Title:

The biotopic group spectrum as a Collembola community characteristic

Subtitle:

Fragmenta Faunistica, vol. 46, no. 1 ; Biotopic groups of Collembola ; Charakterystyka zgrupowań Collembola w oparciu o analizę grup biotycznych

Creator:

Kuznecova, Nataliâ Aleksandrovna (1956– ) ; Polska Akademia Nauk. Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii

Publisher:

Museum and Institute of Zoology, PAS

Place of publishing:

Warszawa

Date issued/created:

2003

Description:

Bibliogr. p. 36 ; P. 27-36 : ill. ; 25 cm ; Abstarct in Polish. Taxa in Latin.

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Subject and Keywords:

biotopic groups ; man's impact ; effect of human beings ; Eastern Europe ; zoocenosis ; Entognatha ; Collembola ; collembolans ; springtails (Collembola)

Abstract:

Biotopic preferences of species can be useful for community characterization. Communities of soil micrarthropod Collembola consist of four categories of species: specialized to the natural biotope being examined, specialized to a different natural biotope,eurytopic and disturbed site species. Four categories of communities (specialized, eurytopic, modular, and ruderal communities) can be distinguished according to the dominance of different biotopic groups. Spectra of biotopic groups are found to be sensitive to human activities. The ratio between specialized and eurytopic species decreases both under industrial pollution and the degree of urbanization. A high diversity (due to high evenness) of biotopic groups is characteristic of modular collembolan communities in urban soils. Specialized collembolan communities are consequently replaced by eurytopic, modular and ruderal ones along gradients of human impact.

Relation:

Fragmenta Faunistica

Volume:

46

Issue:

1

Start page:

27

End page:

36

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article

Format:

application/pdf

Resource Identifier:

10.3161/00159301FF2003.46.1.027

Source:

MiIZ PAN, call no. P.256, T. 46 nr 1 ; MiIZ PAN, call no. P.4664, T. 46 nr 1 ; click here to follow the link

Language:

eng

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution BY 3.0 PL license

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. [CC BY 3.0 PL] May be used within the scope specified in Creative Commons Attribution BY 3.0 PL license, full text available at: ; -

Digitizing institution:

Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Original in:

Library of the Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Projects co-financed by:

Programme Innovative Economy, 2010-2014, Priority Axis 2. R&D infrastructure ; European Union. European Regional Development Fund

Access:

Open