Liming alters body size distribution in a community of epigeic spiders in birch forest (Betula pendula Roth)
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Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s13595-018-0769-8" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1007/s13595-018-0769-8</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13595-018-0769-8" target="_blank" >10.1007/s13595-018-0769-8</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Liming alters body size distribution in a community of epigeic spiders in birch forest (Betula pendula Roth)
Original language description
Key message: Liming, an ameliorative method for acidified forest soils, affected the relative abundance of prey of ground-hunting spiders and consequently reduced densities of functionally similar species of these predators. Context: Liming, an ameliorative method for acidified forest soils, may modify the structure of an arthropod community by altering the soil characteristics and/or the availability of food resources. Aims: We investigated the effect of liming on the community structure of ground-hunting spiders in a birch forest. Methods: We established six experimental birch stand plots. Each stand was exposed to one of three experimental treatments: control, 1.5t/ha, or 3t/ha of dolomitic limestone. We collected spiders using pitfall traps during 5years. We characterized the community in terms of activity density, species richness, community-weighted mean body size, and functional diversity and evenness in body size. We further investigated the potential links through which the liming might affect spiders, namely soil characteristics, effect of liming on birch, and densities of potential prey. Results: The commonly used dosage of 3t/ha reduced densities of functionally similar species which led to the reduced functional evenness in body size and increased functional divergence in body size. Liming increased soil pH only slightly but decreased the densities of spiders' preferred prey. Conclusion: The liming affected the community of ground-hunting spiders, at least partially, through reduced densities of their preferred prey.
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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
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2018
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Annals of Forest Science
ISSN
1286-4560
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
75
Issue of the periodical within the volume
4
Country of publishing house
FR - FRANCE
Number of pages
10
Pages from-to
"Nestrankovano"
UT code for WoS article
000449325700001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85056090324