Title:

Microarthropods and decomposition processes in meadows of various plant species richness

Subtitle:

Microarthropods and decomposition processes ; Plant and animal diversity, succession and decomposition processes in grasslands : case studies in Suwałki Landscape Park (north-eastern Poland)

Creator:

Kaczmarek, Maria ; Kajak, Anna

Contributor:

Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Ekologii

Publisher:

Oficyna Wydawnicza Instytutu Ekologii PAN

Place of publishing:

Dziekanów Leśny

Date issued/created:

1997

Description:

Pages 795-813 : illustrations ; 27 cm ; Bibliographical references (pages 808-809) ; Abstract in Polish

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Subject and Keywords:

microarthropods ; biomass ; diversity ; meadows ; litter decomposition ; accumulation of organic matter

Abstract:

Density and biomass of Collembola and Acarina were estimated in soil and in experimentally introduced substrates (litter bags with stems and leaves of Dactylis glomerata and mineral bags containing sand) in five meadows of different plant diversity ranging from almost monoculture (youngest meadows) to rich vegetation (several year old and permanent meadows). Studies were conducted in the Suwałki Lanscape Park (north-eastern Poland). The intensity of humification was positively correlated with biomass of microarthropods in soil, however the rate of liter disappearance rate was found not to be related to this parameter. The rate of humification process proceeded in the lowest rate in the youngest meadow. It was coupled with the slowest rate of litter colonization by microarthropods and the rapid by bacteria. In the soil of the youngest meadow the lowest and most variable density of microarthropods was recorded. The Shannon-Wiener diversity index for group Collembola was the higest in the youngest meadow despite low plant diversity.

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Relation:

Ekologia Polska

Volume:

45

Issue:

3-4

Start page:

795

End page:

813

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article

Resource Identifier:

ISSN 0420-9036

Source:

MiIZ PAN, call no. P.2840 ; click here to follow the link

Language:

eng

Language of abstract:

pol

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Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

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Library of the Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

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Operational Program Digital Poland, 2014-2020, Measure 2.3: Digital accessibility and usefulness of public sector information; funds from the European Regional Development Fund and national co-financing from the state budget.

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