Title: Carabid beetles of the environs of the Elton Lake: fauna, population dynamics, demography
Abstract: In 2006-2007 during the whole year, ground-beetle communities in the Lake Elton region, Volgograd Area, Russia, were studied. According to the results of the pitfall traps utilize the demographic structure of the local populations of Carabidae was studied in ten model habitats: six zonal (characteristic of this particular biogeographical area), and four azonal (present in a variety of biogeographical areas). During the period of observation 51,314 specimens of Carabidae belonging to 149 species were trapped.