Soil nematodes in ungulate grazed and ungrazed forests of the Křivoklátsko Biosphere Reserve -- first results of an ongoing project

0327425 - BC 2010 RIV CZ eng C - Conference Paper (international conference)
Háněl, Ladislav
Soil nematodes in ungulate grazed and ungrazed forests of the Křivoklátsko Biosphere Reserve -- first results of an ongoing project.
Contributions to Soil Zoology in Central Europe III. Proceedings of the 9^th Central European Workshop on Soil Zoology. České Budějovice: Institute of Soil Biology BC AS CR, 2009, s. 47-51. ISBN 978-80-86525-13-6.
[Contributions to Soil Zoology in Central Europe III. Central European Workshop on Soil Zoology /9./. České Budějovice (CZ), 17.04.2007-20.04.2007]
R&D Projects: GA ČR(CZ) GA526/06/1348
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z60660521
Keywords : Nematoda * community structure * trophic groups
Subject RIV: EH - Ecology, Behaviour

The effect of ungulate grazing on various woodland ecosystems was studied in oak-hornbeam forest, subxerothermic oak forest, and herb-rich beech forest of the Křivoklátsko Biosphere Reserve. Samples of soil nematodes were taken in May 2006 from plots within enclosures established in 1993 and from plots outside the enclosures. The total abundance of nematodes varied from 248.7 to 790.0 x 10⁴ ind.m^-2 and was always greater outside the enclosures. In two cases out of four the difference was statistically significant. Bacterivores were the most numerous nematodes. Their abundance was greater only in one plot outside the enclosure in the oak-hornbeam forest and about one half of the bacterivores were short-living Rhabditis. The abundance of root-fungal feeders (mainly Filenchus) was always greater outside the enclosures than within enclosures.
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