Collembolan community dynamics during deciduous forests regeneration in Japan |
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Authors: | Motohiro Hasegawa, Kenji Fukuyama, Shun ichi Makino, Isamu Okochi, Hideaki Goto, Takeo Mizoguchi, Tadashi Sakata,Hiroshi Tanaka |
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Affiliation: | Kiso Experimental Station, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, 5473 Kisofukushima, Kisogun, Nagano 397-0001, Japan |
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Abstract: | The structure and feeding group composition of collembolan communities were studied in secondary deciduous forests of different ages to investigate the collembolan community response to environmental changes associated with forest cycles. The study was carried out at eight sites forming a chronosequence (1, 4, 12, 24, 51, 54, 71 and 128 years after clear cutting) of deciduous forest stands in northern Ibaraki (Japan). Total collembolan density and species richness was low at the 1-year-old site, and there was little difference in density among sites over 4 years of age. The density of sucking feeders was especially low at the 1-year-old site. Species richness of trees of a diameter at breast height (DBH)<5 cm positively correlated with the density of fungal feeders. Species richness of total Collembolans and of sucking feeders correlated positively with the water content of the organic layer. Ordination of the collembolan community with Canonical Correspondence Analysis suggested that species richness of larger trees (DBH 5 cm) contributed to the differences in species composition of fungal feeders and sucking feeders. We conclude that total abundance and species richness of collembolans recovered within 4 years after clear-cutting, but species composition of fungal feeders and sucking feeders took longer to recover. |
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Keywords: | Collembola Secondary succession Feeding group Soil environment Vegetation structure |
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