Microannelids (Enchytraeidae, Naididae, Parergodrilidae) along a 4000 m Afrotropical elevational gradient on Mount Cameroon
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60077344%3A_____%2F25%3A00640032" target="_blank" >RIV/60077344:_____/25:00640032 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/67985939:_____/25:00640032 RIV/60076658:12310/25:43910783 RIV/00216224:14310/25:00143272
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedobi.2025.151078" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedobi.2025.151078</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pedobi.2025.151078" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.pedobi.2025.151078</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Microannelids (Enchytraeidae, Naididae, Parergodrilidae) along a 4000 m Afrotropical elevational gradient on Mount Cameroon
Original language description
Knowledge of the enchytraeid fauna in sub-Saharan Africa is limited to a few specimens collected during the 20th century, often described as new species. No quantitative data or records of other annelids within the soil mesofauna have been reported. Addressing this gap, we studied species diversity, densities and biomass of soildwelling microannelids across a wide range of habitats. In 2013, during the transition from the wet to dry season, we sampled an elevational gradient on Mount Cameroon from coastal lowland rainforest, through montane forests and savanna, to Afroalpine grassland at 4000 m a.s.l. (11 elevations, 3 sites each). Specimens obtained by wet funnel extraction were counted, measured and identified based on morphological characters (molecular barcoding of some). Biomass was assessed based on the body length : volume ratio. The obtained 357 specimens represented approximately 16 enchytraeid species (many yet to be described) from 6 genera (Buchholzia, Enchytraeus, Fridericia, Hemienchytraeus, Henlea, and Xetadrilus), Pristina cf. jenkinae (Naididae) and the polychaete Parergodrilus cf. heideri (Parergodrilidae). The latter was recorded for the first time in Africa and in the tropics. Mean microannelid densities varied from 0 in the savanna at 3100 m a.s.l. to 4178 +/- 875 individuals per square metre (+/- SE) in Afroalpine grassland at 4000 m a.s.l., where also the highest biomass, 0.88 g dry weight per square metre, was reached. Whereas species richness was considerable, densities were comparable to the few tropical sites for which data have been published but much lower than those often found in colder climates.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - 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
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA24-11954S" target="_blank" >GA24-11954S: Alpine plants under climate change: from adaptive strategies to ecosystem functioning</a><br>
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Pedobiologia
ISSN
0031-4056
e-ISSN
1873-1511
Volume of the periodical
112
Issue of the periodical within the volume
OCT 2025
Country of publishing house
NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS
Number of pages
8
Pages from-to
151078
UT code for WoS article
001584110900001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105013631559