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Carabid beetles in green infrastructures: the importance of management practices for improving the biodiversity in a metropolitan city

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Green infrastructure in urbanized areas has a dual purpose that achieves both sociological and ecological goals. To benefit society and the urban ecosystem, green infrastructure should be effectively managed. We investigated carabid diversity and assemblage structure as indicators of biodiversity in green infrastructures in a rapidly developing urban area to identify the habitat’s values. In addition, we attempted to reveal the effect of environmental variables (e.g., vegetation structure, soil, and disturbance) that strongly contribute to carabid diversity and assemblage structure. Of the collected organisms, 6,154 individuals representing 20 carabid species were identified in the green infrastructure. Those species with flight ability and that were found in dry habitats were widely distributed and dominated green infrastructures. Carabid assemblages changed significantly in response to management practices. These changes were both positive and negative, with the negative changes increasing the instability of the carabid assemblages through the destruction of their habitat. Other factors, such as the presence of original habitat, habitat age, and habitat succession, also had a considerable effect on carabid diversity. We revealed that management practices prevented habitat succession, and these interactive effects determined carabid diversity and structure in green infrastructures.

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    Yuno Do, Maurice Lineman & Gea-Jae Joo

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Do, Y., Lineman, M. & Joo, GJ. Carabid beetles in green infrastructures: the importance of management practices for improving the biodiversity in a metropolitan city. Urban Ecosyst 17, 661–673 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11252-014-0348-1

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