Temporal changes in the spatial distribution of carabid beetles around arable field-woodlot boundaries

0509582 - BÚ 2020 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Knapp, M. - Seidl, M. - Knappová, Jana - Macek, Martin - Saska, P.
Temporal changes in the spatial distribution of carabid beetles around arable field-woodlot boundaries.
Scientific Reports. Roč. 9, č. 1 (2019), s. 1-11, č. článku 8967. ISSN 2045-2322. E-ISSN 2045-2322
Institutional support: RVO:67985939
Keywords : carabids * spatial distribution * seasonality
OECD category: Ecology
Impact factor: 3.998, year: 2019
Method of publishing: Open access

This study investigates the seasonality in spatial distribution of carabids around arable field-woodlot boundaries. The spatial distribution of carabid abundance (activity-density) and species richness varied seasonally, and the total abundance was highest within arable fields, except in early spring when it peaked at the boundaries. The open-habitat species penetrated into woodlots during the summer season but occurred almost exclusively outside woodlots in the other sampling periods. The abundance of the forest species was highest within woodlots with the exception of the early spring season, when their abundance peaked at the boundaries. Carabid species richness was highest within arable fields in close proximity to woodlot boundaries with the exception of the summer season, when the total species richness was similar across habitats.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0301438