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Trait-specific response of ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) to forest fragmentation in the temperate region in Korea

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The objective of this study was to examine the trait-specific response of ground beetles in terms of abundance, species richness, and composition for habitat fragmentation in temperate forests. In addition, we examined how different ecological groups and species of ground beetles responded to environmental variables. During middle May to early November in 2013, ground beetles were sampled using pitfall traps in 27 sites (18 patches and 9 continuous forests) in central Korea. A total of 51 species were identified from 17,845 ground beetles in the 27 study sites. Continuous forests had generally higher abundance and species richness of ground beetles than forest patches. Canonical correspondence analysis for ground beetles was significant, and the proportion of variance explained by environmental variables, such as patch size, elevation, organic matter (C), and soil moisture and pH, was 43.61%. In addition, species composition of ground beetles in continuous forests was grouped distinctively away from those in medium and small-sized patches. In conclusion, both small (1.1–9.6 ha) and medium patches (12.8–51.2 ha) were failed to preserve similar ground beetle biodiversity compared to continuous forests. However, our study revealed that medium-sized forest patches clearly had higher conservation value for forest specialist ground beetles than small-sized forest patches irrespective of forest type.

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Acknowledgements

We thank Mr. Jae Seoung Im, Mr. Hyo Seok Lee, and Ms. Byungin Sohn for their help in the field. We also thank Dr. Jaime Pinzon for his valuable suggestions for data analysis. This study was supported by the Brain Korea 21 plus project.

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    Present address: Division of Forest Insect Pests and Diseases, National Institute of Forest Science, Seoul, 02455, Republic of Korea

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  1. Entomology Program, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea

    Jong-Kook Jung, Sun Kyung Lee & Joon-Ho Lee

  2. Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, 442 Earth Sciences Building, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2E3, Canada

    Seung-Il Lee

  3. Research Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea

    Joon-Ho Lee

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Jung, JK., Lee, S.K., Lee, SI. et al. Trait-specific response of ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) to forest fragmentation in the temperate region in Korea. Biodivers Conserv 27, 53–68 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-017-1421-x

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