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May 22, 2026Oikos

Thermophilisation drives multi‐scale declines in carabid species richness in temperate forests over 25 years

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SLSan Yin LeemansKPKaren De PauwWDWouter Dekoninck

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Randomized trial assesses thermophilisation effects on carabid species richness in temperate forests, indicating climate change-driven declines.

Key Points

  • This research aims to understand how thermophilisation affects carabid species richness across different spatial scales due to climate change.
  • Resurveyed 54 temperate forest plots in Belgium over 25 years.
  • Analyzed changes in community composition and species richness of carabid beetles.
  • Conducted multi-scale analyses to assess declines in cold-affiliated species.
  • Observed a significant decline in overall carabid species richness across spatial scales.
  • Cold-affiliated species abundance decreased with no compensatory increase in warm-affiliated species.
  • Rarefied richness of cold-affiliated species declined markedly, indicating local population extinctions.

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Leemans et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a0ff452d674f7c03778d8e6https://doi.org/10.1002/oik.12231
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