Preliminary results of a study on the soil mesofauna in disturbed spruce forest stands near Čertovo and Plešné Lakes in the Bohemian Forest (Czech Republic)

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Preliminary results of a study on the soil mesofauna in disturbed spruce forest stands near Čertovo and Plešné Lakes in the Bohemian Forest (Czech Republic)

Original language description

Soil arthropod communities were studied in disturbed spruce forest stands in the catchment areas of Čertovo (CT) and Plešné (PL) Lakes in the Bohemian Forest, in the Czech Republic. This study focused on changes in forest stands, including the soil environment, which occurred following windthrow and bark beetle outbreaks. Within the soil mesofauna, two main groups, Collembola and Oribatida were analysed in detail. Four different types of plots were selected for this study in both study areas: CT1 and PL1 stands - undamaged control forest stands, CT2 and PL2 stands - "dead" forest stands damaged by bark beetles, CT3 and PL3 stands - sightly managed windthrown forest stands left to natural succession, and CT4 and PL4 stands - harvested stands. Soil samples were collected in June, July and October 2012 from each treatment. Soil arthropods were subsequently extracted in a modified high-gradient apparatus in the laboratory over a period of seven days. The data included a total of 12,464 specimens of soil arthropods belonging to 17 groups collected from both study areas. In the Čertovo Lake study area the most abundant were Acarina, followed by Collembola and Heteroptera; in the Plešné Lake study area the most abundant were Acarina and Collembola, followed by Diptera. We recorded considerable differences in the Acarina and Collembola communities in the different plots. In both of the areas studied we recorded higher abundances in unmanaged than in the disturbed and managed stands. We conclude that the bark beetle outbreak and subsequent dieback of Norway spruce did not affect the soil mesofauna as much as traditional forestry practices.

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Czech description

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Type

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

CEP classification

EH - Ecology - communities

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/GAP504%2F12%2F1218" target="_blank" >GAP504/12/1218: The effect of natural dieback of mountain spruce forest on microclimate, chemistry, and biodiversity of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.</a><br>

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2015

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae

ISSN

1211-376X

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Volume of the periodical

79

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

7

Pages from-to

161-167

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