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Table I

List of carabid species in terms of abundances (number of individuals) and frequency of occurrence in sample plots of the same type (in brackets).

Species Habitat and number of sites of each

MF BE HO MP PR Total
n = 12 n = 9 n = 8 n = 5 n = 18 n = 52
Steropus gallega* 495 (11) 521 (8) 146 (6) 415 (5) 1532 (17) 3109.95 (47)
Carabus nemoralis 515 (11) 286 (9) 124 (8) 596 (5) 1266 (17) 2787.88 (50)
Abax parallelepipedus 519 (9) 437 (9) 157 (6) 488 (4) 933 (18) 2534.97 (46)
Carabus lineatus 330 (10) 137 (8) 91 (8) 162 (3) 737 (16) 1457.45 (45)
Carabus purpurascens 71 (5) 117 (9) 49 (5) 274 (2) 441 (11) 952.31 (32)
Carabus cancellatus 146 (3) 24 (1) 0 7 (1) 134 (7) 311.08 (12)
Pterostichus cristatus 51 (5) 172 (5) 0 27 (2) 52 (9) 302.13 (21)
Carabus auratus 228 (2) 0 0 1 (1) 9 (3) 238.10 (6)
Carabus convexus 0 16 (4) 2 (2) 26 (2) 81 (4) 125.02 (12)
Carabus splendens 1 (1) 69 (5) 1 (1) 2 (2) 15 (5) 88.04 (14)
Laemostenus oblongus* 3 (1) 20 (6) 1 (1) 28 (3) 28 (7) 80.03 (18)
Nebria brevicollis 3 (2) 9 (2) 1 (1) 1 (1) 4 (1) 18.01 (7)
Carabus macrocephalus 3 (2) 3 (2) 2 (1) 3 (3) 3 (2) 14.01 (10)
Cychrus spinicollis* 0 11 (3) 0 0 0 11.01 (3)
Poecilus cupreus 10 (2) 0 0 0 0 10 (2)
Calathus fuscipes 0 8 (2) 0 0 0 8 (2)
Cicindela campestris 1 (1) 1 (1) 3 (1) 0 1 (1) 6.01(4)
Harpalus dimidiatus 2 (1) 2 (1) 0 0 0 4 (2)
Licinus aequatus* 0 1 (1) 2 (2) 1 (1) 0 4 (4)
Pterostichus nigrita 4 (1) 0 0 0 0 4 (1)
Platyderus pyrenaeus* 3 (1) 0 0 0 0 3 (1)
Brachinus elegans 2 (1) 0 0 0 0 2 (1)
Pseudophoonus rufipes 0 0 0 2 (2) 0 2 (2)
Amara montivaga 1 (1) 0 0 0 0 1 (1)
Brachinus sclopeta 1 (1) 0 0 0 0 1 (1)
Harpalus latus 0 0 0 0 1 (1) 1 (1)
Platynus assimilis 0 1 (1) 0 0 0 1 (1)
Total 2389 1835 579 2033 5237 12077

MF: atlantic mixed forest; BE: beech forest; HO: holm oak forest; MP: mixed pine plantations; PR: Pinus radiata plantations. n= total number of sites within each habitat. Species in bold type were common to all habitats.

*

Species endemic to the Iberian Peninsula (Jeannel, 1942; Jiménez-Valverde and Ortuño, 2007).