Faunistical and Ecological Studies on Carabid Beetles

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: 3D printing; activity density; aggregation index; Alps; anthropogenic edges; artificial prey; behavior; biodiversity conservation; Biology, life sciences; body size; Carabidae; clear cut; dispersal; Dolomites; Ecological science, the Biosphere; ecological trait; ecological trap; edge effect; filter function; forest interior; forest specialist species; geomorphology; ground beetles; invasion; Life sciences: general issues; Mathematics and Science; mixed forests; natural edges; Nature 2000; open-habitat species; preparation cut; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; Research and information: general; rocky landforms; sentinel prey method; sex ratio; spatial effect zones; species distribution; spillover; temperate forests

In this paper on the distribution of carabids at high altitudes, the effect of Nature 2000 habitat and landform types in driving ground beetle (Carabidae) distribution at high altitudes in the Western Dolomites (Brenta group, Italy) was studied. Papers studying carabid beetles in forested habitats i...