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Coleoptera in litter of dry sclerophyll eucalypt forest and the effects of low-intensity prescribed fire on their activity and composition in west-central Victoria
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机译：Coleoptera in litter of dry sclerophyll eucalypt forest and the effects of low-intensity prescribed fire on their activity and composition in west-central Victoria
Surface-active Coleoptera (beetles) were monitored in dry sclerophyll mixed eucalypt forest of west-central Victoria near Daylesford, and the effects of a one-off low-intensity prescribed fire applied during spring (15 October 1985) or autumn (25 March 1987) were assessed on families and species between 19 March 1985 and 28 February 1989. The study was based on 27 550 adult specimens, ranging in length from 0.5 mm to 22.0 mm and representing 30 families and 109 species, of which 78 species (71.6) are undescribed. The most commonly trapped #x2018;major#x2019; families were the Staphylinidae (predominantly predators), followed by the Nitidulidae and Leiodidae (both decomposers/fungus feeders). The specimens were contained in 3 140 pitfall trap samples taken from two sites burnt in spring, two sites burnt in autumn and one #x2018;control#x2019; site, all adjacent to each other within an 80.5 ha study area. This is the first Australian study that has examined in detail the effects of prescribed fire on both families and species of the Coleoptera within litter of native forest.
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