Original title: Changes of oribatid mite communities (Acari: Oribatida) during primary succession on colliery spoil heaps near Sokolov, North-West Bohemia, Czech Republic
Authors: Starý, Josef
Document type: Papers
Conference/Event: Central European Workshop on Soil Zoology /6./, České Budějovice (CZ), 2001-04-23 / 2001-04-25
Year: 2002
Language: eng
Abstract: In this study oribatid communities of colliery spoil heaps on five successive stages of different age (4-40 years) were investigated. In the course of the study 9034 individuals of oribatid mites, representing 38 species, were collected. Species richness and especially average abundance increased during primary succession. Significantly higher abundance and species diversity were found in the bottom of depressions between dumped heaps in comparison with their top excluding the youngest successive stage. Eurytopic and parthenogenetic species Tectocepheus velatus and Oppiella nova were eudominant in all studied successive stages. The highest species dissimilarity and heterogeneity were found on the youngest stage but species composition becomes more complex and stable in the course of primary succession.
Keywords: brown coal dumps; Oribatida; primary succession
Project no.: GA526/01/1055 (CEP), CEZ:AV0Z6066911 (CEP)
Funding provider: GA ČR
Host item entry: Studies on Soil Fauna in Central Europe, Proceedings of the 6th Central European Workshop on Soil Zoology, ISBN 80-86525-00-7

Institution: Institute of Soil Biology AS ČR (web)
Document availability information: Fulltext is available at the institute of the Academy of Sciences.
Original record: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0102042

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