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Composition and diversity of spring-active carabid beetle assemblages in relation to soil management in organic wheat fields in Denmark

Lövei, G.L.; Toft, S. and Axelsen, J.A. (2005) Composition and diversity of spring-active carabid beetle assemblages in relation to soil management in organic wheat fields in Denmark. In: Lövei, G.L. and Toft, S. (Eds.) European Carabidology 2003. Proceedings of the 11th European Carabidologists' Meeting, Århus, July 2003. DIAS Reports. DIAS Reports, no. 114. Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences, pp. 173-182.

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Summary

Patterns in spring-active carabid assemblages were described in relation to four organic soil management regimes (no soil nutrient addition, undersowing, animal manure, undersowing + manure) in two areas of Denmark. On the island of Zealand, the Flakkebjerg study area had 22 species, 3-10 species/trap, and the species rank of these was the same for all treatments. The dominant species were Pterostichus melanarius, Agonum dorsale, Harpalus rufipes and Calathus fuscipes. At Foulum, Jutland, there were 46 species, 12-15 species/ trap, dominated by P. versicolor, P. melanarius, A. dorsale and Nebria brevicollis. Their rank, however, was not the same for all treatments. There were remarkable differences in the carabid assemblages of the two sites, and manure addition modified the assemblages, more pronouncedly so in the poorer-soil Flakkebjerg site. However, we did not detect clear effects of the studied treatments on carabid species richness, overall abundance or Pterostichus melanarius alone.


EPrint Type:Report chapter
Keywords:soil fertilisation, undersowing, manure, assemblage composition, carabids, diversity scaling
Subjects: Environmental aspects > Biodiversity and ecosystem services
Research affiliation: Denmark > AU - Aarhus University > AU, DJF - Faculty of Agricultural Sciences
Denmark > DARCOF II (2000-2005) > III.5 Nature quality in organic farming
Deposited By: Lövei, Dr Gabor
ID Code:10374
Deposited On:15 Jan 2007
Last Modified:09 Aug 2012 10:56
Document Language:English
Status:Published
Refereed:Peer-reviewed and accepted

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