Temporal organization patterns of epigean beetle communities (Coleoptera: Carabidae, Tenebrionidae) in different successional stages of eastern Mediterranean maquis

Kaltsas, Dimitris; Trichas, Apostolos; Mylonas, M.

doi:10.1080/00222933.2011.645897

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“…The average temporal change in community structure was significantly higher in urban than in suburban and rural assemblages, independent of local species richness. Such high values of temporal beta diversity are attributed to degraded habitats due to strong perturbation (Romanuk & Kolasa, 2001) and are reported for carabids in overgrazed areas in the eastern Mediterranean, including Crete (Kaltsas et al, 2012b). Thus, the high t values recorded in urban areas in our study were a result of mutual temporal avoidance of co-occurring species in the form of complementing rather than synchronized phenologies, due to a high level of urbanization and the direct effects of consequent disturbance forms.…”

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Ground spider assemblages (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) along an urban-rural gradient in the city of Heraklion, Greece

Kaltsas¹,

Panayiotou²,

Chatzaki³

et al. 2014

Eur. J. Entomol.

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Abstract. The responses of gnaphosid spiders to an urbanization gradient (urban-suburban-rural areas) were studied using pitfall traps in and near the city of Heraklion, in Crete, Greece, from October 2010 to October 2011. Our results indicate that richness and abundance of species of spiders decreased from the rural area to the center of the city, but not significantly so. Temporal beta diversity was significantly higher in urban areas, which indicates a high temporal variability in species composition of gnaphosid assemblages in the center of the city that takes the form of complementary rather than synchronized phenologies of co-occurring species, as expected in habitats degraded by high levels of disturbance. There was no specific pattern in the body size distribution of the gnaphosids along the urban-rural gradient, and thus the decrease in mean body size with increase in urbanization hypothesis was not supported by our results. However, the species composition recorded in urban areas was very different from that in suburban and rural areas. The percentage of individuals in the catches that were generalist species differed significantly along the gradient. As generalist gnaphosid species made up 72.01% of the total caught in the center of the city, and only 9.53% and 2.07% in suburban and rural areas respectively, our results support the opportunistic species hypothesis. Our analyses indicate that Urozelotes rusticus, a well known synanthropic species recorded for the first time in Greece, is an indicator of high levels of urbanization in Heraklion.

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Ground spider assemblages (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) along an urban-rural gradient in the city of Heraklion, Greece

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Panayiotou²,

Chatzaki³

et al. 2014

Eur. J. Entomol.

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“…trees, 21 species belonging to 12 genera were found (Timm et al 2009). Thirty-two carabid species were captured in juniper maquis formations in five sampling sites in Greece (Kaltsas et al 2012). In woodlands, mainly represented by Quercus pubescens Willd.…”

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“…Some of the dominant species identified during the present study have been found to be abundant in different studies of Mediterranean maquis and maquislike habitats. Acinopus picipes, Calathus fuscipes, and Carabus coriaceus were common in maquises in Greece (Kaltsas et al 2012(Kaltsas et al , 2013. Calathus cinctus and Carabus coriaceus were the most abundant species five years after wildfire (Elia et al 2016).…”

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“…They were also the most abundant life form group in overgrazed sites in Greece (Kaltsas et al 2012). Errant and large epigeobiont zoophages (Carabus spp.…”

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“…Climate and anthropogenic pressure have been identified to be the most important factors determining the structure and the floristic composition of Q. coccifera Mediterranean shrublands in Greece (Tsiourlis et al 2009). Sclerophyllous Mediterranean shrub formations are generally poorly known in terms of their Coleoptera faunas (Kaltsas et al 2012). Ground beetles (Carabidae) and darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae) are two dominant families in the epigean component of mesofauna in Mediterranean-type ecosystems in terms of abundance, diversity and biomass (di Castri and Vitali-di Castri 1981).…”

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Pseudomaquises in SW Bulgaria as a habitat for the ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae)

Teofilova

2020

Zoology and Ecology

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A lack of sufficient data about ground beetles in maquis and maquis-like habitats in the whole Mediterranean region prompted this study. It brings new data to the knowledge of Carabidae species from Balkan pseudomaquis habitats in Bulgaria and reveals some patterns of species composition from zoogeographic and ecological points of view. Fieldwork was carried out in the period 5 April 2002 – 11 January 2004. A total of 305 specimens from 52 species were found, including two Balkan endemics and one Tertiary relict. These species belong to 23 genera and 12 tribes. Dromius quadrimaculatus (Linnaeus, 1758) and Harpalus fuscicornis Ménétriés, 1832 are new for the Bulgarian Struma Valley. Another 13 species are new for the Pirin Mountains. The richest tribe was Harpalini (21 species), followed by Carabini (6 species), Amarini and Sphodrini (5 species each). The most species-rich genus was Harpalus (13 species). Zoogeographical analysis showed that Euroasiatic and Mediterranean complexes were most prevalent. Xerothermic conditions in the habitats studied were also confirmed by the prevalence of the mesoxerophilous carabids. These habitats occur only locally in Bulgaria and support specific carabid assemblages. Knowledge about their diversity could be a keystone for the conservation of all target species living in these limited areas and encompassed by the adjacent Natura 2000 zones.

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Post-fire succession indices performance in a Mediterranean ecosystem

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Matsinos

Konstantinidis

et al. 2012

Stoch Environ Res Risk Assess

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Temporal organization patterns of epigean beetle communities (Coleoptera: Carabidae, Tenebrionidae) in different successional stages of eastern Mediterranean maquis

Cited by 11 publications

References 44 publications

Ground spider assemblages (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) along an urban-rural gradient in the city of Heraklion, Greece

Ground spider assemblages (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) along an urban-rural gradient in the city of Heraklion, Greece

Pseudomaquises in SW Bulgaria as a habitat for the ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae)

Post-fire succession indices performance in a Mediterranean ecosystem

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