Fluctuations of carabid populations inhabiting an ancient woodland (Coleoptera, Carabidae)

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Fluctuations of carabid populations inhabiting an ancient woodland (Coleoptera, Carabidae). / Gunther, Jens; Assmann, T.
In: Pedobiologia, Vol. 48, No. 2, 01.03.2004, p. 159-164.

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title = "Fluctuations of carabid populations inhabiting an ancient woodland (Coleoptera, Carabidae)",
abstract = "The changes in population size of carabid beetles inhabiting an ancient woodland were analysed in a long-term investigation covering a period of nine years (1994-2002). The amplitude of fluctuations of the relative density of these species was estimated and compared with those of carabid beetles inhabiting recent woodlands and more unstable habitats in open landscapes. To analyse this, 8 pitfall traps were set in an ancient beech and oak woodland in the nature reserve {"}Luneburger Heide{"} in northern Germany and were emptied every fortnight the whole year round. Catching rates for some species (e.g. Carabus problematicus and Abax parallelepipedus) fluctuated only slightly, whereas those of other species (e.g. C. violaceus and C. auronitens) varied as much as ten-fold. Comparison of these results with those of other long-term investigations of recent woodlands and also of more open habitats showed that in each of the three habitat types some species varied very little in abundance and others, very widely. So it seems that the amplitude of fluctuations in abundance is a feature of each single species rather than a special attribute of their habitats.",
keywords = "Biology, Ancient woodland, Carabid beetles, Fluctuation pattern, Long-term investigation",
author = "Jens Gunther and T Assmann",
note = "Funding Information: This study was supported by the Alfred T{\"o}pfer Akademie f{\"u}r Naturschutz, NNA. We are grateful to Johannes Pr{\"u}ter for organization and Ludger Schmidt and others for checking the pitfall traps. J.G. was supported by a grant from the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (Bonn, Germany). We wish to thank Christine Hoefer, Andrea Matern and Ann Thorson for correcting the English and one anonymous referee for valuable comments on the manuscript.",
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