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Table 6 Dominance structure, beetles’ assemblage indices and the characteristics of Carabids species

From: Effect of scots pine forest management on soil properties and carabid beetle occurrence under post-fire environmental conditions - a case study from Central Europe

Families/Species

Ecological features

Variant of the area management

A

B

C

D

NRAN

ARAT

NRAT

Carabidae

    

14.8

21.2

21.9

Carabus auronitens Fabr., 1792R

HZ

F

PA

mez

0.5

0.3

0.4

Carabus arcensis Herbst, 1784

LZ

F

EU

mez

0.2

0.1

0.1

Carabus violaceus L., 1758

LZ

E

PA

hig

6.8

8.8

9.6

Carabus glabratus Paykull, 1790R

HZ

F

HA

hig

0.1

2.0

Carabus hortensis

LZ

F

PA

mez

0.2

0.1

Pterostichus niger Shaller, 1783

LZ

F

PA

hig

6.3

9.5

10.6

Harpalus rufipes De Geer, 1774

HZ

O

PA

xer

0.9

0.4

1.2

Geotrupidae

    

72.5

73.7

75.7

Anoplotrupes stercorosus Scriba, 1791

    

49.2

47.7

49.4

Trypocopris vernalis L., 1758

    

23.3

26.0

26.3

Silphidae

    

0.9

2.0

1.2

Nicrophorus vespilloides Herbst, 1783

    

0.9

2.0

1.2

Cerambycidae

    

0.1

Stictoleptura rubra

    

0.1

Curculionidae

    

12.0

2.9

0.8

Pissodes pini L., 1758

    

6.3

1.0

0.2

Hylobius abietis L., 1758

    

5.7

1.9

0.6

Number of individuals (pcs.)

    

636

692

1245

Number of species (pcs.)

    

12

12

11

Abundance (%)

    

24.7

26.9

48.4

Simpson domination (c)

    

0.311

0.312

0.333

Species diversity of Shannon Weaver (H′)

    

2.170

2.135

1.972

Simpson’s species richness (D)

    

0.687

0.686

0.666

  1. The superscript “R”: rare species included in the Polish Red Data Book of Animals (Głowaciński and Nowacki 2002)
  2. Ecological features: A: trophic group (large zoophages: LZ; small zoophages: SZ; hemizoophages: HZ); B: ecological group (forest species: F; eurytopic species: E; species of open areas: O); C: geographical group (Palaerctic species: PA; Holarctic species: HA; European species: EU); D: environmental humidity preferences (hygrophilous species: hig; mesophilic species: mez; xerophilic species: xer.)