Structure of Communities of Elateridae Family of the Sub-Zones of Middle and South Taiga under the Industry-Related Action
S. D. Seredyuk
Abstract
The structure of the communities of elaterids was investigated in the regions affected by brass works in the areas located in different ecological and geographic sub-zones of the taiga zone. A comparison of emission sources of the same kind in forest ecosystems of different sub-zones of the taiga allowed us to analyze changes in the structural arrangement of elaterid complexes over the gradient of chemical pollution, to reveal adaptive mechanisms of elaterid complexes to high industry-related load, to observe general and specific zonal features of the reaction of click beetles to this kind of anthropogenic action. We succeeded to demonstrate that the latitudinal
