Successional Changes and Diversity of Mesostigmatid Mite Communities (Acari: Mesostigmata) on Reclaimed Power Plant Waste Dumps

Madej, G; Stodolka, A.

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“…In contrast to earlier studies showing an increase in species richness with habitat age (Koehler and Müller, 2003; Madej and Stodolka, 2008; Schulz, 1991; St. John et al., 2002) we did not find increasing species numbers.…”

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“…Such an age effect has been reported for varying habitats like a graded rubble dump with areas of natural succession and recultivation, investigated in a continuous time series of 20 years (Koehler, 1998, 2000, Koehler and Müller, 2003). Also indirect succession studies with different succession stages on a power plant waste dump (Madej and Stodolka, 2008) or plot age of a reclaimed coal mine (Zerling and Prasse, 1986) and age of rehabilitated nickel- and copper-mine tailings (St. John et al., 2002) as well as abandoned agricultural land (Holtkamp et al., 2008) revealed the same pattern.…”

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“…These species have suitable attributes, e.g., small and slender shape, high reproduction rate, high agility and phoresy, which allow them to build up large populations in rather short time (Madej and Stodolka, 2008; St. John et al., 2002).…”

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Effects of habitat age and plant species on predatory mites (Acari, Mesostigmata) in grassy arable fallows in Eastern Austria

Wissuwa

Salamon

Frank

2012

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

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Density, diversity and assemblage structure of Mesostigmata (cohorts Gamasina and Uropodina) were investigated in nine grassy arable fallows according to a factorial design with age class (2–3, 6–8, 12–15 years) and plant species (legume: Medicago sativa, herb: Taraxacum officinale, grass: Bromus sterilis) as factors. The response of Mesostigmata to habitat age and plant species was explored because this group belongs to the dominant acarine predators playing a crucial role in soil food webs and being important as biological control agents. To our knowledge, this combination of factors has never been studied before for Mesostigmata. A further rarely applied aspect of the present study is the micro-scale approach investigating the Mesostigmata assemblage of the soil associated with single plants. Four plots were randomly chosen at each fallow in May 2008. At each plot plant roots and the adjacent soil of five randomly selected plant individuals per plant species were dug out with steel cylinders for heat extraction of soil fauna and measurement of environmental parameters. In total, 83 mite taxa were identified, with 50 taxa being new to Austria. GLM analysis revealed a significant effect of plant species on mite density, with significantly more mites in B. sterilis than in T. officinale samples, and M. sativa samples being intermediate. This was in contrast to the assumption that the mite density is highest in M. sativa samples due to the propagation of plant quality effects to higher trophic levels. These results were probably caused by a higher amount of fine roots in grass samples leading to high densities of Collembola, which are preferred prey of predatory mites. Mite density did not significantly differ between the three age classes. A canonical analysis of principal coordinates (CAP) showed that the mite assemblage exhibited a weak yet significant separation between plant species, and a highly significant separation between age classes. Accordingly, different mite assemblages were found for the three age classes, while only few mite species were clearly associated with a single plant species. Finally, canonical correspondence analysis (CCA) revealed that the mite assemblage was best explained by soil organic carbon, total density of Collembola and water content.

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Effects of habitat age and plant species on predatory mites (Acari, Mesostigmata) in grassy arable fallows in Eastern Austria

Wissuwa

Salamon

Frank

2012

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

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“…For the studied region, this phenomenon has been described by Havrlant (1980) and Sobotkova (1995). Therefore, species with similar combinations of functional traits are selected by unification of vegetation cover over time (Boer, 1970;Madej & Stodołka, 2008). The uniformity of forest habitats selects species of similar functional traits, and hence FD will diminish (Boer, 1970;Niemelä, 2001;Silva, Aguiara, Niemelä, Sousac, & Serranoa, 2008).…”

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Post-industrial areas as successional habitats: Long-term changes of functional diversity in beetle communities

Hodecek

Kuras

Šipoš

et al. 2015

Basic and Applied Ecology

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“…Mite communities of long-term and new arable land were very much alike, whilst markedly different from those of long-term and new grasslands. The composition of mesostigmatid mites has also been found to clearly change with time since after a major land use change, for instance between young, mid-aged, and old fallows (Wissuwa et al, 2012) and in reclaimed power plant waste dumps (Madej and Stodółka, 2008). When combined, such results suggest a strong and immediate reducing effect of intensive soil treatment (e.g., plowing) and a slow succession from an arable related species composition to a long-term grass related species composition.…”

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Biomass and Diversity of Soil Mite Functional Groups Respond to Extensification of Land Management, Potentially Affecting Soil Ecosystem Services

Groot

Akkerhuis

Dimmers

et al. 2016

Front. Environ. Sci.

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Soil mites (Acari) are ubiquitous in soil ecosystems and show a vast taxonomic diversity with a wide range of life history characteristics and feeding strategies. Various taxa contribute directly or indirectly to soil processes, including nutrient cycling, soil formation and pest control. Mites thus support important ecosystem services of soils. Yet, their community composition, and therewith service provisioning, may differ between for instance intensively managed agricultural soils and extensively managed grassland soils. We therefore hypothesized that successional changes in the abundance and diversity of soil mite functional groups (feeding types) will occur following a conversion of arable land to grassland, affecting their contribution to ecosystem services. To test this, we studied the succession of mite communities on two Long Term Observatories (LTOs) in Lusignan (France) and Veluwe (the Netherlands). At Lusignan, sampling involved four combinations of recent and historic land use types. At the Veluwe, samples were taken in a secondary succession chronosequence in grasslands, representing a time frame up to 29 years after the conversion from arable land to grassland. Biodiversity and biomass were higher in grassland than in arable land, especially for the total mite community, the predators and the main taxa aiding in decomposition. After conversion of grassland to arable land, or vice versa, both taxon richness and biomass rapidly developed towards the prevailing conditions. Our results indicated that the taxon richness and biomass of the total mite community in grassland still continued to increase up to 29 years after the conversion from arable land to grassland. Total taxon richness increased with time since conversion, which was mainly due to the immigration of decomposers and predators. The biomass of different feeding guilds increased at variable speeds. The observed changes imply an increase in nutrient cycling and in the suppression of some potential pests. We discuss the relevance of these ecosystem services in extensively managed grasslands and agricultural systems. Furthermore, our results suggest that in agricultural rotational schemes that include one or more years of grassland, mite communities and associated ecosystem services may be partially, but not completely, restored to the conditions of long term grassland.

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Successional Changes and Diversity of Mesostigmatid Mite Communities (Acari: Mesostigmata) on Reclaimed Power Plant Waste Dumps

Cited by 22 publications

References 16 publications

Effects of habitat age and plant species on predatory mites (Acari, Mesostigmata) in grassy arable fallows in Eastern Austria

Effects of habitat age and plant species on predatory mites (Acari, Mesostigmata) in grassy arable fallows in Eastern Austria

Post-industrial areas as successional habitats: Long-term changes of functional diversity in beetle communities

Biomass and Diversity of Soil Mite Functional Groups Respond to Extensification of Land Management, Potentially Affecting Soil Ecosystem Services

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