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The ecological structure of ground beetles was studied. Its dynamics during the migration of ground beetles from one habitat to another as a result of severe ecological disturbances caused by tree felling and subsequent reforestation was considered. Some regularities in the formation and development of a ground beetle community in the early stage of secondary succession at the felling site were determined. Further trends were revealed using the simplest indices of diversity, species, abundance, distribution, and dominance of species. The species richness of ground beetles at the site one year after felling increased from 28 to 41 species. It decreased to 36 species in four years. According to the ecological preference, the basis of the complex of ground beetles at the forest site before felling was formed by spring-breeding species. Four years after felling, the proportion of forest species decreased (from 73.4 to 65.7%) and the significance of forestmarsh and meadow-field species increased. The proportion of summer- and autumn-breeding species also increased. The species and quantitative composition of ground beetles at the site during the first year after felling was mostly determined by neighboring forests. As reforestation proceeded, a separate biocenosis developed at the felling site and the influence of the forests became lower. The proportion of summer- and autumnbreeding species increased. The species and quantitative composition of ground beetles at the felling site was mostly determined by the neighboring forest during the first year. A separate biocenosis developed at the felling site in the following years, and the influence exercised by the forest diminished.
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Original Russian Text © A.L. Antsiferov, 2016, published in Sibirskii Ekologicheskii Zhurnal, 2016, No. 1, pp. 47–55.
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Antsiferov, A.L. Changes in the ecological diversity of the forest population of ground beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) after deforestation and during the initial period of reforestation. Contemp. Probl. Ecol. 9, 37–44 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1995425516010029
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