Carabid Beetles: Ecology and Evolution

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Postglacial colonization of middle Europe by Carabus auronitens as revealed by population genetics (Coleoptera, Carabidae)....Pages 3-9
Phylogenetic relations and biogeography of the genera of Pseudomorphinae (Coleoptera, Carabidae)....Pages 11-17
The evolutionary history of the genus Abax (Coleoptera, Carabidae)....Pages 19-24
The carabid body plan: a functional interpretation....Pages 25-31
Additions to the carabid fauna of the Hortobágy National Park....Pages 33-36
Patterns of distribution of the genus Carabus L. in Europe: approaches and preliminary results....Pages 37-43
Ecobiogeography of Carabidae in the Andes of Venezuela....Pages 45-49
State-of-the-art and world perspectives of studies on tiger beetle larvae (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Cicindelinae)....Pages 51-54
Karyotypic data and current taxonomic ideas of the tribe Harpalini (Coleoptera, Carabidae)....Pages 55-61
Catalogue of the Carabus species from Siberia with preliminary notes to the taxonomical revision (Coleoptera, Carabidae)....Pages 63-69
Ground beetle communities in Central Apennines beech woods....Pages 71-78
Mitochondrial DNA evolution and the application of the phylogenetic species concept in the Cicindela dorsalis complex (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae)....Pages 79-85
 Graphipterus serrator : a myrmecophagous carabid beetle with mandibular suctorial tube in the larva (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Graphipterini)....Pages 87-91
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Dependence of running activity and net reproduction in Carabus auronitens on temperature....Pages 95-100
Phenology and egg production in Agonum dorsale and Pterostichus melanarius (Col., Carabidae) in winter wheat fields of different growing intensity in Northern Germany....Pages 101-107
On the life history of Calathus granatensis (Coleoptera Carabidae) in southwest Iberian Peninsula....Pages 109-115
Laboratory measurements of consumption and growth in Abax ater ....Pages 117-120
Factors influencing respiration in Abax ater ....Pages 121-124
Seasonal activity of carabid beetles in wooded habitats in northwest Germany (Coleoptera, Carabidae)....Pages 125-131
Egg size variation in Notiophilus biguttatus (Col., Carabidae)....Pages 133-137
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Habitat-binding and coexistence of carabid beetles in a glacier retreat zone in the Zillertal Alps....Pages 139-144
Investigations on the ecology of Laemostenus terricola (Coleoptera, Carabidae) in an agricultural landscape....Pages 145-151
Modelling of habitat rearrangement of Carabid beetles....Pages 153-156
The biology of four sympatric Poecilus species....Pages 157-163
Spatial structure and dynamics of a population of Abax ater ....Pages 165-169
Starvation capacities of some carabid larvae....Pages 171-175
Annual reproduction rhythms of ground beetles: a new approach to the old problem....Pages 177-182
The strategy of dispersal behaviour in some Carabidae species of Southeastern Europe....Pages 183-188
Influence of temperature and humidity on the activity of three Carabus species....Pages 189-192
Habitat distribution of Brachinus species in alkaline and salty steppes and loess grassland (Coleoptera: Carabidae)....Pages 193-199
Temperature and photoperiodic influence on developmental stages and adults of the subarctic carabid beetle Pterostichus adstrictus (Coleoptera)....Pages 201-205
Population dynamics of Laemostenus schreibersi (Carabidae) in a cave in Carinthia (Austria)....Pages 207-212
Life strategy of an alpine carabid: Pterostichus jurinei (Coleoptera, Carabidae)....Pages 213-217
Highly sensitive reactions of microphthalmic carabid beetles to light/dark cycles....Pages 219-225
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The carabid fauna of sown conservation margins around arable fields....Pages 229-233
Carabidae and Staphylinidae of Bohemian villages....Pages 235-240
Carabids in roadside ecosystems: perspectives of bioindication....Pages 241-246
Long term dynamics of carabid beetles in Belgium: a preliminary analysis on the influence of changing climate and land use by means of a database covering more than a century....Pages 247-252
Size of habitat and presence of ground beetle species....Pages 253-259
Carabid beetles as palaeo-ecological indicators in archaeology....Pages 261-266
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Strategic explanations of carabid species distributions in northern England....Pages 267-275
Carabid species assemblages of North-East England woodlands....Pages 277-281
Carabid beetle spatial patterns in cultivated wetlands. The effects of engineering works and agricultural management in Marais Poitevin (western France)....Pages 283-293
Habitat preference and competition among Carabus ....Pages 295-298
Dispersal of carabid species along a linear sequence of young hedge plantations....Pages 299-303
Towards a method for biological assessment of habitat quality using carabid samples (Coleoptera, Carabidae)....Pages 305-312
Small populations of Carabidae and the protection of nature in Hungary....Pages 313-317
Carabid beetles and nature conservation research in Belgium: a review....Pages 319-323
The impact of grazing on communities of ground-dwelling beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in upland vegetation in north-east Ireland....Pages 325-330
Community impacts of an exotic carabid: Pterostichus melanarius in western Canadian forests....Pages 331-335
Diffusion of forest carabid beetles in hedgerow network landscapes....Pages 337-341
Ground beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) as a tool for environmental management: a geographical information system based on carabids and vegetation for the Karst near Trieste (Italy)....Pages 343-351
Modelling the consequences of land use change on the distribution of Carabidae....Pages 353-360
The development of carabid communities from uncultivated fields and meadows in the first five years of a succession....Pages 361-366
Seasonal dynamics of interspecific trophic relations in a carabid beetle assemblage....Pages 367-370
Classification of the carabid assemblages in the floodplain forests in Moravia and Slovakia....Pages 371-376
Windbreaks as migration corridors for carabids in an agricultural landscape....Pages 377-382
A method to evaluate the condition of heathlands by using catches of carabid beetles....Pages 383-386
The effects of different vegetation structures on the dispersal of carabid beetles from poor sandy heaths and grasslands....Pages 387-392
Movements of some carabid beetles in road-side verges. Dispersal in a simulation programme....Pages 393-398
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Carabids in a Central European floodplain: species distribution and survival during inundations....Pages 399-405
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Belgian carabidological research on high-input agricultural fields and pastures: a review....Pages 409-415
Phenology and distribution of carabid beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in muck-grown carrots in southwestern Québec....Pages 417-424
Diversity patterns in carabid assemblages in relation to crops and farming systems....Pages 425-431
Long-term effects of pesticides on Carabidae in U.K. farmland: some initial results from the “SCARAB” Project....Pages 433-438
The distribution and movement of ground beetles in relation to set-aside arable land....Pages 439-444
The carabid fauna of diflubenzuron-sprayed and unsprayed plots in Westphalian oak forests — a post-treatment comparison....Pages 445-449
The positive influence of strip-management on ground beetles in a cereal field: increase, migration and overwintering....Pages 451-455
Carabidae and cereals: a multivariate approach....Pages 457-463
The estimation of carabids in a pasture by removal trapping....Pages 465-468
The positive influence of strip-management on carabid beetles in a cereal field: accessibility of food and reproduction in Poecilus cupreus ....Pages 469-472
Back Matter....Pages 473-476