Species Diversity of Carabid Beetles and Ants
of Two Reclaimed Tailing Ponds

Okrutniak, Mateusz; Grześ, Irena M.; Bonczar, Z.

doi:10.15244/pjoes/80869

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“…Perhaps most notable was the relatively high percentage of Red-listed species (6% of all species recorded), detected in all groups except carabids. The presence of these species agrees with other authors emphasizing the importance of post-industrial areas as secondary biodiversity refuges (Okrutniak et al 2018;Ru ˚žičkov a & Hykel 2019;Macgregor et al 2022).…”

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“…These were mostly small‐bodied predators (e.g. Olisthopus rotundatus , Poecilus cupreus , Pseudoophonus rufipes ), known as pioneers in early succession (Okrutniak et al 2018), able to colonize such habitats as short‐cut lawns, or arable fields (Hůrka 1996). The large‐bodied species, including those from the genus Carabus Linneaus, 1758, prevailed at unmined sites.…”

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Assembly of heterotrophic communities during spontaneous succession in quarries: invertebrates model groups and macromycetes

Walter,

Hradská,

Kout

et al. 2023

Restoration Ecology

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Quarrying has a crucial impact on the environment, but it could enhance species diversity. Mining sites represent important refuges for countless species disappearing from homogenous landscapes. Our study focused on assemblages of heterotrophic communities such as moths (Lepidoptera), carabid beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae), spiders (Araneae), and macromycetes (fungi: Basidiomycota, Ascomycota) in an active part of kaolin quarries and their immediate surroundings in the Pilsen region, Czech Republic. We compared differences between mined and unmined sites, sites with spontaneous succession and sites with replanted pine trees. In total, we recorded 178 moth, 63 spider, 27 carabid beetle, and 81 macromycetes species, including 21 Red‐listed species. The moths, carabid beetles, and macromycetes tended to inhabit unmined sites; on the contrary, open habitat spiders preferred open sites with replanted pine trees. Based on the life history traits analyses, moth species feeding on forbs and grasses prevail at the active part of kaolin quarries, where higher plant diversity was detected. Large body carabid beetles such as Carabus spp. favored unmined sites, as well as macromycetes with long‐lived fruit bodies. Open habitat and xerophilous spiders inhabited the replanted sites by pine trees where the sparse vegetation was obvious. Our results indicated that groups with radically different life histories such as moths, carabids, and macromycetes may react to mining remarkably similarly, although spiders, despite sharing predatory habits with the majority of carabids, reacted differently.

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Assembly of heterotrophic communities during spontaneous succession in quarries: invertebrates model groups and macromycetes

Walter,

Hradská,

Kout

et al. 2023

Restoration Ecology

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“…The studies showed that the roots of the grass species studied were colonized by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, and the values of all mycorrhization parameters increased with the age of the deposited tailings [44][45][46]. The species diversity of carabid beetles and ants [47] as well as the life history traits of ground beetles [48] were studied as indicators of ecological restoration success. It was investigated whether the reclaimed heaps provide the habitat for earthworms and what are their species diversity and biomass is [49].…”

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Effect of Land Reclamation on Soil Properties, Mineralogy and Trace-Element Distribution and Availability: The Example of Technosols Developed on the Tailing Disposal Site of an Abandoned Zn and Pb Mine

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Land reclamation is a common practice leading to the restoration of areas affected by industrial activity. Soil studies in reclaimed areas are very useful to determine the effectiveness of reclamation works. The goal of the study was to investigate soil properties, mineral composition, total concentrations of Zn, Pb, Cd and As and chemical forms of these elements in order to assess the success of land reclamation of the abandoned mine tailing disposal site of the “Trzebionka” Zn-Pb mine in Trzebinia, southern Poland. The disposal site was reclaimed by covering tailings with a layer of inert material with a thickness up to 25 cm. The topsoil of the studied soil profiles was comprised of sandy loamy/loamy materials and the subsoil was comprised of sandy tailing materials. The soils were characterized by a neutral or slightly alkaline reaction due to the high content of carbonates. The dominant mineral in the subsoil was dolomite. The studied soils were considerably contaminated with Zn, Pb, Cd and As. A high load of mobile Zn, Pb and Cd was typical of the subsoil material. The reclamation layer does not provide sufficient isolation of toxic tailings from the environment and there is still a high risk of element uptake by plants.

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