Naslov
The ground beetle fauna (Coleoptera) of apple orchard in Croatia

Autori
Pajač Živković, Ivana ; Barić, Božena ; Kos, Tomislav ; Suda, Helena ; Jemrić, Tomislav ; Fruk, Mladen ; Lemić, Darija

Izvornik
ACS - Agriculturae conspectus scientificus (1331-7768) 81 (2016), 2; 103-107

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
carabidae ; diversity ; ipm ; pitfall trap

Sažetak
The ground beetle fauna was studied in IPM apple orchard in northwest part of Croatia (Krapina). Carabids were sampled by pitfall trapping in the year of 2015 from July 1st until October 15th. A total of 183 individuals belonging to 17 species and 9 genera were collected. Th e most abundant species, with the proportion of almost 55% in the total catch, was Pterostichus melas melas Creutzer, 1799 followed by Carabus coriaceus coriaceus Linné, 1758 (18.03%) and Calathus fuscipes graecus Dejean, 1831 (4.92%). Th is three species account for about 80% of the total catch. The apple orchard ground beetle community can be characterized as having relatively low diversity, dominated by nonspecific (eurytopic) species of open habitats which are highly tolerant to anthropogenic infl uence. Presented results confirm that carabid population dynamics is strongly infl uenced by climatic conditions (air and soil temperatures).

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Poljoprivreda (agronomija)

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