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(2) Can forested areas be identified in which more carabid populations typical of the forest belt of the Carpathians are present, and thus can these areas be considered as refuges of the forest-inhabiting carabid populations of the Carpathians? MATERIAL AND METHODS In our research we have studied seven forested areas in the Trans-Carpathian region, Ukraine (see Fig. 1). Three (1-3) out of the seven studied forests are situated in the small, island-like volcanic hills of the Beregi-síkság, while two (4-5) forests are located in the plain and two (6-7) sampling areas were in the foothills of the Carpathians: 1. Kaszonyi-hegy (hill): The sampling site was situated on the steep eastern part of the closed Aceri tatarico-Quercetum forest. The shrub and the herbaceous layer of this forest proved to be very rich in xerophilous forest-steppe plant species, e.g., Campanula persicifolia, Digitalis grandiflora, Vincetoxicum hirundinaria, Lithospermum purpureo-coeruleum, Melittis melissophyllum, Polygonatum odoratum, Asperula odorata. Polypodium vulgare was also found in large number. SLOVAKIA Forest zone of the Carpathians Fig. 1. The location of the studied forests. Forests marked with black were studied in 1997, while forests marked with grey were studied earlier (see Magura et al. 1997). 1 = Kaszonyi-hegy, 2 = Nagybégányi-hegy, 3 = Beregszászi-hegy, 4 = Dobronyi-erdő in 1997,5 = Gúti-erdő, 6 = Cigányóc, 7 = Nagyláz, 8 = Dédai-erdő on the Hungarian side, 9 = Boc-kereki-erdő, 10 = Lónyai-erdő, 11 = Dédai-erdő on the Ukrainian side, 12 = Rafajnai-erdő, 13 = Dobronyi-erdő in 1996, 14 = Téglási-erdő, 15 = Peresi-erdő