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Liming alters body size distribution in a community of epigeic spiders in birch forest (Betula pendula Roth)

The result's identifiers

  • Result code in IS VaVaI

    <a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F62156489%3A43410%2F18%3A43914278" target="_blank" >RIV/62156489:43410/18:43914278 - isvavai.cz</a>

  • 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&apos; preferred prey. Conclusion: The liming affected the community of ground-hunting spiders, at least partially, through reduced densities of their preferred prey.

  • Czech name

  • Czech description

Classification

  • Type

    J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

  • CEP classification

  • OECD FORD branch

    10618 - Ecology

Result continuities

  • Project

  • 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

  • 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