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Oribatida (Acari) in grassy arable fallows are more affected by soil properties than habitat age and plant species()

Oribatid mites are one of the numerically dominant arthropod groups in soils. They play an important role in soil food webs via regulating the decomposition of organic matter and propagating microorganisms within the soil. To our knowledge, the influence of different plant functional groups on oriba...

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Autores principales: Wissuwa, Janet, Salamon, Jörg-Alfred, Frank, Thomas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4461176/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26109839
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2013.08.002
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author Wissuwa, Janet
Salamon, Jörg-Alfred
Frank, Thomas
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description Oribatid mites are one of the numerically dominant arthropod groups in soils. They play an important role in soil food webs via regulating the decomposition of organic matter and propagating microorganisms within the soil. To our knowledge, the influence of different plant functional groups on oribatid mites has not been studied in abandoned farmland with undisturbed succession before. The density and assemblage structure of oribatid mites in nine grassy arable fallows relative to three habitat age classes (2–3, 6–8, 12–15 years) and three selected plant species (legume: Medicago sativa, forb: Taraxacum officinale, grass: Bromus sterilis) were investigated in soil associated with single plants. Mite density declined marginally not significant with habitat age because of high abundances of the ubiquitous species Tectocepheus velatus sarekensis and Punctoribates punctum in young and mid-aged fallows and their subsequent decline in old fallows. Oribatid mite density and species assemblage were not affected by plant species. Only P. punctum had significantly higher densities in B. sterilis samples than in T. officinale samples due to a higher amount of fine roots. Distance-based linear models revealed that 65% of the variation in mite assemblage was explained by soil properties, soil type, exposition and geographic position, while habitat age was of minor importance. Canonical correspondence analysis revealed that the mite assemblage was best explained by soil organic and microbial carbon, water content and pH.
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spelling pubmed-44611762015-06-22 Oribatida (Acari) in grassy arable fallows are more affected by soil properties than habitat age and plant species() Wissuwa, Janet Salamon, Jörg-Alfred Frank, Thomas Eur J Soil Biol Original Article Oribatid mites are one of the numerically dominant arthropod groups in soils. They play an important role in soil food webs via regulating the decomposition of organic matter and propagating microorganisms within the soil. To our knowledge, the influence of different plant functional groups on oribatid mites has not been studied in abandoned farmland with undisturbed succession before. The density and assemblage structure of oribatid mites in nine grassy arable fallows relative to three habitat age classes (2–3, 6–8, 12–15 years) and three selected plant species (legume: Medicago sativa, forb: Taraxacum officinale, grass: Bromus sterilis) were investigated in soil associated with single plants. Mite density declined marginally not significant with habitat age because of high abundances of the ubiquitous species Tectocepheus velatus sarekensis and Punctoribates punctum in young and mid-aged fallows and their subsequent decline in old fallows. Oribatid mite density and species assemblage were not affected by plant species. Only P. punctum had significantly higher densities in B. sterilis samples than in T. officinale samples due to a higher amount of fine roots. Distance-based linear models revealed that 65% of the variation in mite assemblage was explained by soil properties, soil type, exposition and geographic position, while habitat age was of minor importance. Canonical correspondence analysis revealed that the mite assemblage was best explained by soil organic and microbial carbon, water content and pH. Elsevier 2013-11 /pmc/articles/PMC4461176/ /pubmed/26109839 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2013.08.002 Text en © 2013 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Open Access under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/) license
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Wissuwa, Janet
Salamon, Jörg-Alfred
Frank, Thomas
Oribatida (Acari) in grassy arable fallows are more affected by soil properties than habitat age and plant species()
title Oribatida (Acari) in grassy arable fallows are more affected by soil properties than habitat age and plant species()
title_full Oribatida (Acari) in grassy arable fallows are more affected by soil properties than habitat age and plant species()
title_fullStr Oribatida (Acari) in grassy arable fallows are more affected by soil properties than habitat age and plant species()
title_full_unstemmed Oribatida (Acari) in grassy arable fallows are more affected by soil properties than habitat age and plant species()
title_short Oribatida (Acari) in grassy arable fallows are more affected by soil properties than habitat age and plant species()
title_sort oribatida (acari) in grassy arable fallows are more affected by soil properties than habitat age and plant species()
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4461176/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26109839
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2013.08.002
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