Millipedes and centipedes in wetland alder stands in north-eastern Poland

0338255 - BC 2010 RIV DE eng J - Journal Article
Tajovský, Karel - Wytwer, J.
Millipedes and centipedes in wetland alder stands in north-eastern Poland.
Soil Organisms. Roč. 81, č. 3 (2009), s. 761-772. ISSN 1864-6417
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z60660521
Keywords : millipedes * centipedes * alder woods
Subject RIV: EH - Ecology, Behaviour

Using soil sampling and subsequent heat extraction of animals, four alder stands in the wetlands on the Biebrza, Narew and Bialowieza national parks, north-eastern Poland, were surveyed for millipedes and centipedes. Among 12 millipede species revealed, Xestoiulus laeticollis, Polydesmus complanatus, Craspedosoma rawlinsii occurred and predominated in all alder woods. The centipede fauna was very poor, altogether represented by four species, only Lithobius curtipes being shared by all sites. The myriapod communities from the swampy alder woods (Ribeso nigri-Alnetum) at Biebrza and in the Bialowieza Primeval Forest were mainly under the influence of fertility soil parameters (available and total phosphorus contents) while the assemblage from an alder swamp at Narew was largely affected by soil humidity. Apparently, the community from an ash-alder alluvial wood (Fraxino-Alnetum) sampled in the Bialowieza Primeval Forest mostly depended on soil pH.
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