Gradients of labile carbon inputs into the soil surrounding wood ant nests in a temperate forest

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216208:11310/20:10414079

Result on the web

<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00374-019-01402-6" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00374-019-01402-6</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00374-019-01402-6" target="_blank" >10.1007/s00374-019-01402-6</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Gradients of labile carbon inputs into the soil surrounding wood ant nests in a temperate forest

Original language description

Wood ants are common in temperate forests, and while building their nests and foraging for food, they transfer large amounts of organic matter and nutrients. Here, we tested the hypothesis that wood ants generate natural gradients of labile carbon (C) inputs into the soil surrounding their nests. We selected five medium-sized wood ant (Formica aquilonia) nests in a coniferous temperate forest and established sampling points at distances of 4, 30 and 70 m from each nest. Throughfall (honeydew + aboveground vegetation leachates) and litterfall were collected regularly during a vegetative season and were analysed for labile organic C content. In addition, soil from the organic horizon (Oe + Oa), surface mineral horizon (A) and subsoil mineral horizon (B) was collected and analysed for organic matter and nutrient contents. The labile C input in throughfall increased with distance from the nest (it was 1.5-fold greater at 70 m than at 4 m). C input changed during the vegetative season and was highest in June. Litterfall was not affected by the distance from the nest. Organic matter and nutrient contents were unaffected by distance from the nest in surface soil horizons but were significantly higher near the nest (4 m) than 70 m from the nest in the subsoil mineral horizon, suggesting that surface soils are less affected by the labile C inputs than subsoils. Finally, we suggest that the gradients in labile C input surrounding wood ant nests can be used to study the effects of labile C input changes on soil properties.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10618 - Ecology

Project

Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2020

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

Biology and Fertility of Soils

ISSN

0178-2762

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

56

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

11

Pages from-to

69-79

UT code for WoS article

000511696500006

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85073993498