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Tytuł: | Invasive giant knotweed (Fallopia sachalinensis) alters the composition of oribatid mite communities |
Autor: | Skubała, Piotr |
Słowa kluczowe: | knotweed; invasive weed; Oribatida; soil arthropod communities; species diversity; functional group composition |
Data wydania: | 2012 |
Źródło: | Biological Letters, 2012, vol. 49, s. 143-155 |
Abstrakt: | Plant invasions are a serious global threat to biodiversity and ecosystem stability. The invasive
giant knotweed Fallopia sachalinensis (synonym: Reynoutria sachalinensis) is one of the most aggressive
plant invaders in many countries. It forms dense stands that prevent other species from growing. To
assess the impact of the knotweed, oribatid mite communities were studied under Fallopia-free native
vegetation
and at Fallopia-infested sites (2 types: 90–100% and 30% of coverage) with similar soil. All
the sites are located in mixed forest in the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland (Jura Krakowsko-Częstochowska)
in south Poland. Species composition and functional group composition of oribatid mite communities
were compared. In total, 1540 specimens belonging to 70 oribatid species were collected from 90 soil
samples. This successful exotic invasive species had a moderate influence on species richness (20% less
species at the totally invaded site than at the Fallopia-free site) and a profound effect on soil oribatid
mite community composition. Several oribatid species characteristic of a particular site were observed.
Shifts were detected in proportions of groups with different habitat specificity (e.g. higher proportion of
eurytopic mites at invaded sites), ecomorphological groups (e.g. lower proportion of litter-dwelling mites
at invaded sites), trophic groups (e.g. lower proportion of macrophytophagous mites at invaded sites) and
zoogeographical groups (e.g. higher proportion of mites with broad geographical distribution at invaded
sites). These observations prove the radical negative change of environmental conditions for soil oribatid
mites as a result of Fallopia invasion. The increase in sexually reproducing oribatid mites at invaded sites
suggests that this way of reproduction is preferable when resources are in shortage. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12128/8857 |
DOI: | 10.2478/v10120-012-0016-1 |
ISSN: | 1644-7700 |
Pojawia się w kolekcji: | Artykuły (WNP)
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