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Military areas as biocentres
DEDEK, Jaromír
Communities of epigeic beetles were studied in the army training areas Dobrá Voda and Boletice. Three biotopes (spruce forest, meadow, wetland) were monitored using pitfall traps with ethylenglykol from May to September 2012. Altogether 50 species were found in Boletice and 32 species in Dobrá voda. Species richness and abundance were higher in Boletice. The protected species Carabus scheidleri was indicated in Boletice. In the Dobrá Voda other great Carabus species were found (e.g. Carabus auronitens auronitens, Carabus granulatus granulatus, Carabus nemoralis nemoralis, Carabus sylvestris sylvestris, Carabus violaceus violaceus). The hiogh frequency (60 %) of eurytopic species was typical on both territories. It seems (after our results), that the initial successional stages support the higher biodiversity of epigeic beetles in both territories. It is the reason that we recommend the active management in non forested areas (cutting of ingrowing plants or the training activities of army in territory with army training, or pasturing, training of cars and motorcycles, etc. in abandoned training areas). The forested areas should be under natural succession.
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