Journal
APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY
Volume 75, Issue -, Pages 71-79Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2013.11.003
Keywords
Oribatida; Collembola; Spruce; Forest; Trait; Management intensity
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- CSF [26/03/1259, P504/12/1218]
- Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sports CR [LC06066]
- Research plan of BC ASCR
- v. v. i.-ISB [Z6 066911]
- GAJU [143/2010/P]
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This study examined the influence of forest management intensity (3 unmanaged, 3 mild managed, 5 intensively managed stands) on soil microarthropods in montane spruce forest. We particularly focused on Oribatida and Collembola which play important roles in organic matter decomposition and nutrient cycling. Our results showed a significant shift from fungivory and carnivory to detritivory in the Oribatida community accompanying management intensification. Similarly, parthenogenetic oribatid mite species contributed more to the community in intensively managed forests and the presence of Collembola species with developed furca increased with management intensification. Although there was no remarkable influence of management intensity on total densities or diversity indices, important and significant shifts in species composition and functional groups showed that soil functions and processes were affected by forest management. Trait assessment indicates a shift in roles Oribatida play in decomposition; fragmentation and comminuting of undecomposed litter seems to gain importance in the intensively managed forest, whereas fungivorous species affect primary decomposers through feeding ;on fungi in the unmanaged forest. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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