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http://dx.doi.org/10.13047/KJEE.2016.30.2.185

Response of Ground Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) to Vegetation Structure in Wildlife Crossings  

Jung, Jong-Kook (Division of Forest Insect Pests and Diseases, National Institute of Forest Science)
Park, Yujeong (Entomology Program, Dept. of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National Univ.)
Lee, Sun Kyung (Entomology Program, Dept. of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National Univ.)
Lee, Hyoseok (Division of Forest Insect Pests and Diseases, National Institute of Forest Science)
Park, Young-gyun (Entomology Program, Dept. of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National Univ.)
Lee, Joon-Ho (Entomology Program, Dept. of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National Univ.)
Choi, Tae Young (Division of Conservation Ecology, National Institute of Ecology)
Woo, Donggul (Division of Conservation Ecology, National Institute of Ecology)
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Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology / v.30, no.2, 2016 , pp. 185-198 More about this Journal
Abstract
Korea has put in significant efforts to increase the number of wildlife crossings between fragmented habitats to prevent loss of biodiversity and to encourage the habitat connectivity in Korea. However, there is a lack of biological data on the effect of vegetation structure in these wildlife crossings and guidelines for design and management of wildlife crossing structures in Korea. Therefore, we selected ground beetle assemblages as model organisms to compare the effect of vegetation structure in wildlife crossings, i.e. bare ground- and shrub-type corridors, in agro-forested landscapes. For this study, 4,207 ground beetles belonging to 33 species were collected through pitfall trapping along the northern forest-corridor-southern forest transects from late April to early September in 2015. Dominant species, abundance, and species richness of ground beetles were significantly higher in the shrub-type corridors than the bare ground-type corridors. Also, the species composition of bare ground-type corridor was significantly different compared to the other habitats such as shrub-type corridor and forests. Similarly, environmental variables were also influenced by vegetation management regimes or trap locations. Collectively, our study clearly indicates that the movement of forest associated ground beetles between forest patches can increase as the vegetation in wildlife crossings becomes complex. Although further studies are needed to verify this, there are indications that the current wildlife crossings that comply with the guidelines may be unfriendly to the movement of ground dwelling arthropods as well as ground beetles. To enhance the ecological function of wildlife crossings, the guidelines need to be rectified as follows: 1) Shrubs or trees should be planted along the corridor verges to provide refuge or movement paths for small mammals and ground dwelling arthropods, and 2) Open spaces should be provided in the middle of the corridors to be used as a path for the movement of large mammals.
Keywords
HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT CONNECTIVITY; BIODIVERSITY; WILDLIFE CROSSING GUIDELINE;
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