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

2020 ◽  
Vol 66 (Suppl.) ◽  
pp. 169-184
Author(s):  
Axel Schwerk ◽  
Agata Jojczyk ◽  
Izabela Dymitryszyn
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Carabid Beetle ◽  
Carabid Beetles ◽  
Organic Layer ◽  
Forest Site ◽  
Forest Stands ◽  
Rural Landscapes ◽  
Beetle Assemblages ◽  
Study Sites ◽  
The Impact

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.

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

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Axel Schwerk ◽  
Agata Jojczyk ◽  
Izabela Dymitryszyn
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Mineral Soil ◽  
Pine Forest ◽  
Carabid Beetle ◽  
Organic Layer ◽  
Individual Study ◽  
Biomass Removal ◽  
Beetle Assemblages ◽  
Study Sites ◽  
The Impact

Species diversity in a given landscape depends to a high degree on its habitat diversity. However, the specificity of different environmental factors may play a different role and individual habitats may undergo changes in time (succession). Moreover, some large-scale environmental factors may affect the habitats in the same way but differ from year to year. A long-term study was carried out with the aim to study the impact of selected environmental factors on the carabid assemblages of individual study site over the years and the impact of selected environmental factors on the carabid assemblages of the set of all study sites in selected years. the impact of selected environmental factors on the carabid assemblages of individual study site over the years and the impact of selected environmental factors on the carabid assemblages of the set of all study sites in selected years. In order to deal with this task, the carabid beetles assemblages on different study sites in a forest-field landscape in Poland were collected using pitfall traps over a period of ten years (2009-2018). The sites were a planted pine forest (12 years old in 2009), a planted pine forest (31 years old in 2009), a naturally-regenerated pine stand (about 10 years old in 2009), a naturally-regenerated pine forest (about 67 years old in 2009), an naturally regenerated pine forest with a share of oak, beech and birch (about 82 years old in 2009), two irregularly-mown sites without biomass removal, and a regularly-mown site with biomass removal. With respect to individual study sites the impact of the factors age (year of the study), temperature and rainfall in the year of inventory, and temperature and rainfall in the preceding year was tested. The impact of the factors age (stand age in the respective year), carbon in the organic layer, carbon in the mineral soil and distance from the nearest forest was analyzed for the set of all study sites in the years 2011 and 2015. Altogether, 9208 individuals belonging to 77 species were collected. Redundancy Analyses (RDA) indicated that on the individual study sites the year of study was generally positively correlated with temperature and negatively with rainfall, indicating increasing temperatures and decreasing amount of rainfall over the years. For study sites in forest stands in most cases the rainfall was a significant factor, especially the rainfall in the year before the inventory. For study sites in open areas both rainfall and temperature showed significant results. Using Canonical Correspondence Analyses (CCA) for analyzing the impact of the factors on carabid assemblages of the full set of study sites in 2011 and 2015, it was shown that age was positively correlated with carbon in the organic layer, but not with carbon in the mineral soil. Significant factors were carbon in the organic layer and distance from the nearest forest. The results of the study enlarge our knowledge on the impact of different predictable and stochastic environmental factors on the formation of carabid beetle assemblages in rural landscapes.

scholarly journals Carabid Beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) Response to Soil Properties of Urban Wastelands in Warsaw, Poland

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (24) ◽  
pp. 10673
Author(s):  
Axel Schwerk ◽  
Marzena Wińska-Krysiak ◽  
Arkadiusz Przybysz ◽  
Ewa Zaraś-Januszkiewicz ◽  
Piotr Sikorski
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Carabid Beetle ◽  
Carabid Beetles ◽  
Soil Parameters ◽  
City Development ◽  
Space Management ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Beetle Assemblages ◽  
Trace Element Contamination ◽  
The One

