Research Article

IBP′: A New Index to Estimate Biogeographical Peculiarity

Table 4

Carabid species in eight beech forests. Column headings: different localities and same vegetation. Choro.: chorological category. Mean: mean percentage value of each category. : information value of each category and Evenness value ( , bottom cell).

BeechFa3Fa2FaAsFAF3AF1AbFAF2Choro.

Abax ater curtulus Fairmaire, 1856111111III
Paranchus albipes (Fabricius, 1796)1V
Bothriopterus quadrifoveolatus (Letzner, 1852)1III
Metallina lampros (Herbst, 1784)1V
Ocydromus latinus (Netolitzky, 1911)1III
Calathus fracassii fracassii Heyden, 190811II
Calathus fuscipes latus Serville, 18211111IIIm
Calathus montivagus Dejean 183111111111II
Calathus piceus (Marsham, 1802)1111111III
Carabus convexus convexus Fabricius, 177511111IV
Carabus lefebvrei lefebvrei Dejean, 18261111111II
Carabus preslii neumeyeri Schaum, 18561111111III
Cychrus italicus Bonelli, 1809111111II
Leistus fulvibarbis fulvibarbis Dejean, 18261IIIm
Leistus spinibarbis fiorii Lutshnik, 1913111III
Nebria kratteri Dejean, 183111111111III
Notiophilus biguttatus (Fabricius, 1779)1V
Notiophilus rufipes Curtis, 18291III
Ophonus jeanneli Sciaky, 19871III
Platyderus neapolitanus jannonei Binaghi in Magistretti, 1955111111II
Haptoderus apenninus (Dejean, 1831)1111II
Platysma nigrita (Paykull, 1790)1V
Steropus melas italicus (Dejean, 1828)11III
Pterostichus micans Heer, 18411II
Pterostichus ruffoi Sciaky, 1986111I
Synuchus vivalis (Illiger, 1798)1IV
Trechus quadristriatus (Schrank, 1781)1IV
Trichotichnus nitens (Heer, 1838)1III

Species number131112711141112

Mean

V000,0800,0900,090,080,040,14
IV0,230,090,0800,09000,080,070,19
III0,460,360,500,570,360,430,270,420,420,36
IIIm00,0900,140,090,0700,080,060,17
II0,310,450,330,290,360,430,550,250,370,37
I000000,070,090,080,030,11

E = 0,74