The influence of landscape heterogeneity - ground beetles (coleoptera: carabidae) in fthiotida, central Greece.

ABSTRACT: Pitfall traps were used to sample Carabidae in agricultural land of the Spercheios valley, Fthiotida, Central Greece. Four pairs of cultivated fields were sampled. One field of each pair was located in a heterogeneous area and the other in a more homogeneous area. Heterogeneous areas were composed of small fields. They had high percentages of non-cropped habitats and a high diversity of land use types. Homogeneous areas were composed of larger fields. They had lower percentages of non-cropped habitats and a lower diversity of land use types. One pair of fields had been planted with cotton, one with maize, one with olives and one with wheat. Altogether 28 carabid species were recorded. This paper describes the study areas, the sampling methods used and presents the data collected during the

SUBMITTER: Chapman AN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4031439 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature