Characterization of the habitats colonized by the alien ground beetle Merizodus soledadinus at the Kerguelen islands

• Main Authors: Renault, David, Chevrier, Muriel, Laparie, Mathieu, Vernon, Philippe, Lebouvier, Marc
• Other Authors: Ecosystèmes, biodiversité, évolution Rennes (ECOBIO), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Rennes (OSUR)-Institut Ecologie et Environnement (INEE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Rennes 1 (UR1), Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES), Université de Rennes 1 (UR1), Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES), Unité de recherche Zoologie Forestière (URZF), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2015
• Subjects: insect; Sub-Antarctic islands; Kerguelen Islands; colonization of the environment; invasive alien exotique; biological invasion; natural habitat; spatial dynamics; [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio]; Antarctic; Îles Kerguelen; Indian; Kerguelen; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-02630297

International audience In the present work, we conducted a field-based study to identify the type of habitats colonized by the alien ground beetle Merizodus soledadinus at the Kerguelen Islands, southern Indian Ocean, and to delineate the spatial dynamics of this species. We used periodic trapping a...