Ground beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) assemblage in the urban landscape, Korea

This study was conducted with the intention of clarifying the effects of land-use types on a species of ground beetle’s richness,abundance, and composition; the study focused on urban landscapes. We also selected the potential bioindicatorsclassifying land-use types; eleven sites were selected from an urban landscape in Korea. Overall, land-use types in urbanlandscapes did not appear to cause significant decrease in species richness or the abundance of total ground beetle assemblage.According to habitat preferences, several land-use types and distances from the forest significantly affectedthe species richness and abundance, while the open-habitat species were not affected by these variables. Land-use typeswere classified into two major groups, forest and non-forest areas, based on ground beetle assemblage; several indicators,such as Dolichus halensis halensis and subfamily Carabinae species, were of particular consideration. In conclusion, environmentalchange by anthropogenic disturbance can cause different effects on ground beetle assemblages, and forestspecialists can be negatively affected.