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Carabid beetle diversity and mean individual biomass in beech forests of various ages
Abstract. Carabid beetle diversity and mean individual biomass (MIB) were analysed in three different successional stages of beech tree stands (60, 80 and 150 years old). Carabid beetles were captured using pitfall traps placed at nine sites (three per age class) in the Papuk Mountain of East Croati...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3131027/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21738423 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.100.1536 |
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author | Jelaska, Lucija Šerić Dumbović, Vlatka Kučinić, Mladen |
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description | Abstract. Carabid beetle diversity and mean individual biomass (MIB) were analysed in three different successional stages of beech tree stands (60, 80 and 150 years old). Carabid beetles were captured using pitfall traps placed at nine sites (three per age class) in the Papuk Mountain of East Croatia during 2008. A cluster analysis identified three groupings that corresponded to the beech age classes. MIB values increased with stand age, ranging from 255 in 60-year-old stand to 537 in the oldest forests. The 80-year-old stand showed the highest species richness and diversity values. With respect to species composition, large species such as Carabus scheidleri and Carabus coriaceus were dominant only in the oldest forests. Furthermore, species that overwinter in the larval stage were more abundant in the oldest forests (45% of the total number of individuals from the 150-year-old stand) than in the younger ones (20% of individuals from 60-year-old, and 22% of individuals from 80-year-old stands). Our results showed that the analyses of species composition and life history traits are valuable for estimating the conservation values of older forests. Although the investigated sites form part of a continuous forested area and are only a couple of kilometres apart, MIB values detect significant differences associated with forest age and can be a useful tool in evaluating the degree to which a forest reflects a natural state. |
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spelling | pubmed-31310272011-07-07 Carabid beetle diversity and mean individual biomass in beech forests of various ages Jelaska, Lucija Šerić Dumbović, Vlatka Kučinić, Mladen Zookeys Article Abstract. Carabid beetle diversity and mean individual biomass (MIB) were analysed in three different successional stages of beech tree stands (60, 80 and 150 years old). Carabid beetles were captured using pitfall traps placed at nine sites (three per age class) in the Papuk Mountain of East Croatia during 2008. A cluster analysis identified three groupings that corresponded to the beech age classes. MIB values increased with stand age, ranging from 255 in 60-year-old stand to 537 in the oldest forests. The 80-year-old stand showed the highest species richness and diversity values. With respect to species composition, large species such as Carabus scheidleri and Carabus coriaceus were dominant only in the oldest forests. Furthermore, species that overwinter in the larval stage were more abundant in the oldest forests (45% of the total number of individuals from the 150-year-old stand) than in the younger ones (20% of individuals from 60-year-old, and 22% of individuals from 80-year-old stands). Our results showed that the analyses of species composition and life history traits are valuable for estimating the conservation values of older forests. Although the investigated sites form part of a continuous forested area and are only a couple of kilometres apart, MIB values detect significant differences associated with forest age and can be a useful tool in evaluating the degree to which a forest reflects a natural state. Pensoft Publishers 2011-05-20 /pmc/articles/PMC3131027/ /pubmed/21738423 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.100.1536 Text en Lucija Šerić Jelaska, Vlatka Dumbović, Mladen Kučinić http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Article Jelaska, Lucija Šerić Dumbović, Vlatka Kučinić, Mladen Carabid beetle diversity and mean individual biomass in beech forests of various ages |
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Carabid beetle diversity and mean individual biomass in beech forests of various ages
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Carabid beetle diversity and mean individual biomass in beech forests of various ages
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Carabid beetle diversity and mean individual biomass in beech forests of various ages
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Carabid beetle diversity and mean individual biomass in beech forests of various ages
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Carabid beetle diversity and mean individual biomass in beech forests of various ages
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title_sort | carabid beetle diversity and mean individual biomass in beech forests of various ages |
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url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3131027/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21738423 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.100.1536 |
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