Sukcesja biegaczowatych w procesie spontanicznej restytucji lasu na gruntach porolnych

Investigations were carried out in 2000−2001 on the succession of carabid assemblages accompanying the spontaneous succession of pine stands on former agricultural land. Observations concerning changes in the number of carabid individuals and species, proportion of individuals in the groups: developmental, ecological, trophic, geographical, moisture preference, wing differences, as well as the mean individual biomass (MIB) indicated that the development of carabid assemblages during the spontaneous succession of stands can be compared to the regeneration process of the carabid fauna that accompany afforestation and that the direction of this development is similar to the development of carabid assemblages that accompany afforestation of farmlands.