The influence of cropping rotations and soil cultivation practice on the population ecology of carabids (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in arable land

• Published in: Pedobiologia Vol. 46; no. 5; pp. 452 - 474
• Main Authors: Purvis, Gordon, Fadl, Abdoulla
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Jena Elsevier GmbH 2002; Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: Agricultural land; Agricultural practices; arable crops; Carabid beetles; Crop rotation; lifecycles; metapopulations; Population ecology; soil cultivation; survival; soil cultivation; lifecycles; arable crops; Carabid beetles; survival; metapopulations

Use is made of detailed information on the lifecycles and phenology of carabid beetles in arable fields to analyse pitfall catches and seek evidence for the hypothesis that pre-adult instars in the soil are susceptible to soil tillage operations at particular times of the year. Strictly autumn-breed...