Abstract:Many ecosystems today in temperate zones are the result of colonization of barren substrates deposited or exposed as a result of deglaciation, around the start of the Holocene. Direct evidence of post-glacial colonization, in the form of life traces such as tracks and burrows, is typically rare and erased by later succession unless buried deeply within a short time interval, as is possible in dune sands. Tiger beetles (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) are an example of early successional tracemaking colonists widely … Show more
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