Loss of habitats and changes in the composition of the ground and tiger beetle fauna in four West European countries since 1950 (Coleoptera: Carabidae, cicindelidae)

Desender, Konjev; Turin, H.

doi:10.1016/0006-3207(89)90103-1

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“…For instance, Desender & Turin (1989) list 142 carabid species that are endangered in western Europe (Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium and Luxem bourg) representing as much as one third of the carabid fauna in these countries. At least some of them are threat ened because ofhabitat fragmentation.…”

Section: Closing the Act: Conservation Of Carabids In Fragmented Landmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Carabid beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) and habitat fragmentation: a review

Niemelä¹

2001

Eur. J. Entomol.

188

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Abstract. I review the effects of habitat fragmentation on carabid beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) and examine whether the taxon could be used as an indicator of fragmentation. Related to this, I study the conservation needs of carabids. The reviewed studies showed that habitat fragmentation affects carabid assemblages. Many species that require habitat types found in interiors of frag ments are threatened by fragmentation. On the other hand, the species composition of small fragments of habitat (up to a few hec tares) is often altered by species invading from the surroundings. Recommendations for mitigating these adverse effects include maintenance of large habitat patches and connections between them. Furthermore, landscape homogenisation should be avoided by maintaining heterogeneity ofhabitat types. It appears that at least in the Northern Hemisphere there is enough data about carabids for them to be fruitfully used to signal changes in land use practices. Many carabid species have been classified as threatened. Mainte nance of the red-listed carabids in the landscape requires species-specific or assemblage-specific measures.

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Section: Closing the Act: Conservation Of Carabids In Fragmented Landmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…These species make up half of the 45 carabid species considered as characteristic of sandy, open habitats in the country. Nine of these 23 species are threatened (Desender & Turin, 1989). Also in England, roadsides are favoured by carabids.…”

Section: Closing the Act: Conservation Of Carabids In Fragmented Landmentioning

confidence: 99%

Carabid beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) and habitat fragmentation: a review

Niemelä¹

2001

Eur. J. Entomol.

188

131

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“…All the above statistical calculations were made using the SigmaStat software (SPSS). Finally, the habitat preference profile of each ground-beetle species was checked in the literature, based mainly on Desender and Turin (1989), Turin (2000) and Aguiar and Serrano (unpublished data). This information was needed to analyse the response of different 'habitat preference groups' to the land-use disturbance.…”

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Diversity patterns of ground-beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) along a gradient of land-use disturbance

Silva

Aguiar

Niemelä

et al. 2008

Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment

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Ground-beetles were used to monitor biodiversity along a gradient of land-use disturbance, from old-growth cork-oak woodland to a monoculture, in a typical Mediterranean landscape. The work also included an exotic forest in the second year. During this study, a total of 11 294 individuals of carabids from 101 different species were sampled (2001: N = 4776, S = 80; 2002: N = 6518, S = 77). Agriculture unit recorded the highest abundance and richness levels, while the exotic forest recorded the lowest values. Moreover, higher diversity levels were observed in units dominated by open areas, particularly pastures. Nevertheless, mosaic units with major cork-oak cover revealed a higher number of species that are more sensitive to human disturbance, i.e., woodland specialists. #

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“…Moreover, the effects of agricultural treatments for a test group of well dispersing species with a high tolerance for heavy fertilisation, resulted in distinctly increasing time trends, as expected. This approach was subsequently extended with similar results to Denmark, Belgium and Luxembourg (8).…”

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“…Those have subdivided in (1a) geo-period climate changes, from the Plio-Pleistocenic age to present, most examining fossil records (1,2,3,4,5,6) and in (1b) long term (last century or shorter) community or population dynamics related to climate and land use changes (7,8,9). Here we report on the (1c) "space-for-time approach", very useful in areas where the glacier retreat has been followed during the last centuries (10), but also in forests (11), and on (1d) the time for time approach (42,43).…”

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