Habitat Selection of Carabid Beetle in Deciduous Woodlands of Southern Belgium
(1993) Pedobiologia — Vol. 37, n° 6, p. 365-378 (1993)
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- Samples of carabid beetles were collected monthly between April and October 1986 in 68 deciduous woodlands selected on the basis of their vegetation composition and their geographical locality. Habitat selection patterns of the woodland carabid fauna were determined by a two-step procedure: (1) multivariate analysis of species abundance in each sampling site and (2) measurement of relations between carabid abundance and environmental descriptors. Results show the main influences on woodland carabid distribution to be soil water holding capacity, soil trophic status and soil acidity. Carabid abundance is also related to the vegetation. The two-step procedure allows the detection of habitat selection patterns at the community level. It emphazises the need of ecophysiological studies to relate these patterns to relevant biological processes.
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Baguette, M. (1993). Habitat Selection of Carabid Beetle in Deciduous Woodlands of Southern Belgium. Pedobiologia, 37(6), 365-378. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/43707 (Original work published 1993)