Effects of long-term nutrient fertilisation and irrigation on the microarthropod community in a boreal Norway spruce stand

Lindberg, Niklas; Persson, Tryggve

doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2003.07.012

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“…Different studies have shown the relationship between soil mesofauna and nitrate content in grasslands to be very variable, with no, weak negative, strong negative or even positive correlations, depending on land-use type (Jandl et al 2003;Lindberg & Persson 2004;Cole et al 2005;Fountain et al 2008;Birkhofer et al 2012).…”

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The influence of environmental variables on soil mite communities (Acari: Mesostigmata) from overgrazed grassland ecosystems – Romania

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Italian Journal of Zoology

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In 2013-2014, the soil mite communities from six overgrazed grassland ecosystems located in the Trascău Mountains, Romania, were investigated. Forty-six species were identified, with 645 individuals. Some abiotic factors from soil were measured (soil temperature -T, soil water content -H, soil acidity -pH, carbon content -C, total nitrogen -Nt, and C/Nt ratio). Significant statistical differences were obtained between environmental factors. Using a canonical correspondence analysis of mite species abundance, environmental variables and habitats, strong relationships between investigated factors were established.

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The influence of environmental variables on soil mite communities (Acari: Mesostigmata) from overgrazed grassland ecosystems – Romania

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Italian Journal of Zoology

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“…Long-term manure fertilizer increased the abundance of total nematodes, and the relative abundance of bacterivores [6]. However, long-term nutrient fertilization did not affect faunal abundances and had no such effects on community composition of Oribatida and Collembola [13]. In fact, combination of long-term organic and chemical fertilizer treatments reduced the abundance of Oribatida such as Epilohmannia sp.…”

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Diversity and Abundance of Soil Animals as Influenced by Long-Term Fertilization in Grey Desert Soil, China

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Abstract:The relationship between soil fauna and different fertilizer management practices is of growing concern. The aim of this research was to investigate the response of soil fauna to fertilization regimes, to explore the relationships among the community of soil animals, soil moisture and crop yields. The application of organic fertilizers (i.e., sheep manure or crop residues) increased crop yields and promoted the number of individuals and species of soil fauna owing to the exogenous organic matter that fertilizers provided for the survival and development of soil fauna. Furthermore, the treatments that applied sheep manure (i.e., sheep manure only or nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and sheep manure plus) were significantly beneficial for increasing crop yields and diversity of soil fauna compared to treatments with crop residues returned (i.e., crop residues returned only or nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and crop residues returned to the field) (p < 0.05) due to the response of soil fauna to diverse exogenous nutrients and the effect of soil fertility. Therefore, the finding that soil fauna abundance is significantly positively correlated with soil moisture and crop yield may mean the effects of fertilizer applications on soil animals were partly masked by the soil moisture and crop yield. OPEN ACCESSSustainability 2015, 7 10838

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“…There were no warming studies in our dataset in which authors defined the feeding preferences of measured organisms, but there were nine measurements of mites and nematodes in CO 2 enrichment studies with defined trophic groups for different species (Klironomos et al 1997;Yeates et al 1997;Hoeksema et al 2000;Hungate et al 2000;Niklaus et al 2003;Neher et al 2004;Sonnemann and Wolters 2005) and six measurements of nematodes and macroarthropods in precipitation studies (Freckman et al 1987;Todd et al 1999;Bakonyi and Nagy 2000;Lindberg et al 2002;Lindberg and Persson 2004). The dataset was expanded to incorporate these means and errors for different trophic groups (Online resource 4; Online resource 5).…”

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A meta-analysis of responses of soil biota to global change

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Global environmental changes are expected to impact the abundance of plants and animals aboveground, but comparably little is known about the responses of belowground organisms. Using meta-analysis, we synthesized results from over 75 manipulative experiments in order to test for patterns in the effects of elevated CO(2), warming, and altered precipitation on the abundance of soil biota related to taxonomy, body size, feeding habits, ecosystem type, local climate, treatment magnitude and duration, and greenhouse CO(2) enrichment. We found that the positive effect size of elevated CO(2) on the abundance of soil biota diminished with time, whereas the negative effect size of warming and positive effect size of precipitation intensified with time. Trophic group, body size, and experimental approaches best explained the responses of soil biota to elevated CO(2), whereas local climate and ecosystem type best explained responses to warming and altered precipitation. The abundance of microflora and microfauna, and particularly detritivores, increased with elevated CO(2), indicative of microbial C limitation under ambient CO(2). However, the effects of CO(2) were smaller in field studies than in greenhouse studies and were not significant for higher trophic levels. Effects of warming did not depend on taxon or body size, but reduced abundances were more likely to occur at the colder and drier sites. Precipitation limited all taxa and trophic groups, particularly in forest ecosystems. Our meta-analysis suggests that the responses of soil biota to global change are predictable and unique for each global change factor.

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Effects of long-term nutrient fertilisation and irrigation on the microarthropod community in a boreal Norway spruce stand

Cited by 56 publications

References 37 publications

The influence of environmental variables on soil mite communities (Acari: Mesostigmata) from overgrazed grassland ecosystems – Romania

The influence of environmental variables on soil mite communities (Acari: Mesostigmata) from overgrazed grassland ecosystems – Romania

Diversity and Abundance of Soil Animals as Influenced by Long-Term Fertilization in Grey Desert Soil, China

A meta-analysis of responses of soil biota to global change

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