Urban wasteland is of special interest to city planners. However, to integrate such areas into city space management with consideration of nature conservation aspects, a sound assessment of their ecological potential is necessary. The aim of this paper was to analyze whether carabid beetle assemblages of the wastelands are affected by soil parameters, particularly trace element contamination. Therefore, we studied the carabid fauna in relation to selected soil parameters on 56 sampling plots situated in 24 wastelands located in the city of Warsaw (Poland). The results have confirmed our assumptions that the number of species, as well as the number of individual carabid beetles, are negatively affected by an increasing amount of pollutants in the soil. Particularly, the trace elements Pb, Cu, and Cd showed a significantly negative impact. The results are of value when it comes to the use of urban wastelands in the context of sustainable city development. Future use of urban wastelands will be faced with trade-offs between the use for public interests (e.g., housing space) and ecological interests. Phytoremediation and entomoremediation may be included in decontamination measures. The results of studies, such as the one conducted by us, may help to select the respective wastelands for certain purposes.

scholarly journals Effects of land cover type on carabid beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) of the Canterbury foothills, New Zealand

2019 ◽  
Vol 49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa A. Berndt ◽  
Eckehard G. Brockerhoff
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Land Cover ◽  
Natural Forest ◽  
Carabid Beetle ◽  
Carabid Beetles ◽  
Native Forest ◽  
Potential Contribution ◽  
Pine Plantation ◽  
Plantation Forest ◽  
Beetle Assemblages

Background: Land cover changes during the recent history of New Zealand have had a major impact on its largely endemic and iconic biodiversity. As in many other countries, large areas of native forest have been replaced by other land cover and are now in exotic pasture grassland or plantation forest. Ground beetles (Carabidae) are often used as ecological indicators, they provide ecosystem services such as pest control, and some species are endangered. However, few studies in New Zealand have assessed the habitat value for carabid beetles of natural forest, managed regenerating natural forest, pine plantation forest and pasture. Methods: We compared the carabid beetle assemblages of natural forest of Nothofagus solandri var solandri (also known as Fuscospora solandri or black beech), regenerating N. solandri forest managed for timber production, exotic pine plantation forest and exotic pasture, using pitfall traps. The study was conducted at Woodside Forest in the foothills of the Southern Alps, North Canterbury, New Zealand, close to an area where the critically endangered carabid Holcaspis brevicula was found. Results: A total of 1192 carabid individuals from 23 species were caught during the study. All but two species were native to New Zealand, with the exotic species present only in low numbers and one of these only in the pasture habitat. Carabid relative abundance and the number of species was highest in the pine plantation, where a total of 15 species were caught; however, rarefied species richness did not differ significantly between habitats. The sampled carabid beetle assemblages were similar across the three forested habitat types but differed significantly from the pasture assemblages based on unconstrained and canonical analyses of principal coordinates. Holcaspis brevicula was not detected in this area. Conclusions: Our results show that managed or exotic habitats may provide habitat to species-rich carabid assemblages although some native species occur only in natural, undisturbed vegetation. Nevertheless, it is important to acknowledge the potential contribution of these land uses and land cover types to the conservation of native biodiversity and to consider how these can be managed to maximise conservation opportunities.

scholarly journals Kettle Holes in the Agrarian Landscape: Isolated and Ecological Unique Habitats for Carabid Beetles (Col.: Carabidae) and Spiders (Arach.: Araneae)

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 29-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ralph Platen ◽  
Thomas Kalettka ◽  
Christian Ulrichs
Keyword(s):  
Habitat Preferences ◽  
Arable Land ◽  
Carabid Beetle ◽  
Carabid Beetles ◽  
Depressional Wetlands ◽  
Ecological Groups ◽  
Site Factors ◽  
Soil Variables ◽  
Kettle Hole ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Kettle holes are small depressional wetlands and because of the high variability of site factors they are potential hotspots of biodiversity in the monotone arable land. We investigated eight kettle holes and two agrarian reference biotopes for carabid beetles and spiders. The animals were captured with pitfall traps from May to August 2005, along with surveys of the soil and vegetation. We asked whether each kettle hole has specific ecological properties which match with characteristic carabid beetle and spider coenoses and whether they represent isolated biotopes. Differences in the composition of ecological and functional groups of carabid beetles and spiders between the plots were tested with an ANOVA. The impact of the soil variables and vegetation structure on the distribution of species was analyzed with a Redundancy Analysis. The assemblage similarities between the kettle hole plots were calculated by the Wainstein-Index. Ecological groups and habitat preferences of carabid beetles had maximal expressions in seven different kettle holes whereas most of the ecological characteristics of the spiders had maximal expression in only two kettle holes. High assemblage similarity values of carabid beetle coenoses were observed only in a few cases whereas very similar spider coenoses were found between nearly all of the kettle holes. For carabid beetles, kettle holes represent much more isolated habitats than that for spiders. We concluded that kettle holes have specific ecological qualities which match with different ecological properties of carabid beetles and spiders and that isolation effects affect carabid beetles more than spiders.

