Spatial Heterogeneity of Carabid Beetle Population (Coleoptera, Carabidae) in the Gradient of Forest and Steppe: Local Level of Consideration
I. I. Lyubechansky, A. N. Bespalov
Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals SB RAS
lubech@rambler.ru
Keywords: Carabidae, habitat, distribution, structure of community, spatial heterogeneity, forest-steppe
Pages: 517-525
Abstract
Carabid community in the forest-steppe in the south of West Siberia at the 180 m continuous transect from the centre of a small birch forest through steppe and mesophytic meadows to a single tree was studied. It was shown that the carabid сommunities can be divided into versions characteristic of open and forest habitats. The community of open habitats is more differentiated than the forest one, and it is subdivided into the versions of steppe and meadow habitats. Generalist species exhibiting no preferences for definite grass habitats were also revealed.
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