Spatial distribution patterns of predatory arthropods within an English hedgerow in early winter in relation to habitat variables

Maudsley, Martin; Seeley, Becky; Lewis, Owen T.

doi:10.1016/s0167-8809(01)00320-6

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“…This variable separated exposed areas, mainly characterized by high soil temperatures and associated with more generalist taxa, from non-exposed areas characterized by high temperatures and high C/N ratios and inhabit by more specialized taxa. The influence of soil temperature on the distribution of litter macro-arthropods was already recorded by other authors [30,50].…”

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Spatial and temporal distribution of litter arthropods in different vegetation covers of Porto Santo Island (Madeira Archipelago, Portugal)

Antunes

Pereira

Sousa

et al. 2008

European Journal of Soil Biology

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t r a c tThe main objective of this study is to assess the soil diversity and temporal and spatial distribution of litter macro-arthropods, captured with pitfall traps, on different vegetation covers from Porto Santo Island (Portugal) with different soil physical and chemical characteristics. The PCA clearly separated sampling areas geographically more exposed to winds and solar radiation, from the others that were not. In this analysis, seasons seemed to have no influence on this distribution. Non-exposed areas were characterized by high soil temperatures, water and organic matter contents. Among these areas, those that were covered by Pinus halepensis and Eucalyptus ficifolia showed the highest C/N ratios in winter, which may be explained by likely inhibitory effects of phenolic compounds of the leaves of both species on the decomposition process. The highest number of organisms was recorded on the exposed areas. Variance partitioning using CCA showed that the different vegetation covers and environmental variables explained 19% and 30%, respectively, of the variance in macro-arthropods distribution. Four environmental variables (exposure, temperature, C/N ratio and exchangeable K) were positively correlated with the taxa abundance matrix. The results showed that non-exposed areas with E. ficifolia and Cupressus macrocarpa seemed to favour the establishment of a high diversity of taxa, especially in the summer, when soil conditions tend to be extreme.

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Spatial and temporal distribution of litter arthropods in different vegetation covers of Porto Santo Island (Madeira Archipelago, Portugal)

Antunes

Pereira

Sousa

et al. 2008

European Journal of Soil Biology

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“…Bildanalyse mit Schätzmethoden zur Bestimmung der Biomasse und Qualität des 64 invertebrates were swept from the guttering into a labelled plastic bag with a soft 167 paintbrush and refrigerated (Maudsley et al 2002). Transferred to 70% Industrial 168 Methylated Spirits, samples were later sorted to order or in some cases family (i.e.…”

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Hedgerow rejuvenation management affects invertebrate communities through changes to habitat structure

Amy

Heard

Hartley

et al. 2015

Basic and Applied Ecology

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“…Woody vegetation apparently supports the survival of more stenotopic species (Fournier et al, 1998;de la Peña et al, 2003;Olechowicz, 2007) and its contribution to farmland diversity is higher than those of grass fields or arable land (Varchola and Dunn, 2001). Woody vegetation may also serve as very important over wintering site, spring refuge for Carabidae and so supply ground beetles during the early growing season (Pfiffner and Lukka, 2000;Varchola and Dunn, 2001;Maudsley et al, 2002). That could partially explain the phenomenon concerning the drift of seasonal activity recorded in this study.…”

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Variations in Carabidae assemblages across the farmland habitats in relation to selected environmental variables including soil properties

Baranová¹,

Fazekašová²,

Manko³

et al. 2018

JCEA

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Variations in AbstractThe variations in ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) assemblages across the three types of farmland habitats, arable land, meadows and woody vegetation were studied in relation to vegetation cover structure, intensity of agrotechnical interventions and selected soil properties. Material was pitfall trapped in 2010 and 2011 on twelve sites of the agricultural landscape in the Prešov town and its near vicinity, Eastern Slovakia. A total of 14,763 ground beetle individuals were entrapped. Material collection resulted into 92 Carabidae species, with the following six species dominating: Poecilus cupreus, Pterostichus melanarius, Pseudoophonus rufipes, Brachinus crepitans, Anchomenus dorsalis and Poecilus versicolor. Studied habitats differed significantly in the number of entrapped individuals, activity abundance as well as representation of the carabids according to their habitat preferences and ability to fly. However, no significant distinction was observed in the diversity, evenness neither dominance. The most significant environmental variables affecting Carabidae assemblages species variability were soil moisture and herb layer 0-20 cm. Another best variables selected by the forward selection were intensity of agrotechnical interventions, humus content and shrub vegetation. The other from selected soil properties seem to have just secondary meaning for the adult carabids. Environmental variables have the strongest effect on the habitat specialists, whereas ground beetles without special requirements to the habitat quality seem to be affected by the studied environmental variables just little.Keywords: arable land, ground beetles, meadows, non-crop habitats, soil moisture Ďalšími významnými premennými, ktoré vplývajú na kompozíciu spoločenstva sú intenzita agrotechnických zásahov, obsah pôdneho humusu a krovinová vegetácia. Ostatné zo sledovaných pôdnych vlastností majú na dospelé jedince bystrušiek len sekudárny vplyv. Rovnako, environmentálne premenné najvýraznejšie ovplyvňujú habitatových špecialistov, zatiaľ čo druhy bystrušiek bez vyhranených nárokov na podmienky prostredia sú ovplyvnené uvedenými faktormi len málo.Kľúčové slová: bystruškovité, mimoprodukčné habitaty, orná pôda, pôdna vlhkosť, trvalo trávne porasty

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Spatial distribution patterns of predatory arthropods within an English hedgerow in early winter in relation to habitat variables

Cited by 58 publications

References 29 publications

Spatial and temporal distribution of litter arthropods in different vegetation covers of Porto Santo Island (Madeira Archipelago, Portugal)

Spatial and temporal distribution of litter arthropods in different vegetation covers of Porto Santo Island (Madeira Archipelago, Portugal)

Hedgerow rejuvenation management affects invertebrate communities through changes to habitat structure

Variations in Carabidae assemblages across the farmland habitats in relation to selected environmental variables including soil properties

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