<i>Carabus</i> (Coleoptera: Carabidae) assemblages of native forests and non-native plantations in Northern China

Yu,X.-D.,Luo,T.-H.Z C. manifestus peaked in thelarchplantation,andC.sculptipennisintheoakforest.MeasuredbyPcoAusingBray-Curtisindexofdissimilarity,speciescompositionofthelarchplantation was different from the two native forests, but overlapped remarkably with them. Allthethreeabundantspeciesshowedasimilarpositiverelationshipbetweenlocal distribution and abundance. Captures of abundant species were clumped within the forest, but the extent of aggregation among forests was different. Monthly catches of total Carabus ,a ndC. crassesculptus alone, peaked in June– August in all the three forests, butC. manifestuspeaked in June and again in August.Ourresultssuggestthattheplantingofnon-nativelarchdoesnothaveadetrimentaleffectonCarabusassemblagesingeneral, butitchangesthespatialdistribution and abundance compared to the native forests.