Study object. The research was made in two forest stands: one was affected by fire and another without fire damage. A sample plot was in a pine stand damaged by fire a year ago, which is is in Kaunas forest enterprise, in Kulautuva forest department. The stand is in square No. 169 and the plots numbers are 14 and 15. The damaged area takes 0,4 hectare. It is 100% pine stand with a site index Nbl. Study aim. To investigate the low fire influence on pine stand litter entomocomplex fluctuation: on their number and seasonal dynamic, on their distrubution by trophical groups, on species abundance and variety in a fire damaged stands. Methods. The research was made in 2004 since april till october. The Barberis ground trap was used in a research. The trap is made from a 150 ml volume and 6,5 cm diameter plastic cruet. The traps were digged into ground to the top of the trap. 1/3 of the trap was filled with a 10% formalin soak. In that case the insects were saved of decomposing and birds. The traps were placed in three zones: in burned area, chequerwise in the place between damaged and undamaged area, and in undamaged area. There were 6 satelites in each area holding 4 traps in each. All together it was 72 traps placed. The distance between the areas was 20 m and the distance between satelites – 10 m. The collected insects were dried and recognized in the labs of Lithuanian University of Agriculture and Forest Research Institute. Results. The total amount of collected insects in 6... [to full text]

Tyrimo objektas. Epigėjinių vabalų bendrijos Kamšos botaniniame-zoologiniame draustinyje, 458 kvartale, 5 sklype. Norėdami nustatyti ekspozicijos vietų reljefo įtaką epigėjinių vabalų individų ir rūšių gausai, pasirinkome 5 tyrimų barelius, esančius lygioje miško vietoje ir šiauriniame, pietiniame, rytiniame bei vakariniame šlaituose. Tikslas - nustatyti epigėjinių vabalų bendrijų struktūrą ir jos pokyčius vegetacijos eigoje bei priklausomai nuo ekspozicijos vietų reljefo. Darbo metodai. Tyrimui buvo naudojama Barberio žemės gaudyklės. Gaudyklę sudaro plastikiniai 0,5 l talpos ir 6,5 cm skersmens indeliai, įkasti į žemę sulig paklotės paviršiumi. 1/3 gaudyklės buvo pripilama 10% formalino tirpalo. Tai apsaugojo epigėjinius vabalus nuo puvimo ir vabzdžialesių paukščių. Kiekviename barelyje buvo įrengta po 5 gaudykles, iš viso 25 gaudyklės. Atstumas tarp gaudyklių buvo 5 metrai. Surinkti epigėjiniai vabalai buvo džiovinami ir identifikuojami ASU laboratorijose. Darbo rezultatai. 2012 m. gegužės – rugpjūčio mėnesiais buvo atlikta 10 apskaitų, iš viso surinkta 1627 vnt. epigėjinių vabalų. Indenfikuotos 4 rūšys: Carabidae, Silphidae, Curculionidae, Staphylinidae ir 15 rūšių. Gausiausia iš sugautų rūšių buvo Phosphuga atrata – 312 vabalų. Lyginant sugautų vabalų skaičių skirtingo reljefo sklypo vietose, nustatyta, kad daugiausia epigėjinių vabalų sugauta lygioje miško vietoje įrengtomis gaudyklėmis. Antroje vietoje - vakariniam šlaite... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Study object. The research of ground beetles Insecta: Coleoptera was made in Kamša botanical-zoological reserve, 458-th section, 5-th plot. We have chosen 5 parts of the plot for investigation: in a plane surface of the forest, on the North, the South the East and the West slopes in order to detect influence of the exposition place relief to abundance of caught ground beetles individuals and species. The aim of investigation was to determine structure of ground beetle communities, its temporal changes and dependence on the relief of exposition place. Methods of investigation. The Barberis ground traps were used in the research, 5 units in the each chosen part, 25 in total. The distances between the ground traps were 5 m. The trap is made from a 0,5 l volume and 6,5 cm diameter plastic cruet. The traps were digged in to ground to the top of the trap. 1/3 of the trap was filled with a 10% formalin soak. In that case the insects were saved from decomposing and birds. The collected beetles were dried and identified in the labs of Aleksandras Stulginskis University. Results. The total amount of collected ground beetles in 10 records, made since May to August 2012, was 1627. A variety of 15 species in 4 families Carabidae, Silphidae, Curculionidae, Staphylinidae were identified. The most abundant species collected was Phosphuga atrata – 312 ground beetles. The maximum quantity of ground beetles were caught in the plane surface of the forest, the... [to full text]

The research object. The research was made in the territory of Neris regional park (Kaisiadoriu forest enterprise, Vievis forest district) in order to evaluate the impact of recreational activities on the forest litter arthropods. The aim of the study – to evaluate different recreational digression stage impact on pinery litter arthropods: their amount and seasonal dynamics, distribution trophic groups, the abundance and variety of species in stands affected by recreation. Methods. Arthropods were collected in Barber ground traps from April through October 2005, which are plastic, 150 ml. volume, with 6.5 cm diameter receptacle. They were dug in the ground and 1/3 of trap was filled with 10 % formalin liquor, which protected insects from decaying and insectivorous birds. Ground traps in each sample plot were spread in groups by 4 (square), the distance between them was 2 m. The distance between sample plots was 20-50 meters. The results. 157 species were identified in trap catches: 96 in the control plot, 97 in the plot with low recreational damage and 110 in the plot wit high recreational damage. Entomophagous predominated and made 60-73 %, kaprophagous 8-25%, saprophagous 10% of catch. 2 extremely rare species and 7 rare species in Lithuania were found, the biggest number of rare species was found in the plot with high recreational damage. Shannon diversity index H’ was 2.5-3.31, evenness E – 0.55-0.66, Berger-Parker dominance d – 0.170-0.367. Sorensen similarity index Cs... [to full text]