The impact of hedge-forest connectivity and microhabitat conditions on spider and carabid beetle assemblages in agricultural landscapes

2013 ◽  
Vol 17 (5) ◽  
pp. 1027-1038 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina Fischer ◽  
Hella Schlinkert ◽  
Martin Ludwig ◽  
Andrea Holzschuh ◽  
Róbert Gallé ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Landscapes ◽  
Carabid Beetle ◽  
Forest Connectivity ◽  
Beetle Assemblages ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals Temporal Variation Dominates in Local Carabid Beetle Communities in Korean Mountains

Insects ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 1019
Author(s):  
Yonghwan Park ◽  
Taewoong Jang ◽  
Jongkuk Kim ◽  
Su-Kyung Kim ◽  
Il-Kwon Kim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Temporal Variation ◽  
Spatial Scales ◽  
Temporal Variations ◽  
Carabid Beetle ◽  
Spatial And Temporal Variation ◽  
Mountain Range ◽  
Insect Communities ◽  
Local Climate ◽  
Study Sites

Spatial and temporal variation in ecological environments may result in spatial and temporal variation in communities. Temporal studies of biodiversity are essential for forecasting future changes in community structure and ecosystem function. Therefore, determining the mechanisms that drive temporal change in communities remains an important and interesting challenge in ecology. We quantified spatial and temporal variations in carabid beetle communities and site-specific environmental factors for 5 years at nine study sites on three mountains in the Baekdudaegan Mountain Range, Korea. Carabid beetle communities exhibited significant temporal variation, which was larger than spatial variations between and within mountains. Environmental factors mostly varied between sites within mountains. Community variation was only weakly associated with environmental factors at wide scales, i.e., between sites on three mountains, but was strongly associated at narrow spatial scales, i.e., between sites within one mountain. Our results indicate that temporal variation in communities occurs in response to variations in the local climate, and that the patterns of temporal variation differ between mountains. Thus, temporal surveys of insect communities and climates at local scales are important for predicting temporal changes in the communities.

Different management practices impact on CO2 and H2O budget of wind disturbed forest sites- 5-year dataset

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Klaudia Ziemblinska ◽  
Janusz Olejnik ◽  
Marek Urbaniak ◽  
Stanislaw Malek
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Forest Restoration ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Soil Cover ◽  
Soil Conditions ◽  
Organic Layer ◽  
Forest Site ◽  
Forest Management Practices ◽  
Soil Preparation ◽  
The Impact

<p>There is evidence of increasing severity of extreme meteorological events, which due to climate warming are also more frequent than in the past few decades. Any disturbances (either natural or anthropogenic) exert a significant influence on the forest’s functioning. In Canada and the USA, fires and insect outbreaks cause the greatest damage while in Europe wind disturbances are the main threat. Since in Poland the majority of forests are managed by the State Forests, after such events disturbed areas are almost immediately designated for reforestation. While natural regeneration still contributes the least to forest restoration, the most common practices in our country include harvesting, soil preparation (ploughing) and manual seedlings introduction, which in this sense is similar to clear-cut’s management. </p><p>Once such an event happened in Poland two EC stations were set up in the area of an 80-year old pine forest, which had been wiped out by a tornado in July 2012, to asses the impact of forest management. To date, there have been more than 5 full years of continuous carbon and energy fluxes measurement, allowing insight into forest regeneration patterns due to manual reforestation, as well as differences in CO<sub>2</sub> losses connected to chosen treatments. The two sites (Tlen I and Tlen II) differ mostly in terms of soil preparation – at Tlen I site soil was ploughed before replanting and at Tlen II soil cover remained almost intact. Additionally, at the second location, only trunks and main branches were harvested, while all uprooted stumps were left to decompose. Both meteorological and soil conditions have been investigated, with most of them not being significantly different, which allowed drawing the conclusion that observed differences in GHGs balance <span>are most likely related to chosen forest management practices</span>. Thorough analysis of quality checked EC data revealed that in 5-year perspective the application of traditional method (Tlen I site), mainly due to soil ploughing, resulted in much less total CO<sub>2</sub> loss to the atmosphere, reaching C-neutrality point in only 6 years after the damage as well as better seedling growth in general in comparison to the technique, where the soil cover was not disrupted. Moreover, it seems that furrows created at the conventionally managed forest site (“double” organic layer) serve as crucial water reservoirs during water shortage periods, preventing from the pine plantation damage caused by prolonged droughts.</p><p>This work advances our understanding of how different forest management practices can help to sustain the least CO<sub>2</sub> losses on the example of wind-disturbed forests. Although, it has to be remembered that long-term studies are needed to point the best option from the perspective of climate change mitigation. </p>

