Elevational gradients along mountain slopes offer opportunities to study key factors shaping
species diversity patterns. Several environmental factors change over short distances along …

Reduced use of chemicals in weed management has been identified as a key strategy to
increase overall agricultural sustainability. Carabid (Coleoptera: Carabidae) and cricket …

The influence of agricultural management form on the structure and the species diversity of
ground beetle (Carabidae) assemblages was studied. The research was carried out in the …

A Satoyama landscape is an important reservoir of biodiversity; however, in post-industrial
era traditional Satoyama management became economically unfeasible. To maintain …

Depiction of the patterns and underlying processes within communities is a key topic in
community ecology. However, we still know relatively little about these patterns and …

Life-history traits influence colonization, persistence, and extinction of species on islands
and are important aspects of theories predicting the geographical distribution and evolution …

We studied the effect of flooding on a carabid community inhabiting grassland in a large
river valley (W Poland). We used pitfall-traps to catch beetles from April to November 1999 …

Although ecological succession is one of the principal focuses of recent restoration ecology
research, it is still unclear which factors drive this process and positively influence species …

The tropical dry forest (TDF) ecosystem is characterised by strong seasonality exasperated
periodically by the El Niño/southern oscillation (ENSO). The environment produced by this …

The multiple-use approach to forestry applied in Germany aims to combine timber
production and habitat management by preserving specific stand structures. We selected …