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Quantification of motility of carabid beetles in farmland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 February 2015

A.B. Allema ,
W. van der Werf ,
J.C.J. Groot ,
L. Hemerik ,
G. Gort ,
W.A.H. Rossing  and
J.C. van Lenteren
A.B. Allema
Affiliation:
Farming Systems Ecology Group, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
W. van der Werf*
Affiliation:
Centre for Crop Systems Analysis, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
J.C.J. Groot
Affiliation:
Farming Systems Ecology Group, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
L. Hemerik
Affiliation:
Biometris, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
G. Gort
Affiliation:
Biometris, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
W.A.H. Rossing
Affiliation:
Farming Systems Ecology Group, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
J.C. van Lenteren
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Entomology, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
*
*Author for correspondence Phone: +31 317 484765 Fax: +31 317 485572 E-mail: wopke.vanderwerf@wur.nl
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Abstract

Quantification of the movement of insects at field and landscape levels helps us to understand their ecology and ecological functions. We conducted a meta-analysis on movement of carabid beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae), to identify key factors affecting movement and population redistribution. We characterize the rate of redistribution using motility μ (L2 T−1), which is a measure for diffusion of a population in space and time that is consistent with ecological diffusion theory and which can be used for upscaling short-term data to longer time frames. Formulas are provided to calculate motility from literature data on movement distances. A field experiment was conducted to measure the redistribution of mass-released carabid, Pterostichus melanarius in a crop field, and derive motility by fitting a Fokker–Planck diffusion model using inverse modelling. Bias in estimates of motility from literature data is elucidated using the data from the field experiment as a case study. The meta-analysis showed that motility is 5.6 times as high in farmland as in woody habitat. Species associated with forested habitats had greater motility than species associated with open field habitats, both in arable land and woody habitat. The meta-analysis did not identify consistent differences in motility at the species level, or between clusters of larger and smaller beetles. The results presented here provide a basis for calculating time-varying distribution patterns of carabids in farmland and woody habitat. The formulas for calculating motility can be used for other taxa.

Keywords

carabid beetlesmovementdispersalmotilitymeta-analysisPterostichus melanariusmark-recaptureFokker–Planck diffusion
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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 105 , Issue 2 , April 2015 , pp. 234 - 244
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