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Field observations were carried out to compare the migration of the Carabids from a forest through three different windbreaks into the agricultural landscape.
The most important factors affecting the migration of the forest and eurytopic carabid species through the windbreaks were the width, composition, density and height of the windbreak.
The windbreak width should not sink below 15 m. A width of 25 m seems to be sufficient to allow migration of mesohygrophilous forest and eurytopic carabids.
The length of the windbreak and short breaks have only a secondary effect on the migration of carabids through the windbreak.
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Šustek, Z. (1994). Windbreaks as migration corridors for carabids in an agricultural landscape. In: Desender, K., Dufrêne, M., Loreau, M., Luff, M.L., Maelfait, JP. (eds) Carabid Beetles: Ecology and Evolution. Series Entomologica, vol 51. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0968-2_57
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