Biodiversità dei carabidi e conservazione degli ambienti forestali

4 Abstract Resilience, stability and resistence of forest ecosystems are the main properties providing the conservation of those habitats and allowing the maintenance of processes essential for the “ecosystem services” supply. In front of climate change and other disturbances coming from human activities, it is of fundamental importance to watch and check stability status of ecosystems. Ground beetles, good bioindicators, by their community composition, functional groups and morphometric sensitivity, provide indicators on habitat conservation evaluation and contribute to identify little changes among areas looking similar. The analisys of biodiversity could be improved by considering the above factors, enhancing the functional role of single species of the community.