The processes of matter and energy metabolism in forest ecosystems are largely dependent on the activity of the complex of invertebrates associated with litter and soil. To quantify the effect of forest harvesting on soil fauna, we used a meta-analysis to examine a database of 720 responses to harvesting collected from 52 publications from boreal and temperate forests. Overall, forest harvesting was found to decrease the abundance of soil fauna while not affecting its richness. However, the reaction of soil fauna to forest harvesting differed significantly among the taxonomic groups, with negative, neutral, and positive effects observed. We found that the negative effect of forest harvesting on soil fauna increased with decreasing body size. In addition, the type of forest and harvesting practice played important roles in driving the responses of soil biota to forest harvesting. The abundance of Nematoda, Oribatida, and Enchytraeidae recovered to control values occurring approximately 10 years after harvesting. Despite the limitations of the dataset, the results obtained from our meta-analysis expand our understanding of the reaction of soil fauna to forest harvesting.
Резюме. В статье представлены результаты исследований фауны почвенных беспозвоночных разнотравных сообществ вблизи выхода сероводородных источников ручья Иска-Шор заказника «Адак». Выявлено 49 родов нематод, 46 видов коллембол и 16 семейств, включая 34 вида крупных беспозвоночных. Таксономическое разнообразие нематод и коллембол является типичным для прибрежных экосистем и соответствует данным, полученным для таковых пойм рек и морей. Но структура населения ногохвосток отличается на исследованных участках по сравнению с таковой нематод и мезофауны.Abstract. 49 Nematoda worm genera, 46 Collembola species and 34 large invertebrate species from 16 families are registered in mixed grass communities near the hydrogen sulfide springs Iska-Shor brook in Adak Nature Reserve, Komi Republic, Russia. The taxonomic diversity of nematodes and collembolans was found to be similar to those in coastal ecosystems, and corresponded with previous data on closely related river and sea floodplain communities. However, the population structure of springtails studied is different to that of the nematode and mesofauna.
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