Is the QBS-ar index a good tool to detect the soil quality in Mediterranean areas? A cork treeQuercus suberL. (Fagaceae) wood as a case of study

Autor:	Matteo Capurro, C. Menta, Loris Galli, Ivano Rellini
Rok vydání:	2014
Předmět:	Mediterranean climate biology Soil test Soil biology Botany Cation-exchange capacity Animal Science and Zoology Forestry Quercus suber biology.organism_classification Mediterranean Basin Soil quality Fagaceae
Zdroj:	Italian Journal of Zoology. 81:126-135
ISSN:	1748-5851 1125-0003
DOI:	10.1080/11250003.2013.875601
Popis:	Cork oak (Quercus suber L., 1753) is a Mediterranean evergreen tree species with a thick and characteristic bark covering the trunk and branches. Despite the fact that cork oak is distributed over about 1.7 million hectares in the western Mediterranean Basin, information about soil biota in this particular habitat at present is scanty. This study was carried out in a cork tree wood in Bergeggi (Liguria, NW Italy), characterized by a Pluvioseasonal Oceanic Mediterranean bioclimate. The profile, texture, pH, total carbonate content, total organic carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) contents, soluble phosphorus (P) and cation exchange capacity were measured in order to characterize the soil. Soil biological quality was evaluated by studying microarthropod communities. Each month, from February 2007 to January 2008, 10 soil samples measuring 10 × 10 × 10 cm were collected from the wood being studied and arthropods were extracted using Berlese-Tullgren funnels. The biological quality of soil based on arthropod...
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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