The bioindication importance of the Carabidae communities of Veporské vrchy and Juhoslovanská kotlina

Abstract

Langraf V., Petrovičová K., David S., Schlarmannová J.: The bioindication importance of the Carabidae communities of Veporské vrchy and Juhoslovanská kotlina. Ekológia (Bratislava), Vol. 35, No. 2, p. 126-135, 2016.The Carabidae family (Coleoptera) is used frequently for its bioindication potential to detect the environmental burden. In 2013 and 2014, we studied the correlation of Carabidae on the biotopes of six areas in the Veporské vrchy Mts and the Juhoslovenská kotlina basin by using pitfall traps, Möricke plates and Bambara beetle traps. Out of 432 recorded specimens of beetles (53 species, 15 families), the Carabidae family were the highest number of species and specimens represented, with which we confirmed higher anthropogenic interference and disturbance of ecosystems in the Juhoslovenská kotlina basin. This statistic confirms the presence of the following species typically found on arable land: Anchomenus dorsalis, Calathus fuscipes fuscipes, Harpalus affinis and Pseudoophonus rufipes. The ecosystems in the Veporské vrchy Mts region show less disturbance, and the anthropological impact is smaller, indicated by the presence of the Carabus problematicus species, an important indicator of the conservation of natural forest ecosystems.

The Bioindication Evaluation of Ground Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in Three Forest Biotopes in the Southern Part of Central Slovakia

“…Rajová (2007) also recorded a higher proportion of adaptable species compared to the eurytopic species found in the intact Klánovický Forest (the Czech Republic). The results of Langraf et al (2016) also confirm that the anthropogenic influence on the forest deteriorates the living conditions of the adaptable and relict species. These conclusions also apply to the undisturbed mountain meadow biotopes in the Veporské vrchy hills.…”

“…We found a significant decrease in IKS values in the tree cutting forest and the lowest in the spruce forest. Langraf et al (2016) noted the predominance of group E (eurytopic) species in a habitat in the tree cutting forest. We assume that after removing most of the trees in biotope Carpathian turkey oak forest, the carabids from group E would replace the species of group A.…”

Effect of global climate change on the distribution of Anchomenus dorsalis (Coleoptera, Carabidae) in Europe

“…Many authors note A. dorsalis as a typical inhabitant of fields in Belarus (Aleksandrowicz 2014), Krasnodar Krai, and the Republic of Adygea (Zamotajlov and Nikitsky 2010). In south Slovakia, it was an abundant species on arable land (Langraf 2016) and was dominant in wheat fields in Serbia (Popović and Štrbac 2010).…”

Land Snails in the Slovak Open-Air Garden Centres

“…A majority of socio-economic changes in Eastern Europe were followed by a dramatic increase in imports, and also in transmit traffic in the last 15 years (Peltanová et al, 2012). Langraf et al (2016) considered these changes as a demonstration of ecological degradation of ecosystems, which are connected to anthropogenic activities in the country. Problems resulting from the introduction of plant and animal species have become increasingly serious.…”