Table 4.
Changes in carabid fauna, interaction groups and populations of Pterostichus oblongopunctatus with changes in habitat (according to Szyszko et al. 1996, reprinted and modified with permission from Aarhus University Press).
| Comparatively early stage of succession | Comparatively late stage of succession | |||
| Carabidae fauna | ||||
| low state of development of fauna | → | high state of development of fauna | ||
| high number of species | → | low number of species | ||
| small individuals | → | large individuals | ||
| low mean individual biomass (MIB) | → | high mean individual biomass (MIB) | ||
| Interaction group of Pterostichus oblongopunctatus | ||||
| long period of activity | → | short period of activity | ||
| long survival of adults | → | short survival of adults | ||
| complicated age structure | → | simple age structure | ||
| small individuals (imago) | → | big individuals (imago) | ||
| high proportion of males | → | high proportion of females | ||
| low number of eggs in ovaries | → | high number of eggs in ovaries | ||
| high number of eggs laid? | → | low number of eggs laid? | ||
| good food situation for adults? | → | bad food situation for adults? | ||
| bad food situation for larvae? | → | good food situation for larvae? | ||
| unable to fly? | → | able to fly? | ||
| uneconomic life strategy | → | economic life strategy | ||
| Populations of Pterostichus oblongopunctatus | ||||
| asynchronously fluctuating interaction groups | → | synchronously fluctuating interaction groups | → | asynchronously fluctuating interaction groups |
| low probability of high fluctuations of numbers | → | high probability of high fluctuations of numbers | → | low probability of high fluctuations of numbers |
| resistant population | → | not very resistant population | → | resistant population |