Zooindykacyjna ocena różnych sposobów przygotowania gleby przy zalesieniach gruntów porolnych

Carabidae were used as a zooindicator to evaluate different soil preparation techniques applied to farmland prior to afforestation: full deep ploughing (MBS), full ploughing to a depth of 25 cm using agricultural tractor (OR), full ploughing to a depth of 25 cm with subsoil ploughing (ORP) and raising of soil horizons A0 and A1 (NW). The studies were conducted 4 and 5 years after afforestation. The total number of caught beetles was 13 869 individuals from 68 species. Taking into consideration the trapping ability, mean individual biomass and colonization by xerophylous or forest species the deep ploughing BMS and subsoil ploughing ORP was found to have the greatest impact on the carabid recolonisation rate and site degradation.