scholarly journals Different photoreceptor organs are used for photoperiodism in the larval and adult stages of the carabid beetle, Leptocarabus kumagaii

2009 ◽  
Vol 212 (22) ◽  
pp. 3651-3655 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Shintani ◽  
S. Shiga ◽  
H. Numata
Keyword(s):  
Carabid Beetle ◽  
Photoreceptor Organs

scholarly journals Carabid Beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) Response to Soil Properties of Urban Wastelands in Warsaw, Poland

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (24) ◽  
pp. 10673
Author(s):  
Axel Schwerk ◽  
Marzena Wińska-Krysiak ◽  
Arkadiusz Przybysz ◽  
Ewa Zaraś-Januszkiewicz ◽  
Piotr Sikorski
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Carabid Beetle ◽  
Carabid Beetles ◽  
Soil Parameters ◽  
City Development ◽  
Space Management ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Beetle Assemblages ◽  
Trace Element Contamination ◽  
The One

Urban wasteland is of special interest to city planners. However, to integrate such areas into city space management with consideration of nature conservation aspects, a sound assessment of their ecological potential is necessary. The aim of this paper was to analyze whether carabid beetle assemblages of the wastelands are affected by soil parameters, particularly trace element contamination. Therefore, we studied the carabid fauna in relation to selected soil parameters on 56 sampling plots situated in 24 wastelands located in the city of Warsaw (Poland). The results have confirmed our assumptions that the number of species, as well as the number of individual carabid beetles, are negatively affected by an increasing amount of pollutants in the soil. Particularly, the trace elements Pb, Cu, and Cd showed a significantly negative impact. The results are of value when it comes to the use of urban wastelands in the context of sustainable city development. Future use of urban wastelands will be faced with trade-offs between the use for public interests (e.g., housing space) and ecological interests. Phytoremediation and entomoremediation may be included in decontamination measures. The results of studies, such as the one conducted by us, may help to select the respective wastelands for certain purposes.

scholarly journals The Modeling and Forecasting of Carabid Beetle Distribution in Northwestern China

Insects ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 168
Author(s):  
Xueqin Liu ◽  
Hui Wang ◽  
Dahan He ◽  
Xinpu Wang ◽  
Ming Bai
Keyword(s):  
Generalized Additive Models ◽  
Additive Models ◽  
Carabid Beetle ◽  
Conservation Strategies ◽  
Environmental Predictors ◽  
Temperate Steppe ◽  
Temperature And Precipitation ◽  
Steppe Ecosystems ◽  
Modeling And Forecasting ◽  
Richness Patterns

Beetles are key insect species in global biodiversity and play a significant role in steppe ecosystems. In the temperate steppe of China, the increasing degeneration of the grasslands threatens beetle species and their habitat. Using Generalized Additive Models (GAMs), we aimed to predict and map beetle richness patterns within the temperate steppe of Ningxia (China). We tested 19 environmental predictors including climate, topography, soil moisture and space as well as vegetation. Climatic variables (temperature, precipitation, soil temperature) consistently appeared among the most important predictors for beetle groups modeled. GAM generated predictive cartography for the study area. Our models explained a significant percentage of the variation in carabid beetle richness (79.8%), carabid beetle richness distribution seems to be mainly influenced by temperature and precipitation. The results have important implications for management and conservation strategies and also provides evidence for assessing and making predictions of beetle diversity across the steppe.

scholarly journals Biosynthesis of Tiglic, Ethacrylic, and 2-Methylbutyric Acids in a Carabid Beetle, Pterostichus (Hypherpes) californicus

2007 ◽  
Vol 33 (5) ◽  
pp. 963-970 ◽  
Author(s):  
Athula B. Attygalle ◽  
Xiaogang Wu ◽  
Kipling W. Will
Keyword(s):  
Carabid Beetle

scholarly journals Refuge habitats modify impact of insecticide disturbance on carabid beetle communities

2001 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 472-483 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jana C. Lee ◽  
Fabián D. Menalled ◽  
Douglas A. Landis
Keyword(s):  
Carabid Beetle

The effects of forest patch size and matrix type on changes in carabid beetle assemblages in an urbanized landscape

2008 ◽  
Vol 141 (10) ◽  
pp. 2585-2596 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eva Gaublomme ◽  
Frederik Hendrickx ◽  
Hilde Dhuyvetter ◽  
Konjev Desender
Keyword(s):  
Patch Size ◽  
Carabid Beetle ◽  
Forest Patch ◽  
Matrix Type ◽  
Beetle Assemblages

scholarly journals Effects of land cover type on carabid beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) of the Canterbury foothills, New Zealand

2019 ◽  
Vol 49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa A. Berndt ◽  
Eckehard G. Brockerhoff
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Land Cover ◽  
Natural Forest ◽  
Carabid Beetle ◽  
Carabid Beetles ◽  
Native Forest ◽  
Potential Contribution ◽  
Pine Plantation ◽  
Plantation Forest ◽  
Beetle Assemblages

Background: Land cover changes during the recent history of New Zealand have had a major impact on its largely endemic and iconic biodiversity. As in many other countries, large areas of native forest have been replaced by other land cover and are now in exotic pasture grassland or plantation forest. Ground beetles (Carabidae) are often used as ecological indicators, they provide ecosystem services such as pest control, and some species are endangered. However, few studies in New Zealand have assessed the habitat value for carabid beetles of natural forest, managed regenerating natural forest, pine plantation forest and pasture. Methods: We compared the carabid beetle assemblages of natural forest of Nothofagus solandri var solandri (also known as Fuscospora solandri or black beech), regenerating N. solandri forest managed for timber production, exotic pine plantation forest and exotic pasture, using pitfall traps. The study was conducted at Woodside Forest in the foothills of the Southern Alps, North Canterbury, New Zealand, close to an area where the critically endangered carabid Holcaspis brevicula was found. Results: A total of 1192 carabid individuals from 23 species were caught during the study. All but two species were native to New Zealand, with the exotic species present only in low numbers and one of these only in the pasture habitat. Carabid relative abundance and the number of species was highest in the pine plantation, where a total of 15 species were caught; however, rarefied species richness did not differ significantly between habitats. The sampled carabid beetle assemblages were similar across the three forested habitat types but differed significantly from the pasture assemblages based on unconstrained and canonical analyses of principal coordinates. Holcaspis brevicula was not detected in this area. Conclusions: Our results show that managed or exotic habitats may provide habitat to species-rich carabid assemblages although some native species occur only in natural, undisturbed vegetation. Nevertheless, it is important to acknowledge the potential contribution of these land uses and land cover types to the conservation of native biodiversity and to consider how these can be managed to maximise conservation opportunities.

scholarly journals Carabid beetle assemblages associated with urban golf courses in the greater Helsinki area

2010 ◽  
Vol 107 (4) ◽  
pp. 553-561 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jarmo SAARIKIVI ◽  
Laura IDSTROM ◽  
Stephen VENN ◽  
Jari NIEMELA ◽  
D. KOTZE
Keyword(s):  
Carabid Beetle ◽  
Golf Courses ◽  
Beetle Assemblages
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