Invertebrate communities (Annelida and epigeic fauna) in three types of Estonian cultivated soils

Ivask, Mari; Kuu, Annely; Meriste, Mart; Truu, Jaak; Truu, Marika; Vaater, Valmar

doi:10.1016/j.ejsobi.2008.09.005

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“…This fact could be explained by the positive influence of the sustainable agricultural management form on the epigeic activity of harvestman communities, but only on unploughed sites. The influence of agricultural management form and intensity on epigeic invertebrates, including harvestmen, was also pointed out by Ivask et al (2008). In this study, regular ploughing and some other agrotechnical measures considerably influenced the species structure of harvestman communities (probably even stronger than agricultural management forms), what corresponds with findings of the cited authors.…”

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confidence: 76%

“…This indicates that the growing crop is probably not the most important factor affecting the species structure of harvestman communities. Ivask et al (2008) referred also to the weak influence of growing crop on the species diversity of agrocoenoses.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Ploughing is an agricultural measure, which not only significantly and rapidly changes the environmental conditions, but also causes direct mechanical killing of a large number of harvestman. In Estonia, Ivask et al (2008) studied the abundance and diversity of invertebrate communities (including harvestman) on three types of cultivated land, which differed in the intensity of management. They observed a great and mostly negative impact of ploughing on soil invertebrates.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Besides the indication of the natural ecosystems quality they are also sensitive to changes in semi-natural or artificial habitats. In the case of agroecosystems they are able to indicate both the cultivated crops and the form of cultivation (Ivask et al 2008).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Nevertheless, this topic was studied in other countries by Kromp & Steinberger (1992), Epstein et al (2000), Halaj et al (2000), Marasas et al (2001), Ivask et al (2008) and others. Of other invertebrates groups, the influence of agricultural management forms was studied in Lumbricidae (Ivask et al 2008), Diplopoda (Stašiov et al 2007;Wardlea et al 1999), Coleoptera (Marasas et al 2001), Apoidea, and Lepidoptera (Marchão et al 2009). …”

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Influence of agricultural management form on the species structure of harvestman (Opiliones) communities

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The paper is aimed at evaluation of the influence of two different agricultural management forms on harvestman (Opiliones) communities structure in relation to the optimization of land use on the model territory of Agricultural Cooperative (AC) Očová (Central Slovakia). The research was carried out using pitfall trapping through growing seasons from 2005 to 2007. Harvestmen were captured at four pairs of sites (8 sites in total). For each pair of sites the cultivation of the same crop with application of two different forms of agricultural management (conventional form and sustainable form with basic sustainable agro-environmental scheme) was characteristic. In total, 667 individuals of 8 species of the Phalangiidae family were captured during the research. The research results confirm the influence of management form on the structure of harvestman communities only partially. The obtained data indicate that the management form plays a significant role, especially in such agrocoenoses, in which the same crop is cultivated for several years (e.g., sites with alfalfa or permanent lawn), i.e., on the sites without ploughing or use of other similar agrotechnical measures. In these cases, the sites with the sustainable agro-environmental scheme showed higher diversity and equability of harvestman communities than the sites with the conventional form of agrotechnical management. Harvestman communities structure on sites with crop rotation and repeated ploughing was more influenced by additional factors than by the agricultural management form.

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confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

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Land use influences harvestman diversity in northern Spain: a case study involving secondary grasslands and forest plantations (Arachnida: Opiliones)

Merino-Sáinz

Anadón

2018

J Insect Conserv

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We thank Carlos Prieto for help in taxonomic and identification enquiries, T.E. Díaz-González 18 and J.A. Fernández Prieto for help in habitat characterization, Mario O. Díaz Anadón for 19 obtaining the species indicator values and Irene Fernández-Rodríguez and Florentino Braña for 20 assistance in statistical analyses. 21 22 Manuscript Click here to download Manuscript JICO-D-17-00082R2 MS 2018 N29-03.docx Click here to view linked References

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Ground-Dwelling Spider Fauna of Flooded Meadows in Matsalu, Estonia

2016

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Invertebrate communities (Annelida and epigeic fauna) in three types of Estonian cultivated soils

Cited by 19 publications

References 24 publications

Influence of agricultural management form on the species structure of harvestman (Opiliones) communities

Influence of agricultural management form on the species structure of harvestman (Opiliones) communities

Land use influences harvestman diversity in northern Spain: a case study involving secondary grasslands and forest plantations (Arachnida: Opiliones)

Ground-Dwelling Spider Fauna of Flooded Meadows in Matsalu, Estonia

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