The impact of earthworms on collembolan (Collembola) communities in grass mono- and polycultures
In 2004-2005, a lysimetric experiment was designed to determine whether and how plant diversity and earthworms could influence diversity and densities of collembolan communities. We compared two types of crops: monoculture of Festuca rubra L. and a polyculture, the mixture of grasses (8 species) com...
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| description | In 2004-2005, a lysimetric experiment was designed to determine whether and how plant diversity and earthworms could influence diversity and densities of collembolan communities. We compared two types of crops: monoculture of Festuca rubra L. and a polyculture, the mixture of grasses (8 species) commonly used in agriculture. In addition to two plant communities of different diversity, we used in our experiments an engineering species of earthworm – Aporrectodea caliginosa (Sav.). The experiment was initiated in May 2004, when the lysimeters were sown with F. rubra or with a mixture of grasses. The following year, in May 2005, we introduced 6 individuals (that correspond with average densities of 200 ind. m-2 in the natural environment) of A. caliginosa to half of the lysimeters. Soil samples were taken at the depths of 0-5 cm, 5-10 cm, 10-15 cm and 15-20 cm, before introducing earthworms and after 60, 120 and 180 days from introducing earthworms. We found that soil layer (Kruskal-Wallis test: N=432, H=18.25, P=0.0004), biodiversity of grass culture (N=432, H=14.59, P=0.0001) and the period of the season (N=432, H=24.24, P=0.0000) had an important effect on densities of collembolan communities independently of earthworms presence (N=432, H=1.99, P=0.16). We found 18 species of springtails and the number of species decreased with soil layer. The most abundant were Proisotomodes bipunctatus and Isotomodes productus. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-776806bcfcc348d994084f2f3c6e365f2025-02-02T04:02:18ZengUniwersytet Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego w WarszawieStudia Ecologiae et Bioethicae1733-12182020-12-0118510.21697/seb.2020.18.5.25The impact of earthworms on collembolan (Collembola) communities in grass mono- and polyculturesIzabella Olejniczak0Grzegorz Makulec1Institute of Ecology and Bioethics, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw, Institute of Ecology and Bioethics, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw, In 2004-2005, a lysimetric experiment was designed to determine whether and how plant diversity and earthworms could influence diversity and densities of collembolan communities. We compared two types of crops: monoculture of Festuca rubra L. and a polyculture, the mixture of grasses (8 species) commonly used in agriculture. In addition to two plant communities of different diversity, we used in our experiments an engineering species of earthworm – Aporrectodea caliginosa (Sav.). The experiment was initiated in May 2004, when the lysimeters were sown with F. rubra or with a mixture of grasses. The following year, in May 2005, we introduced 6 individuals (that correspond with average densities of 200 ind. m-2 in the natural environment) of A. caliginosa to half of the lysimeters. Soil samples were taken at the depths of 0-5 cm, 5-10 cm, 10-15 cm and 15-20 cm, before introducing earthworms and after 60, 120 and 180 days from introducing earthworms. We found that soil layer (Kruskal-Wallis test: N=432, H=18.25, P=0.0004), biodiversity of grass culture (N=432, H=14.59, P=0.0001) and the period of the season (N=432, H=24.24, P=0.0000) had an important effect on densities of collembolan communities independently of earthworms presence (N=432, H=1.99, P=0.16). We found 18 species of springtails and the number of species decreased with soil layer. The most abundant were Proisotomodes bipunctatus and Isotomodes productus.https://czasopisma.uksw.edu.pl/index.php/seb/article/view/7225earthwormsspringtailsspecies diversitygrass monoculturegrass polyculture |
| spellingShingle | Izabella Olejniczak Grzegorz Makulec The impact of earthworms on collembolan (Collembola) communities in grass mono- and polycultures Studia Ecologiae et Bioethicae earthworms springtails species diversity grass monoculture grass polyculture |
| title | The impact of earthworms on collembolan (Collembola) communities in grass mono- and polycultures |
| title_full | The impact of earthworms on collembolan (Collembola) communities in grass mono- and polycultures |
| title_fullStr | The impact of earthworms on collembolan (Collembola) communities in grass mono- and polycultures |
| title_full_unstemmed | The impact of earthworms on collembolan (Collembola) communities in grass mono- and polycultures |
| title_short | The impact of earthworms on collembolan (Collembola) communities in grass mono- and polycultures |
| title_sort | impact of earthworms on collembolan collembola communities in grass mono and polycultures |
| topic | earthworms springtails species diversity grass monoculture grass polyculture |
| url | https://czasopisma.uksw.edu.pl/index.php/seb/article/view/7225 |
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