Tree canopy affects soil macrofauna spatial patterns on broad- and meso-scale levels in an Eastern European poplar-willow forest in the floodplain of the River Dnipro
| Autor: | Oleksandr V. Zhukov, Yuliya Y. Dubinina, Olga Kunah, Yuliya O. Zhukova, Marina P. Fedushko, Olena V. Potapenko, Vadim I. Kotsun |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
Canopy Willow Floodplain Soil biology spatial variation neutral diversity Stratification (vegetation) 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences environmental factors QH540-549.5 geography Tree canopy geography.geographical_feature_category tree canopy biology Ecology Forestry 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences General Medicine biology.organism_classification soil macrofauna Eastern european ecological groups 040103 agronomy & agriculture Spatial ecology 0401 agriculture forestry and fisheries Environmental science |
| Zdroj: | Folia Oecologica, Vol 46, Iss 2, Pp 101-114 (2019) |
| ISSN: | 1338-7014 |
| Popis: | This paper tested the hypothesis that the placement of trees in the floodplain ecosystem leads to multiscale spatial structuring and plays an important role in formation of the spatial patterns of the soil macrofauna. The research polygon was laid in an Eastern European poplar-willow forest in the floodplain of the River Dnipro. The litter macrofauna was manually collected from the soil samples. The distances of the sampling locations from the nearest individual of each tree species were applied to obtain a measure of the overstorey spatial structure. The pure effect of tree structured space on the soil animal community was presented by the broad-scale and meso-scale components. The soil animal community demonstrated patterns varying in tree structured space. The tree induced spatial heterogeneity was revealed to effect on the vertical stratification of the soil animal community. The complex nature of the soil animal community variability depending on the distance from trees was depended on the interaction of tree species in their effects on soil animals. The importance of the spatial structures that interact with soil, plants and tree factors in shaping soil macrofauna communities was shown. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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