Assemblage Characteristics and Habitat Specificity of Carabid Beetles in a Japanese Alpine-Subalpine Zone

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Soil water content (a), ground surface temperature (b), diurnal temperature range (c), vegetation cover (d), mean substrate size (e), and Pinus cover (f) in four habitats of the alpine-subalpine zone on Mt. Hakusan in central Japan. The values are based on the results of repeated measures ANOVA (soil water content, ground surface temperature, diurnal temperature range, and vegetation cover) and one-way ANOVA (mean substrate size) testing for differences in environmental variables among the four habitats. The difference in Pinus cover among the four habitats could not be tested using factorial ANOVA. Data are presented as means ± 1 SE.

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