Contrasting needs of grassland dwellers: Habitat preferences of endangered beetles (Coleoptera) on the Pouzdrany steppe

Abstract

The Master thesis presents results of study on habitat selection of flightless steppe beetles including darkling beetle Blaps lethifera, ground-beetle Carabus hungaricus, two longicorns (Dorcadion spp.), and four oil beetle species (Meloe spp.) using pitfall traps in drygrassland fragment - the Pouzdrany steppe. This work provides description of their habitat preferences and seasonal activity pattern.