Communities of ground beetles (Carabidae, Coleoptera) in broad-leaved forests of protected and urban areas of the Kaluga Oblast (European Russia)

Collection: Pensoft Publishers

Keywords: Biodiversity, Ground beetle, Geography, Ecology, Pitfall trap, Distribution (mathematics), National park, Forestry, Habitat, Biology, Archaeology · Topics: Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies, Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution, Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studies

This sampling-event dataset provides primary data about species diversity, population, and seasonal activity of ground beetles (Carabidae, Coleoptera). The study was carried out in broad-leaved forests of protected ("Kaluzhskiye Zaseki" Nature Reserve and Ugra National Park) and urban areas (Kaluga city) of the Kaluga Oblast. Carabids were collected from April to October during 1995-1998 by pitfall traps. In total, 108,000 adult individuals of the Carabidae family were sampled; 105 species from 38 genera were counted.This dataset is the first sampling-event dataset about the Carabidae family for the European part of Russia. It provides biodiversity data for new territory (Kaluga oblast) and contributes to filling gaps in the global biodiversity distribution of the Carabidae family. Part of the data was collected from unique old-growth broad-leaved forests.

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