Comparison of coleopteran fauna in olive orchards under different production systems in the Messara’s valley, on Crete island, Greece
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In this study the results of the captured Coleoptera in pitfall traps in nine olive orchards in the valley of Messara, on Crete Island, were compared. The liquid used for killing and preservation in the pitfall traps, was propylene glycol. The nine olive orchards were distributed in four areas in the valley. In each area there were at least two olive orchards under different agricultural management system, organic and conventional. The experiments were conducted from October 2004 to April 2005. The number of captured Coleoptera specimens was 4,937. The specimens were identified to the family level. Coleoptera from 25 families were found, but the analysis was focused at eleven of them, the richest in specimens. These were: Anthicidae, Carabidae, Chrysomelidae, Curculionidae, Histeridae, Leiodidae, Scarabaeidae, Silphidae, Silvanidae, Staphylinidae and Tenebrionidae. Staphylinidae were the most abundant in all olive orchards independently of the agricultural management (production system). In the other families instead of differences amongst the different systems of agricultural management, more prominent were the differences amongst areas.
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Tzokas, I., Liantraki, Z., & Kollaros, D. (2014). Comparison of coleopteran fauna in olive orchards under different production systems in the Messara’s valley, on Crete island, Greece. ENTOMOLOGIA HELLENICA, 23(1), 10–17. https://doi.org/10.12681/eh.11530
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