Soil ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in a coffee agroforestry landscape during a severe-drought period
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DOI: 10.1007/s10457-018-0283-x
Abstract: Coffee is one of the basic commodities of Colombian agricultural production, the country being one of the main producers in the Neotropics. Sun coffee farms are widespread but they are likely to simplify the landscape… read more here.
Keywords: sun coffee; coffee farms; landscape; ground beetles ... See more keywords
Contrasting predation pressure of different ground beetles on slugs and their eggs
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DOI: 10.1007/s10526-017-9845-5
Abstract: Slugs such as Deroceras reticulatum Müller (Pulmonata: Agriolimacidae) cause crop losses in temperate regions worldwide. Numerous species of ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) feed on slugs, but possible interactive effects are poorly known. Here, we compared… read more here.
Keywords: ground; predation pressure; ground beetles; contrasting predation ... See more keywords
Trait-specific response of ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) to forest fragmentation in the temperate region in Korea
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DOI: 10.1007/s10531-017-1421-x
Abstract: The objective of this study was to examine the trait-specific response of ground beetles in terms of abundance, species richness, and composition for habitat fragmentation in temperate forests. In addition, we examined how different ecological… read more here.
Keywords: ground; specific response; response ground; trait specific ... See more keywords
Effects of intensive human management on the taxonomic and functional diversity of ground beetles in a planted forest landscape
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DOI: 10.1007/s10531-021-02273-w
Abstract: The rapid expansion of planted forests harms native biodiversity. Few studies report the effects of replacing wetlands with planted forests on ground beetles. We analyze how the taxonomic and functional diversity of ground beetles are… read more here.
Keywords: taxonomic functional; ground; functional diversity; ground beetles ... See more keywords
Hand searching versus pitfall trapping: how to assess biodiversity of ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in high altitude equatorial Andes?
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DOI: 10.1007/s10841-018-0082-8
Abstract: The use of ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) as bioindicators of environmental change depends on the reliability and the effectiveness of the sampling methods. Those that have been tested in the temperate zone and in tropical… read more here.
Keywords: pitfall trapping; hand searching; hand; ground beetles ... See more keywords
Community composition and diversity of ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in Yaoluoping National Nature Reserve
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DOI: 10.1093/jisesa/iex081
Abstract: Abstract This study used pitfall trapping to examine community composition and diversity of ground beetles in five different habitats (coniferous, deciduous, mixed coniferous, farmland, and settlements) within Anhui Yaoluoping National Nature Reserve from May to… read more here.
Keywords: ground; diversity; diversity ground; ground beetles ... See more keywords
The molecular mechanisms of defensive‐grade organic acid biosynthesis in ground beetles
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DOI: 10.1111/imb.12984
Abstract: Insects are known to synthesize and secrete hundreds of unique defensive chemicals, including caustic acids, pungent phenolics, and citrusy terpenes. Despite efforts to characterize the defensive chemistry of ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae), our knowledge of… read more here.
Keywords: chemistry; acid biosynthesis; ground beetles; ground ... See more keywords
Structure of the Taxocenoses of Ground Beetles Coleoptera, Carabidae in an Urban Landscape (Example of Kaluga)
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DOI: 10.1134/s1062359019050030
Abstract: In four habitats of the city of Kaluga, 64 ground beetle species were found. Only 17 species have a complete demographic structure in at least one of the habitats. These species are considered residential and… read more here.
Keywords: component; ground; structure taxocenoses; taxocenoses ground ... See more keywords
Pterostichus neilgaimani sp. nov., a new species of ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) from relict sacred grove in Eastern Georgia.
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DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4329.1.6
Abstract: A new species of ground beetles (Coleoptea: Carabidae) belonging to the subgenus Aphaonus Reitter, 1887 (genus Pterostichus Bonelli, 1810) is described, based on two specimens collected from the sacred grove of Khevsha (Eastern Georgia). read more here.
Keywords: sacred grove; new species; species ground; ground beetles ... See more keywords
Contribution to the knowledge of subterranean ground beetles from eastern Wuling Mountains, China (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechinae).
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DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4926.4.3
Abstract: Two new genera and three new species of troglobitic trechine beetles are described and illustrated from the eastern part of Wuling Mountains: Xiangxius jiangi n. gen., n. sp. and Guizhaphaenopsodes solidior n. gen., n. sp.… read more here.
Keywords: beetles eastern; ground beetles; knowledge subterranean; wuling mountains ... See more keywords
Afrotropical ground beetles of Macrocheilus Hope, 1838 (Coleoptera, Carabidae): description of four new species and faunistic notes.
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DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5256.1.1
Abstract: Four new species of Afrotropical ground beetles of the genus Macrocheilus Hope, 1838 (Coleoptera, Carabidae) are described: M. assmanni n. sp. from Tanzania, M. kudrnai n. sp. from Benin and Burkina Faso, M. philippeorum n.… read more here.
Keywords: hope 1838; macrocheilus hope; four new; afrotropical ground ... See more keywords