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

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shinichi Hiramatsu ◽  
Nisikawa Usio
Keyword(s):  
Global Environmental Change ◽  
Habitat Associations ◽  
Carabid Beetle ◽  
Carabid Beetles ◽  
Spatiotemporal Variability ◽  
Habitat Specificity ◽  
Alpine Meadows ◽  
Limited Mobility ◽  
Subalpine Zone ◽  
Beetle Assemblages

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.

scholarly journals Ground beetles (Coleoptera; Carabidae) as an indicator of ongoing changes in forest habitats due to increased water retention

PeerJ ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. e9815
Author(s):  
Emilia Ludwiczak ◽  
Mariusz Nietupski ◽  
Agnieszka Kosewska
Keyword(s):  
Water Retention ◽  
Ground Beetles ◽  
Carabid Beetles ◽  
Small Water ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
Highly Sensitive ◽  
Beetle Assemblages ◽  
The Impact

This study, concerning the epigeic fauna of carabid beetles (Coleoptera; Carabidae), was conducted in the north-east of Poland, in an area which is part of the Dąbrówka Forest Subdistrict and has been included in the “Small water retention program for the Province of Warmia and Mazury in 2006–2015”. The purpose of the study was to assess the impact of the water retention implemented within the framework of the above program on assemblages of ground beetles. These insects are highly sensitive to any anthropogenically induced transformations. This analysis was based on the interactions among the analyzed insects caused by changes occurring in their habitat. During the 3-year study, 5,807 specimens representing 84 species were captured. The water storage had a significant influence on the structure of the Carabidae assemblages. Before the earthworks were constructed for the project, the beetle assemblages had comprised a large group of xerophilous species, whereas after the small retention reservoirs had been created, an increase in the contribution of hygrophilous species was noticed. The results indicate that the retention works cause alterations in the water and environmental conditions of the habitats, and thereby effect changes in the composition of Carabidae assemblages. Moreover, modification in water relations within a habitat causes long-term changes in the structural and functional diversity of the beetles.

SECONDARY EFFECTS OF CANOPY DIEBACK: THE EPIGEAL CARABID FAUNA IN QUÉBEC APPALACHIAN MAPLE FORESTS

1991 ◽  
Vol 123 (4) ◽  
pp. 851-859 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Martel ◽  
Y. Mauffette ◽  
S. Tousignant
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Analysis Of Variance ◽  
Basal Area ◽  
Carabid Beetle ◽  
Carabid Beetles ◽  
Negative Response ◽  
Pitfall Traps ◽  
Secondary Effects ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Number Of Individuals

AbstractThe impact of canopy dieback on the activity and diversity of epigeal Carabidae was studied during the summers of 1987 and 1988 in 18 maple stands in southeastern Québec, using pitfall traps. A canopy thinning index (CTI) based on severity and incidence of dieback, and on tree basal area was calculated for each of the 72 stations sampled. An analysis of variance shows that canopy dieback had a significant effect on carabid beetle activity in 1988. The CTI was negatively correlated with the carabid species richness and diversity in 1988. The number of individuals caught per station was negatively correlated with the CTI for all species combined, except for the dominant Pterostichus coracinus Newm. in 1988. These results indicate a negative response of carabid beetles to canopy dieback in 1988; the climate may have tempered the effects of dieback in 1987.

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