Epigean communities of harvestmen (Opiliones) in Pannonian Basin floodplain forests: an interaction with environmental parameters

Influence of Selected Environmental Parameters on Rove Beetle (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) Communities in Central European Floodplain Forests

“…During the same investigation, we found out that the total dynamic activity of weevils showed a signi cant positive relationship with number of plant species in shrub vegetation layer, while the species richness of weevils was signi cantly positively related to the number of plant species in herb and negatively to stand canopy of tree vegetation layers (Litavský et al 2021b). We also found that, the harvestmen community equitability was positively related with species richness of plant communities in shrub layer (Litavský et al 2018).…”

“…The importance of nitrogen and phosphorus as the main elements determining the animal production and food resources for invertebrates, including rove beetles, has been reported by Dunger (1958). During the same research, we con rmed at the same study sites that the total dynamic activity of harvestmen showed signi cant positive relationship with proportion of N in the leaf litter, while the community equitability was negatively related to the H content of the soil (Litavský et al 2018). As for the weevils, total dynamic activity of weevils showed a signi cant positive relationship with relative content of H in soil, while the species richness was negatively related to relative content of H and N in soil (Litavský et al 2021b).…”

“…Concerning environmental properties, we decided to monitor the characteristics that could in uence the composition of staphylinid communities. Results about these attributes that we recorded, such as stand canopy of individual layers, species richness of individual layers, anthropogenic impact (four levels), fragment's size in which we placed pitfall traps, distance of located traps from another different fragment (edge), circuit of this fragment, age of trees at study sites and average thickness of leaf litter layer, were presented in Litavský et al (2018Litavský et al ( , 2021b.…”

“…Samples of soil and leaf litter for chemical analyses were taken on the 8th of June 2016. More detailed information about the methods of analysis of the soil and leaf litter samples, as well as the results of these analyses is given in Litavský et al (2018Litavský et al ( , 2020b.…”

The associations between ground beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) communities and environmental condition in floodplain forests in the Pannonian Basin

“…and is a semi-open xerothermic habitat on a gravel bar, with a shallow layer of soil (up to 30 cm). More detailed information on the vegetation at these sites is presented in Litavský et al (2018Litavský et al ( , 2021.…”