Carabid Beetles in Their Environments A Study on Habitat Selection b
With the increasing numbers of research workers and groups of investigators devoting themselves to the ecology of carabids I felt that the time had come to take stock of the existing knowledge in this field and to endeavour to weld my personal results and
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Coordinating Editor: D. S. Farner Editors: W S. Hoar B. Hoelldobler H. Langer M. Lindauer
Hans-Ulrich Thiele
Carabid Beetles in Their Environments A Study on Habitat Selection by Adaptations in Physiology and Behaviour
With 152 Figures
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York 1977
Professor Dr. HANS-ULRICH THIELE Zoologisches Institut der Universitat Weyertal119, 5000 KOln 41/FRG Translated by: JOY WIESER Madleinweg 19, A-6064 Rum/Innsbruck
For explanation of the cover motive see legend to Figs. 2a, 2c, 3 b (pages 4-6).
ISBN-13: 978-3-642-81156-2 e- ISBN-13 :978-3-642-81154-8 DO I: 10.1007/978-3-642-81154-8 Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data. Thiele, Hans-Ulrich. Carabid beetles in their environments. (Zoophysiology and ecology; v. 10) 1. Carabidae-Ecology. 2. Habitat selection. 3. Adaptation (Physiology). 4. Insects-Ecology. I. Title. QL596.C2T47 .595. 7' 62. 77-9924. This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically those of translation, reprinting, re-use of illustrations, broadcasting, reproduction by photocopying machine or similar means, and storage in data banks. Under § 54 of the German Copyright Law where copies are made for other than private use, a fee is payable to the publisher, the amount of the fee to be determined by agreement with the publisher. © by Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1977. Softcoverreprintof the hardcoverist edition 1977 The use of registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use.
This book is dedicated to Carl H. Lindroth
Preface
With the increasing numbers of research workers and groups of investigators devoting themselves to the ecology of carabids I felt that the time had come to take stock of the existing knowledge in this field and to endeavour to weld my personal results and those of other workers into a comprehensive picture. It was with these aims in mind that the following study was conceived. A further goal was to attempt to show to what extent research on carabids can contribute to the larger fields of research encompassing ecology, ethology and evolution. In my opinion the investigations on carabids permit us to draw conclusions of general applicability and, as such, comparable with those made in recent years upon other groups of animals. I am well aware of the risk involved nowadays in attempting, on one's own, to integrate results from a wide variety of scientific disciplines into a meaningful whole, and for this reason I am always grateful for corrections and for additional information. It is impossible for me to mention by name all of the colleagues who have given me their support in the preparation of the book. Reprints of their publications have been placed at my disposal by almost all of the authors cited, as well as by others whose names and works have been omitted merely in o
