Responses of soil Collembolans to vegetation restoration in temperate coniferous and broad-leaved mixed forests
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ORIGINAL PAPER
Responses of soil Collembolans to vegetation restoration in temperate coniferous and broad-leaved mixed forests Chen Ma1 • Xiuqin Yin1,2,3 • Huan Xu1 • Yan Tao1
Received: 24 July 2018 / Accepted: 5 December 2018 Northeast Forestry University 2019
Abstract A total of 900 soil samples were collected from five habitats, including primary coniferous broad-leaved mixed forests, secondary coniferous broad-leaved mixed forests, secondary broad-leaved forests, secondary shrub forests, and cutover lands in spring, summer, and autumn to quantify responses of soil Collembolans (springtails) to the restoration of vegetation of temperate coniferous and broad-leaved mixed forests. The results reveal that the taxonomic composition of Collembolans varied in the
Project funding: This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41471211), the open Project Program of Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Resource Conservation and Utilization (130028687) and China Scholarship Council (201706620065). The online version is available at http://www.springerlink.com. Corresponding editor: Yanbo Hu.
Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (https://doi.org/10.1007/s11676-019-01005-9) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. & Xiuqin Yin [email protected] 1
School of Geographical Sciences, Northeast Normal University, 5268 Renmin Street, Changchun 130024, Jilin Province, People’s Republic of China
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Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Resource Conservation and Utilization, 5268 Renmin Street, Changchun 130024, Jilin Province, People’s Republic of China
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Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology, Ministry of Education, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, Jilin Province, People’s Republic of China
different stages of vegetation restoration. Seasonal variations were in regard to their abundance and richness. High similarities existed in Collembola communities at different stages of vegetation restoration, and distribution patterns of Collembola taxa displayed an evenness throughout all habitats. Soil Collembolans tended to gather on litter layers and soil surface; the highest abundance was found in the upper 5 cm soil layer during the initial stages of vegetation recovery. Tomocerus, Proisotoma, and Folsomia genera responded positively to the restoration of vegetation. However, responses of Ceratophysella and Parisotoma genera were negative. In addition, the Onychiuridae family did not respond to the vegetation restoration process. It was concluded that restoration of vegetative cover can increase the abundance of soil Collembolans, but different genera respond differently. Keywords Soil Collembolans (springtails) Temperate coniferous and broad-leaved mixed forests Vegetation restoration
Introduction Collembolans (springtails) form the largest of the three lineages of modern hexapods considered important consumers and decomposers in the belowground ecosystem. Large numbers and great varieties of individua
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