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Community Structure and Distribution of Ground Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) of Mt. Bangtaesan in Gangwon-do, Korea  

Jung, Jong-Kook (Entomology Program, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University)
Kim, Seung-Tae (Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University)
Lee, Sue-Yeon (Entomology Program, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University)
Yoo, Jeong-Seon (Department of Invertebrates, National Institute of Biological Resources)
Lee, Joon-Ho (Entomology Program, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University)
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Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology / v.25, no.3, 2011 , pp. 307-317 More about this Journal
Abstract
Ground beetle fauna of Mt. Bangtaesan in Inje-gun, Gangwon-do was investigated from June to October in 2010. Ground beetles were collected by pitfall trapping. A total of 34 species of 18 genera belonging to 7 families were identified from 1,041 collected ground beetles. Species richness was high in Pterostichinae (15 species, 44.1%), Carabinae (7 species, 20.6%), Harpalinae (4 species, 11.8%), Nebriinae (3 species, 8.8%) and others (5 species, 14.7%). Dominant species were Synuchus spp. (260 individuals, 25.0%), Aulonocarabus semiopacus (218 individuals, 20.9%), and Pterostichus audax (205 individuals, 19.7%) in order. Korean endemic species were collected 564 individuals belonging to 10 species. By principal component analysis (PCA), species distribution and abundance of ground beetles were different depending on habitat characteristics of vegetation, surrounding environment and feeding habitat. Carabinae and Pterostichinae which live in the forest were preferred in hardwoods and coniferous in the Bangtansan Natural Recreation Forest, while Callistinae and Harpalinae were collected in forest adjacent to grasslands. Overall, differences of habitat environments within forest are important factors associated with distribution of ground beetles. This result will provide useful informations with establishment of conservation program and long-term monitoring against environmental change within mountain by using ground beetles.
Keywords
HABITAT ENVIRONMENT; BIODIVERSITY; MONITORING; PCA;
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