Трофічні переваги pterostichus melanarius (coleoptera, carabidae) у виборі об’єктів живлення в умовах лісових біогеоценозів степового придніпров’я
Pterostichus melanarius (Сoleoptera, Сarabidae) trophic preferences in forest biogeocenoses of Steppe Dnieper area

Summary/Abstract: The specific trophic preferences of Pterostichus melanarius (Illiger, 1798) as one of the mass ground litter zoophages of Steppe Dnieper area forests are investigated. Taxonomic, size-weight, trophic and coenomorphic structures of potential food objects offered to the P. melanarius were analysed. P. melanarius choice criteria of potential food objects were established: hardness of exoskeleton and size of victims and also victim’s ability for fast moving.

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