Soil-dwelling communities of weevils (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea: Brentidae, Curculionidae) in Central European floodplain forests: a comparative interaction with environmental parameters

Litavský, Juraj; Majzlan, Oto; Stašiov, Slavomír; Svitok, Marek; Žarnovičan, Hubert; Fedor, Peter

doi:10.2478/s11756-020-00539-2

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“…According to Rose (2001) and Klimaszewski et al (2018), canopy cover is the most important factor in uencing the structure of rove beetle communities. 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).…”

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“…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).…”

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confidence: 93%

“…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.…”

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“…At the study sites we estimated the cover of tree, shrub and herb layers and sampled species occurring in individual layers, all in a sampling area of 400 m 2 . More information on the method of investigation of the vegetation is given in Litavský et al (2021b).…”

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

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Wetlands and especially floodplain forests belong to the most endangered ecosystems in Europe, characterized by complex dynamics of flood and dry periods and providing specific irreplaceable habitats for many organisms, including bioindicators. Many rove beetle species, for instance, are well-known detectors in monitoring ecological change, however, their use in environmental assessment requires to expand the insufficient knowledge on ecological environmental particularities of their assemblages. Therefore, we compared the rove beetle communities in eight habitats of floodplain forests from 2015 to 2016. Staphylinids were sampled by pitfall trapping. We compared the rove beetle taxocoenoses in the floodplain forests and their ecotones alongside three rivers (Danube, Tisa and Begej). We evaluated the impact of plant diversity and cover of vegetation layers, area, circumference and age of forest stands, distance to the forest edge, thickness of the litter layer, physical and chemical properties of soil and leaf litter (conductivity, pH, P, N, H, C) and anthropogenic impact on structure of rove beetle communities. We recorded significant interactions between total dynamic activity of rove beetles and number of plant species in shrub vegetation layer. Species richness was significantly positively correlated with number of plant species in shrub vegetation layer and soil pH, and negatively with relative H content of soil. We did not find any significant correlation between Shannon diversity, but evenness was negatively linked with species richness of plant communities in shrub layer.

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confidence: 93%

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confidence: 99%

Section: Samplingmentioning

confidence: 99%

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