pattern of forest carabids (Thiele 1977).…”

Section: Carabids and Environmental Factorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…There was a strong positive relationship between the number of obligate forest species and the cover of leaf litter. Leaf litter, through producing more stable temperature and humidity conditions, is a very important factor for obligate forest species which prefer cool and wet microsites (Thiele 1977, Niemelä et al 1992.…”

Section: Carabids and Environmental Factorsmentioning

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Changes in carabid beetle assemblages as Norway spruce plantations age

Magura¹,

Tóthmérész²,

Elek³

2006

Community Ecology

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Several managed native forest stands have been reforested with conifer trees inEurope during recent centuries. These habitat alterations have influenced ground-dwelling invertebrates. We studied carabid beetle assemblages from a native beech forest (70-y-old), and a recently established (5-y-old), a young (15-y-old), a middle-aged (30-y-old) and a mature (50-y-old) Norway spruce plantation by pitfall trapping to explore the effect of reforestation on carabid beetles. The total number of carabid species, and the forest species were highest in the beech forest. The number of open-habitat species was highest in the youngest, relatively open monoculture. Ordination also confirmed changes in carabid composition with change in the studied habitats. Newly proposed forest affinity indices, based on species specificity, fidelity, and on a combination of specificity and fidelity were significantly higher in beech forest than in spruce plantations. We found these affinity indices especially useful in revealing the ecological character of the studied carabid assemblages. Regression analyses showed that leaf litter cover, herbs, shrubs, canopy closure and prey abundance were related to the structure of carabid-beetle assemblages.

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Small-Scale Heterogeneity in the Spatial Distribution of Carabid Beetles in the Southern Finnish Taiga

Cited by 173 publications

References 29 publications

Habitat structure and neighbor linear features influence more carabid functional diversity in olive groves than the farming system

Habitat structure and neighbor linear features influence more carabid functional diversity in olive groves than the farming system

Seasonal activity and habitat associations ofMecodema howittiandMegadromus guerinii,two endemic New Zealand ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae)

Changes in carabid beetle assemblages as Norway spruce plantations age

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