Subtitle:

Population density and production of earthworms

Contributor:

Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Ekologii

Publisher:

Polish Scientific Publishers

Place of publishing:

Warszawa

Description:

Pages 459-491 : illustrations ; 24 cm ; Bibiographical references (pages 488-491) ; Abstract in Polish

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Abstract:

The numbers and biomass of earthworms were assessed in five grassland environments differing by the way of their utilization. A comparison of the species composition of the earthworm communities has shown that agricultural activities (mowing, grazing) lead to a decrease in the diversity of the community. There were 9 species present in a reserve meadow and 5 in pastures. The production of the dominant earthworm species, Allolobophora caliginosa Sav., in a grazed pasture (of a low primary production) was about 12 kcal/m2 per year, in a former sheep-fold pasture (with a high primary production) – about 58 kcal/m2 per year, the turnover being 1.3 and 0.9, respectively. The biomass of the entire earthworm community was found to represent from 0.4% of the organic matter returned to the soil in the grazed pasture, to 2.4% in the former sheep-fold pasture.

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Ekologia Polska

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23

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3

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459

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491

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