文摘
Interaction between local populations is of prime importance for species survival in fragmented rural landscapes. In the hedgerow networks of Brittany, several forest carabid beetles were shown to use some linear woody elements as dispersal corridors. This paper reports on the long-term movements of a forest carabid beetle, Abax parallelepipedus (Piller and Mitterpacher, 1783), which survives as metapopulations. The aim of the study was to assess whether or not movements were similar in four different types of woody habitats.