The impact of earthworms on collembolan (Collembola) communities in grass mono- and polycultures

• Authors: Izabella Olejniczak , Grzegorz Makulec

Title variants

PL

Wpływ dżdżownic na zespoły skoczogonek (Collembola) w uprawach trawiastych jedno- i wielogatunkowych

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In 2004-2005, a lysimetric experiment was designed to determine whether and how plant diversity and earthworms could influence diversity and densities of collembolan communities. We compared two types of crops: monoculture of Festuca rubra L. and a polyculture, the mixture of grasses (8 species) commonly used in agriculture. In addition to two plant communities of different diversity, we used in our experiments an engineering species of earthworm – Aporrectodea caliginosa (Sav.). The experiment was initiated in May 2004, when the lysimeters were sown with F. rubra or with a mixture of grasses. The following year, in May 2005, we introduced 6 individuals (that correspond with average densities of 200 ind. m-2 in the natural environment) of A. caliginosa to half of the lysimeters. Soil samples were taken at the depths of 0-5 cm, 5-10 cm, 10-15 cm and 15-20 cm, before introducing earthworms and after 60, 120 and 180 days from introducing earthworms. We found that soil layer (Kruskal-Wallis test: N=432, H=18.25, P=0.0004), biodiversity of grass culture (N=432, H=14.59, P=0.0001) and the period of the season (N=432, H=24.24, P=0.0000) had an important effect on densities of collembolan communities independently of earthworms presence (N=432, H=1.99, P=0.16). We found 18 species of springtails and the number of species decreased with soil layer. The most abundant were Proisotomodes bipunctatus and Isotomodes productus.

PL

W latach 2004-2005 przeprowadzono eksperyment wazonowy, w którym badano wpływ zróznicowania roslinnosci oraz obecności dżdżownic glebowych na zespoły skoczogonek. Porównano dwa typy upraw trawiastych: monokultura kostrzewy czerwonej Festuca rubra L. oraz trawiasta uprawa wielogatunkowa (mieszanka 8 gatunków traw). Ponadto w każdej z upraw zbadano wpływ obecności dżdżownic należących do gatunku Aporrectodea caliginosa (Sav.). W maju 2004 roku doświadczalne wazony obsiano po połowie kostrzewą czerwoną oraz mieszanką traw. W lipcu 2005 roku do połowy wazonów z każdej uprawy wprowadzono dzdzownice, po 6 osobników, co odpowiada średniemu zagęszczeniu 200 osobników na metr kwadratowy w środowisku naturalnym. Próby glebowe pobrano na głębokości: 0-5 cm, 5-10 cm, 10-15 cm i 15-20 cm, przed wprowadzeniem dżdżownic oraz po 60, 120 and 180 dniach od wprowadzenia dżdżownic. Wykazano, że warstwa gleby (test Kruskala-Wallisa: N=432, H=18.25, P=0.0004), róznorodność traw (N=432, H=14.59, P=0.0001) oraz sezon (N=432, H=24.24, P=0.0000) miały istotny wpływ na zagęszczenie zespołów skoczogonek niezależnie od obecności dżdżownic (N=432, H=1.99, P=0.16). Ogółem stwierdzono 18 gatunków skoczogonek, a ich liczebności w wierzchniej warstwie gleby były istotnie wyższe niż w wastwach głębszych. Najliczniej występowały gatunki Proisotomodes bipunctatus i Isotomodes productus.

Keywords

EN

earthworms; springtails; species diversity; grass monoculture; grass polyculture

PL

dżdżownice; skoczogonki; różnorodność gatunkowa; monokultura trawiasta; trawiasta uprawa wielogatunkowa; dżdżownice; skoczogonki; różnorodność gatunkowa; monokultura trawiasta; trawiasta uprawa wielogatunkowa

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego w Warszawie
• Journal: Studia Ecologiae et Bioethicae
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 18
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 283-291

Dates

published

2020-12-31

Contributors

author

Izabella Olejniczak

author

Grzegorz Makulec

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Identifiers

DOI

10.21697/seb.2020.18.5.25