Plant Community Influence on Ground Beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) Species Richness and Abundance

Christophor N. Looney; Richard S. Zack

doi:10.3375/0885-8608(2008)28[168:PCIOGB]2.0.CO;2

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Christophor N. Looney,^1,* Richard S. Zack^1,**,***

¹Department of Entomology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-6382 USA

^*Christophor Looney is currently a PhD student at the University of Idaho. His research interests include the distribution, ecology, and conservation of native biota in fragmented, human-dominated ecosystems.
^** Corresponding author: zack@wsu.edu; 509-335-3394
^***Richard Zack is a systematist at Washington State University. His research interests center around insect systematics and entomological diversity. He is particularly interested in the interactions of insects with their environments, especially as those environments are harsh, unusual, or vanishing.

Abstract

Pitfall traps were used to sample ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) from adjacent climax big sagebrush and disturbed cheatgrass dominated communities at the Hanford Site, which is located in southcentral Washington. Although the number of species captured was the same (S=15) in each plant community, the composition and abundance of species were dramatically different. Herbivorous species dominated the cheatgrass stand while predaceous species were dominant in the sagebrush. These findings, while preliminary, suggest that long-term changes in vegetation alone can affect ground beetle communities.

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Christophor N. Looney and Richard S. Zack "Plant Community Influence on Ground Beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) Species Richness and Abundance," Natural Areas Journal 28(2), 168-170, (1 January 2008). https://doi.org/10.3375/0885-8608(2008)28[168:PCIOGB]2.0.CO;2

Published: 1 January 2008

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