Structure of communities of Elateridae family of subzones of middle and southern taiga under technological environmental impact

The structure of communities of Elateridae was investigated in the regions affected by coppersmelting plants in the areas located in different ecological and geographical subzones of the taiga zone. A comparison of emission sources of the same kind in forest ecosystems of different taiga subzones allowed us to analyze changes in the structural arrangement of Elateridae complexes along the gradient of chemical pollution, to reveal adaptive mechanisms of Elateridae complexes to high industrially generated load, to observe general and specific zonal features of the reaction of click beetles to this kind of anthropogenic action. We succeeded in demonstrating that the latitudinal zoning is a base of the hierarchy of the factors that determine the structural divergence of the Elateridae communities. The hydrothermal regime of the middle taiga subzone under anthropogenic modification provides more favorable conditions for mesophile groups of pedobionts in comparison with the southern taiga.