Performance of the earthworm Aporrectodea caliginosa on unreclaimed spoil heaps at different successional stages

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2014.09.004" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.ejsobi.2014.09.004</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Performance of the earthworm Aporrectodea caliginosa on unreclaimed spoil heaps at different successional stages

Original language description

Earlier studies of post-mining soils near Sokolov, Czech Republic, showed that colonization of the spoil heaps by earthworms greatly changes the plant community composition and soil characteristics. The current study determined how colonization of heapsby the endogeic earthworm Aporrectodea caliginosa is affected by the vegetation, litter, and soil at sites of different ages. In one experiment, we measured the performance of A. caliginosa in 25-l microplots at four heaps of increasing age and successional stage (8, 15, 25, and 48 years). After 6 months, A.caliginosa number and biomass in microplots decreased in young heaps (8 and 15 years old), remained constant in the 25-year-old heap, and increased in the 48-year-old heap. In other words, A.caliginosa survival, growth, and reproduction increased with successional stage. In a second field experiment, we tested A. caliginosa performance in microplots containing different types of litter at two heaps at mid-successional stages (19 and

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

DF - Pedology

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2014

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

European Journal of Soil Biology

ISSN

1164-5563

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

65

Issue of the periodical within the volume

November-December 2014

Country of publishing house

FR - FRANCE

Number of pages

5

Pages from-to

57-61

UT code for WoS article

000347510800008

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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